Roger Mokbel
Dust in My Mouth
December 2 – December 22, 2023

The Qatar America Institute for Culture’s (QAIC) IMPART Artist Grant awards a cash prize to emerging and mid-career artists to support the creation of a new body of work around a selected yearly theme. Lebanese photographer Roger Mokbel was one of the artists selected in 2022 whose work best exemplified or explored the intersection between sustainability and the arts. In the exhibition Dust in My Mouth, Roger Mokbel explores the intersection of climate change and personal loss, while emphasizing the importance of sustainability as an ecological necessity. Roger Mokbel’s work was on display at QAIC from May—August, 2023, and is showcased here in partnership with IA&A at Hillyer, a program of International Arts & Artists.

About the Artist:

Originally a biotechnology engineer, Mokbel established himself as a self-taught Lebanese photographer by using his visual works as a plea for social justice. His work explores the intersection between the personal and the collective. Always socially engaged, he is fascinated in studying the multiple layers through which a topic can be approached. In his storytelling projects, he has often used human psychology as a point of entry to address societal and environmental concerns. His first project, Describe the Sky to Me, was selected by the Arab Documentary Photography Program in 2018 and received the
Photography Prize from the Boghossian Foundation in 2019. His second project, And Then, They Just Left, was exhibited at the Festival International des Arts de Bordeaux in 2021 and in Madrid as part of the official selection of Photo España 2022.