In 2016, Mater became the first Saudi artist to hold a solo exhibition in the United States with “Symbolic Cities: The Work of Ahmed Mater” at the Smithsonian Institution’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington DC. And since then, has had multiple shows around the US and the world. His work is part of major international collections including London’s The British Museum and Victoria & Albert Museum, the County Museum of Art in California and Centre Pompidou in Paris.