Hanaa Malallah a étudié aux Beaux-Arts de Bagdad avec un intérêt particulier pour la peinture et le dessin. En 2005, elle obtient son doctorat en Philosophie de la Peinture grace à sa thèse sur l’ordre logique dans le dessin mésopotamien. Elle a enseigné et est intervenue de nombreuses fois à l’Univer- sité des Beaux-Arts de Bagdad. A la fin de l’année 2006, elle quitte l’Iraq et vient en France en tant qu’artiste résidente à l’Institut du Monde Arabe à Paris. De là, elle répond à l’offre du SOAS de Londres en 2008 et devient un membre de l’ins- titution. Elle tient actuellement un poste au Chelsea College of Art de Londres. Ses oeuvres sont présentes dans nombre d’illustres collections, centres d’art et musées, parmi lesquels figurent le Centre d’art Modern de Bagdad, le Jordan Natio- nal Museum Amman, le Bristish Museum, l’Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, La Fondation Barjeel Art, Sharja.
Hanaa Malallah jouie d’une reconnaissance internationale pour son travail sur le matériau et pour son exploration phi- losophique et spirituelle de l’être et du non-être. Elle vit et travaille à Londres.
EDUCATION
2008 - Post Graduate Certificate In Islamic & Modern Art: SOAS University (Art & Archaeology Dept) & Certificate in Academic English (Reading & Writing) & Delivering seminar (Ruins Technique in Contemporary Iraqi Art).
2005 - PHD / Doctorate degree in the Philosophy of Painting: Baghdad University The title of my thesis is Logic Order in Ancient Mesopotamian painting.
2000 - MA in Painting: Baghdad University
1988 - BA in Painting: Academy of Fine Arts, Baghdad
1979 - Diploma in Graphic Art: Institute of Fine Arts, Baghdad
AWARDS
1984 - 1985 - Prize of Arab Organization of Education, Culture & Sciences
1991 - First Prize in Painting / The Eighth Festival of Al-Wasiti
1991 - Honorary Award from Artists Union
1991 - Honorary / Ain Gallery – Baghdad
2002 - Honorary Award/ The South Lebanese Cultural Council
MUSEUM AQUISITIONS
Centre for Arts/ Baghdad
The Royal Jordanian Museum
The British Museum
Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art
Solo Exhibitions
2016 – Biohazard, DOLPH projects, London
2014 – Works on Paper, The Park Gallery, London
2013 – The Park Gallery, London
2012 – Inception Gallery, Paris
2009 – Vivid Ruins, The Mosaic Rooms, Qattan Foundation, London
2006 – Albareh Art Gallery, Bahrain
2005 – Anda Gallery, Amman
2002 – Anda Gallery, Amman
1999 – Drawing, Athar Gallery, Baghdad
1998 – Schedules and Signals, Athar Gallery, Baghdad
1996 – Icons of Environment, Hiwar Art Gallery, Baghdad
1995 – Abaad Gallery, Amman
1994 – Pursuing the Trace, Atelier Nadhar, Baghdad
1993 – Baghdad: Geography People Symbols, Centre for Arts, Baghdad
1991 – Museum Visits Documents, Centre for Arts, Baghdad
Art Fairs
2015 – Abu Dhabi Art Fair
2015 – Art15, London
2014 – Art14, London
2013 – Abu Dhabi Art Fair
2013 – Scope Basel Art Fair
2012 – Abu Dhabi Art Fair
2010 – Dubai Art Fair
Group Exhibitions
2014 – Reflections of War, Flowers, London
2014 – A Tribute to Rafa Nasiri, Nabha Gallery, Amman
2013 – Meem Gallery, Dubai
2013 – Contemporary Art Platform, Kuwait
2013 – Ten Year After: Reflections on the Invasion of Iraq, Project and exhibition, Chelsea College of Arts & Design London University, London
2012 – Iraq: How, Where, for Whom? with Kennardphillips, Qattan Foundation, The Mosaic Rooms, London
2011 – Swiss Re (Gherkin), London
2011 – Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah
2011 – Art in Iraq Today (Conclusion Show), Meem Gallery, Dubai
2011 – Art in Iraq Today, Beirut Exhibition Centre, Beirut
2010 – Art in Iraq Today, Meem Gallery, Dudai
2010 – Beyond The War, LTMH Gallery, New York
2009 – The Recessionists, Somerset, England
2009 – Modernism and Iraq, Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University in the City of New York
2008 – Iraqi Artist in Exile, Station Museum, USA
2008 – Iraq’s Past Speaks to the Present, British Museum
2007 – Sophisticated Ways: Distruction of an Ancient City, Ayagallery, London
2007 – Green Zone Red Zone, Gemak Den Haag, Holland
2005 – Contemporary Iraqi Book Art, UAS, Texas College
2005 – Contemporary Iraqi Exhibition, Paris
2005 – Iraqi Exhibition, East and West Foundation, Holland
2004 – Celebrating the Creativity of the Collaboration Between Iraqi Art and Literature, Frankfurt
2004 – Homage to Shakir Hassan, Orfly Art Gallery, Amman
2003 – Miniatures of Iraqi Art, Dijlah Gallery, Baghdad
2003 – The Hundredth, Hiwar Gallery, Baghdad
2003 – Before. After. Now, Deluxe Gallery, Hoxton Square, London
2003 – Women Artists from the Islamic Wold, Spain, UNESCO Paris
2003 – Tawashujat: Between Poet and Artists, The Jordan National Gallery of FineArts, Amman
2003 – Expressions of Hope: Iraqi Art, Ayagallery, London
2002 – Contemporary Iraqi Art in China
2002 – Baghdad International Festival for Contemporary Art
2002 – Conference of Creative Arab Women, Tunisia
2000 – Strokes of Genius: Contemporary Iraqi Art, Brunei Gallery, London
2000 – Contemporary Iraqi Art, Institute du Monde Arabe, Paris
2000 – Significance of Experimentation, Baghdad Gallery, Baghdad
2000 – Co-Exhibition, Ghassan Ghaeb and Kareem Risan, Ather Gallary, Baghdad
Museum Acquisitions
Centre for Arts, Baghdad
The Royal Jordanian Museum
The British Museum
Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art
Barjeel Art Foundation