Mia Baraka (Lebanon/UK) works across photography, print, moving image and installation to explore the visual and spatial registers of contemporary life in Lebanon, particularly the ways in which political realities imprint upon the physical and perceptual landscapes of the everyday.





Education

MFA             Royal College of Arts, London, UK, 2025
BArch           American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 2018
    -                 Architectural Association, London, UK, Visiting School, 2017



Professional experience

2020-24       PSLab, Beirut                                                       
2020              Najla El Zein, Beirut                                             
2019               NADA DEBS, Beirut                                             
2019               Arab Center for Architecture, Beirut             
2018               Domaine de Boisbuchet, France                    
2017               OODA, Porto                                                        
2016               WORKac, New York                                           
2015               Maria Group, Beirut                                            

 


Duo exhibition

2022              A Thousand Suns in the Dark, British Council, ArtLAB, Beirut



Selected group exhibitions

Soon!              Life After Extinction?, Rotlicht Festival, Atelierhaus of the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
                        The Unreliable Ledger, Jubilee Fifth International Print Biennale, HayArt Centre, Yerevan
                        Slow Burn, Beirut Art Center
      
2025             The Unreliable Ledger, no/mad utopia gallery, Beirut
                       After the Soft Hurricane on My Hand, Royal College of Arts, London
                       Footfalls Echo, Safehouse, London
                       RCA2025, Royal College of Arts, London
                       Buoyancy, Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Arts, London
                       Fac Simile, Open Hand Open Space, Reading, UK
                       Capital Shadow, Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Arts, London
                       Trace of Camden, Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Arts, London

2022             Imagine that Tomorrow, British Council, Abroyan Factory, Beirut

2021              Beirut Shifting Grounds, How will we live together?, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice

2018              Les artistes s’amusent, Galerie Epreuve d’Artiste, FABRIKA, Beirut
                       Seeking Comfort, American University of Beirut

2016              Beirut Design Week, American University of Beirut

2015              In-between, Gefinor Center, Beirut
                       Beirut Design Week, American University of Beirut