(b. 1982, Beirut, Lebanon; lives and works in New York, NY) is a Lebanese-American photographer born and raised in Lebanon. Since 2000 Manal has been based in New York. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Sarah Lawrence College in 2003 and her MFA in photography from the Yale School of Art in 2011. She is an instructor of photography at the International Center of Photography in Manhattan and the Bronx.
EDUCATION
2011 MFA Photography, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
2003 BA Liberal Arts, Photography Concentration, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
1999 Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon
EXHIBITIONS
2011 Yale MFA Photography, 2011, Curated by John Pilson organized by Nicole Klagsbrun Project, New York, NY
2011 Yale MFA Photography, 2011, Green Gallery, New Haven, CT
2011 College Art Association New York Area MFA Exhibition, Hunter College, Times Square Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Second Year MFA Show, Green Gallery, New Haven, CT
2009 First Year MFA Show, Green Gallery, New Haven, CT
2008 destination Art Fair Group Show, HPGRP destination Art Space Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Antagonist Art Movement’s Art Slam, Niagara Bar Gallery, New York, NY
2007 destination Art Fair Group Show, HPGRP destination Art Space Gallery, New York, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011 “Mapping Memories, 10 Lebanese Photographers,” WIP Issue 12, www.wip.gr (Web)
2011 The Book Remains the Same, Yale MFA Photography, 2011 GHP, West Haven, CT
2011 Dimensions Art Journal, “Artist Profile,” Yale University, New Haven, CT
2009 Sarah Lawrence College Visual Art Review, Bronxville, NY
TEACHING
2012 Photo I in Black-and-White, Winter Term, Lead Instructor, International Center of Photography, New York, NY
2011 Introductory Photography, Teaching Assistant to Lisa Kereszi, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2010 Introduction to Digital Photography, Teaching Assistant to John Lehr, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2009 Photo I in Black-and-White, Spring Term, Lead Instructor, International Center of Photography, New York, NY
2009 Photo I in Black-and-White, Winter Term, Lead Instructor, International Center of Photography, New York, NY
2009 Photo I in Black-and-White for Pre-Teens, Winter Term, Lead Instructor, ICP at The Point, Bronx, NY
2008 Photo I in Black-and-White for Pre-Teens, Summer Term, Lead Instructor, ICP at The Point, Bronx, NY