Born in 1978 in Beirut, Lebanon, Randa Mirza currently lives and works between Marseille, France and Beirut, Lebanon.

Randa Mirza is a visual artist who works with photography, video, installation, and performance. Rooted in a feminist and decolonial discourse, her artistic practice questions hegemonic systems of thought and standardised representations. By making current symbolic, social, and political constructions visible, her work questions the point of view of the gaze, and the contexts in which images are produced and received, bringing to light what is forgotten or intentionally hidden. As a space for reflection, reparation, and resistance in the face of violence, her work falls somewhere between documentary, personal expression, and artistic writing.

Abandoned Rooms received the 5th Jeux de la Francophonie Award in 2005 and the No Limit award at the Rencontres d’Arles in 2006.

Parallel Universes was supported by a production grant from the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) in 2009.

In 2023, the Beirutopia series received the Eyes Wide Open grant.

Randa Mirza was the laureate of the Photo Folio Review 2023 at the Rencontres de la Photographie d’Arles, where her work was exhibited in the summer of 2024.