Randa Mirza

Artist Biography

Born in 1978, Randa Mirza is a visual artist, working mainly with photography and video. Mirza explores the notion of identity: she seeks to review normalized, gendered and orientalist representations by making visible the current symbolic, social and political constructs. Through her work, Mirza questions the nature of images and their social uses. She manipulates the photographic image to reveal the discourses inherent in all representations, on the tenuous border between fiction and reality.

Mirza has received numerous prizes, including the NO LIMIT award at Les Rencontres Photographiques d’Arles (2006). Mirza’s solo exhibitions include shows at Les Rencontres d’Arles 2019, the Finnish Museum of Photography, Sfeir-Semler gallery (Hamburg) and Galerie Tanit (Beirut and Munich). She exhibited collectively within Moving Walls (NY), Phillipes de Pury (London), FIAC (Paris), Miami Basel, Armory Show (NY), ParisPhoto (2011-2014-2017), Fondazione Merz (Torino), Witte de with (Rotterdam), Fotomuseum Winterthur (Zurich), Darat al-Funun (Amman), Aleppo international photography festival (Syria), Fotofestival MannheimLudwigshafen- Heidelberg (Germany), Kunsthalle Wien (Vienna), ZKM museum (Germany) and Beirut Art Center and Sursock museum(Lebanon).

Randa Mirza is represented by Galerie Tanit Beirut/Munich.

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Exhibitions
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PARIS PHOTO 2024

From November 07, 2024 to November 10, 2024

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Paris Photo 2023

From November 9, 2023 to November 12, 2023

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PARIS PHOTO 2018

From November 8, 2018 to November 11, 2018

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Coups de Cœur
Collective Exhibition

From August 31, 2023 to September 22, 2023

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Paper Trail
50 years
Collective Exhibition

From November 23, 2022 to December 23, 2022

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PARIS PHOTO 2022

From November 10, 2022 to November 13, 2022

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15 Years, Crossed Perspectives
Collective Exhibition

From November 4, 2022 to January 7, 2023

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MENART FAIR 2022

From May 18, 2022 to May 22, 2022 

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BEIRUT ART FAIR 2018

From September 20, 2018 to September 23, 2018

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I Am One Acquainted With The Night
Collective Exhibition

From June 5, 2021 to September 25, 2021

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El Zohra Was Not Born in a Day
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From November 17, 2016 to January 7, 2017

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Beirut Art Fair 2017

From September 21, 2017 to September 24, 2017

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PARIS PHOTO 2017

From November 9, 2017 to November 12, 2017

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Remaking the City
Randa Mirza

From October 12, 2011 to October 29, 2011

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From Sound to Silence
Collective Exhibition

From June 7, 2017 to August 5, 2017

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Féminités Plurielles
Collective Exhibition

From February 8, 2018 to April 5, 2018

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… كان يا مكان
Collective Exhibition

From February 16, 2022 to April 16, 2022

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Beirutopia
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From October 8, 2010 to November 8, 2010

Randa Mirza News
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Randa Mirza aux Rencontres d’Arles, nos fictions et nos peines
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Randa Mirza -“In the blink of an eye”
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"Randa Mirza is participating in a public art commision by TAP (Temporary Art Platform) titled In the blink of an eye,  to create context-responsive, socially engaged works that occupy the space of a billboard. Starting June 14, 2024 till June 28, 2024."
"Thrilled to announce that Randa Mirza’s “Beirutopia” was selected among 340 projects, as the winner of the Photo Folio Review 2023. Her work will be showcased in a solo presentation at Les Rencontres d’Arles in 2024. Earlier this year, The Eyes Wide Open also announced Randa Mirza to be the recipient of the 1st photo […]"
Randa Mirza Winner of the Photo Folio Review 2023
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مصوّرات مشغولات بالهوية والعمارة… والمدينة الآفلة
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"The second part of the Love and Revenge project: Capturing the successes of the Middle Eastern variety and Egyptian cinema from the 1950s to the 80s – after the glamor of Egyptian musicals, tribute to music from across the Arab world (Kuwait, Morocco, Yemen, Sudan, Algeria, Lebanon …), and to film genre and cult B series, like […]"
Watch | La Mirza VJs in Glory and Tears
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