Maria Sukkar

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Maria Sukkar (b.1970, Beirut, Lebanon) is an art collector and patron based in London with her husband and three children. Her art collection, named ISELF, looks at identity with particular reference to the human condition. It explores the central themes of birth, death, sexuality, love, pain and joy. Much of the collection examines human nature and emotion, and most of the artists represented are women. The collection is very figurative with portraits and sculptures ranging from caricatures to traumatized figures and erotic imagery. Maria is part of the International Council at Tate and sits on their Middle Eastern Acquisitions Committee and their Photography Acquisitions Committee. In the UK, she supports the British Museum, the Showroom, the Delfina Foundation, the ICA, the Chisenhale, the Camden Art Centre and the South London Gallery. Maria also sits on the Solomon R. Guggenheim Director's Circle and on the New Museum International Leadership Council in New York. Whilst in Lebanon, she is supportive of the HomeWorks space and of the Beirut Art Centre. In addition to that, Maria is a trustee of the St Jude's Cancer Center for Children in Beirut and of the GREAT Initiative in London and is an active member of the Chain of Hope and The Art Room. She also is a Nominator at the Prix Pictet from 2010-today and on the Photo London Advisory Board.