Suchitra Mattai is a multidisciplinary 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. Mattai’s work has been featured in solo exhibitions at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., and the ICA San Francisco, and in group exhibitions at the MCA Chicago and the ICA Boston. Her works are represented in private and public collections, including Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, Bentonville, Arkansas; the Denver Art Museum; and the MCA San Diego. Mattai is a recent recipient of the Anonymous Was a Woman award (2023).

Photo: Kendra Custer

Suchitra Mattai, nacida en 1973, en Georgetown, Guyana, con ascendencia de la India y el Caribe, crea pinturas, esculturas e instalaciones en técnicas mixtas que arrojan luz sobre historias desconocidas. A menudo combina procesos y materiales que solían asociarse con la esfera de lo doméstico, como el bordado, la costura, el «tejido» y la ropa, para honrar el trabajo de las mujeres. La obra de Mattai se ha presentado en exposiciones individuales en el National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., y el Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco, así como en muestras colectivas en el Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago y el Institute of Contemporary Art Boston. Sus trabajo se encuentran en colecciones públicas y privadas, entre otras, la del Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, en Bentonville, Arkansas; el Denver Art Museum, y el Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. En 2023 recibió el premio Anonymous Was a Woman.