Malak Mattar

Malak Mattar is a Palestinian artist, raised in Gaza. She studied political science and international relations at Istanbul Aydin University in Turkey and is currently pursuing her Master's degree at Central St Martins in London. 

Mattar started to paint in 2014 during the 2014 Gaza war as a form of expression and to relay her lived experiences and trauma. In 2021, Malak Mattar illustrated and wrote the children's book Sitti's Bird which translates into Grandma's Bird. 

In 2024, the artist held an exhibition titled "The Horse Fell off the Poem" at the Ferruzzi Gallery in Venice, coinciding with the 60th Venice Biennale. 

In 2025 she became the first Palestinian artist to exhibit in the Windows of Central St Martins.

Her family was evacuated from the Gaza Strip around April 2024. Mattar's brushstrokes express her emotions, lived experiences and sees art become a voice. 

Pictures taken at Windows Central St Martins, Malak Matar Falasteen