Maha Saab (b. 1979, New York, NY USA)

Maha Saab works range from conceptual photography and painting to post-minimalist mixed media sculpture. No matter the medium, an enigmatic sophistication marks the poetic intelligence of her socially conscious creations.

Saab received her BFA from Parsons School of Design in 2003 and her MFA from University of California, Los Angeles in 2007. Select galleries that have exhibited her work include ltd los angeles, Los Angeles (2010), Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis (2010), Pepin Moore Gallery, Los Angeles (2010), Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York (2010), Cardwell Jimmerson, Culver City (2010), LA><ART, Culver City (2010), Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles (2007), Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles (2007) and Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles (2005). She curated The Chef’s Theory at 533, Los Angeles in 2009.

Media outlets in which Saab and her work have been profiled include The L Magazine,The New Yorker and Artforum. She currently lives and works in Los Angeles.

Image: Maha Saab, S.D.S. Prop for Science, 2010, sewn paper, paint, hardware, 51 x 39 x 2.5 inches (129.54 x 99.06 x 6.35 cm).

(c) Maha Saab