Romy Matar

Romy Matar is a Lebanese film director and illustrator based in London, England. Her work revolves around introspective concepts and ideas illustrating the environment of her upbringing. She graduated with a Masters Degree in Animation from RCA in 2021 and has been based in London since.

Being a visual artist, it is hard to express and describe my work with words and not images. I found myself sitting in front of my desk with three monitors, hundreds of perforated paper and a ton of markers, trying to figure out a way to bring together my inspirations, my drive, and my artist statement into words and more specifically into one paragraph. My visuals have been evolving with me but I've always been drawn to bright contrasted colours and hidden elements in images. The toll that Beirut has taken on my work has had a ripple effect on my visuals. My upbringing in Lebanon is where most of the agitation and turbulence in my compositions and lines come from. For the past two years I have been focusing on the art of storytelling and the development of actions over a period of time, always searching for my voice within narratives and stories.