Suchitra Mattai

Suchitra Mattai is a multi-disciplinary American artist of Indo-Caribbean descent who creates mixed-media paintings, sculptures, and installations that shed light on untold histories. She often combines processes and materials once associated with the domestic sphere, such as embroidery, sewing, weaving, and found clothing, in order to honor the labor of women. Past projects include group exhibitions at MCA Chicago, ICA Boston, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Sharjah Biennial 14, MCA San Diego, Art Gallery of Ontario, MCA Denver, and solo exhibitions at ICA San Francisco, Tampa Museum of Art, and Socrates Sculpture Park. This fall, she will also open a solo exhibition at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC. Her works are represented in public and private collections, which include the Crocker Museum of Art, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Denver Art Museum, Joslyn Museum of Art, MCA San Diego, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Portland Museum of Art, Tampa Museum of Art, and the University of Michigan Museum of Art.  Mattai received an MFA in painting and drawing and an MA in South Asian art from the University of Pennsylvania and is a 2023 recipient of an Anonymous Was a Woman Award.