Muriel Hasbun’s expertise as an artist and as an educator focuses on issues of cultural identity and memory, as well as on promoting cultural exchange. Through an intergenerational, transnational and transcultural lens, Hasbun constructs contemporary narratives and establishes a space for dialogue where individual and collective memory spark new questions about identity and place.
Hasbun, a Fulbright Scholar (2006-08), is the recipient of numerous distinctions, including a Museums Connect grant for a transnational project funded by the U.S. Department of State and the American Association of Museums (2011-12); Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Awards in Photography (2012) and in Media (2008); an Escuela de Bellas Artes Artist in Residence in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico (2010); and the Corcoran’s Outstanding Creative Research Faculty Award (2007).
Hasbun’s photo-based work has been internationally exhibited. Venues include: Smithsonian American Art Museum (2013, 2011); Maier Museum of Art (2012); Light Work, Mexican Cultural Institute and US Embassy in San Salvador (2011); MAC-Dallas and the Michael Mazzeo Gallery (2010); American University Museum (2008); NYU’s Hemispheric Institute at the Centro Cultural Recoleta in Buenos Aires (2007); Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego (2007); Houston’s FotoFest (2006), Corcoran Gallery of Art (2004); 50th Venice Biennale (2003); Centro de la Imagen in Mexico City (1999); and Musee de l’Arles Antique at the 29e?me Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie d’Arles (1998). Similarly, her photographs are in numerous private and public collections, including the Art Museum of the Americas, District of Columbia Art Bank, En Foco, Lehigh University, the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Bibliotheque Nationale de France.
Muriel Hasbun is Professor and Chair of Photography at the Corcoran College of Art and Design.She received a MFA in Photography (1989) from The George Washington University and an AB in French Literature (1983), cum laude, from Georgetown University.
