BIO
Hannah Atallah (b. 1994 | Washington, DC) is a Baltimore-based multidisciplinary visual artist with a focus on relational installation works and unconventional use of traditional artistic techniques and materials.
Her work is characterized by an expansive understanding of landscape and portraiture, and issues of spatial and historical awareness. With a focus on experiential large-scale works, she investigates how layered materials and contexts can open pathways for nuance, awareness and complexity around themes of colonialism and historical violence associated with the environment, the body, and the collective. Atallah often draws on the artistic traditions and cultural influences of her Palestinian, Lebanese and Irish heritage.
Atallah has created public works, immersive installations and sculptures, and exhibited work in solo, duo and group exhibitions in the US, Mexico and Jordan.
She has been the winner of over 20 grants and awards, notably with the Phillips Collection and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
Education
2026 Maryland Institute College of Art | MFA, Rinehart School of Sculpture
Leslie King Hammond Fellow | William Mayo Herring '41 Scholar | Amalie Rothschild '34 Rinehart Award | Bromo Seltzer Artist Residency Prize
2017 Colgate University | BA with Honors, Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude, Transnational Media Arts & Educational Studies
Benton Scholar | Charles Dana Scholar | Film & Media Studies Award
Public Collections
DC Commission of the Arts & Humanities, USA
Maryland Institute College of Art, Office of the President, USA
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, USA
Public Works
Baltimore Convention Center, USA
Garfield Elementary, USA
Francis Stevens School Without Walls, USA
Jordan Eco Park, Jordan
Abell Community Association, USA
Care First, USA
Eaton Elementary, USA
Murals DC, USA
The Tailor & The Cook, USA
Utica Coffee Roasters, USA
District Bridges, USA
Sherwin Williamss, USA
Select Honors & Grants
The Phillips Collection People’s Choice Award (2026)
Amalie Rothschild '34 Rinehart Award (2026)
MICA Graduate Fellowship at the Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower (2026)
Aesthetica Art Prize, Longlist - New York, NY (2026)
DC Commission For The Arts & Humanities - Washington, DC (2021, 2025)
Trawick Prize Semifinalist - Bethesda, MD (2025)
MICA Curatorial Assistantship Grant - Baltimore, MD (2025)
Baltimore Museum Of Art, Research Assistantship - Baltimore, MD (2025)
Brush Mural Grant - Baltimore, MD (2024)
Leslie King Hammond Graduate Fellowship - Baltimore, MD (2024 - 2026)
William Mayo Herring '41 Scholarship - Baltimore, MD (2024 - 2026)
MICA Graduate Merit Scholarship - Baltimore, MD (2024 - 2026)
DCDGSGrant - Washington, DC (2021, 2024, 2025)
Abell Community Association Mural Grant - Baltimore, MD (2022)
Murals DC Grant - Washington, DC (2021)
Lets Paint The Streets Grant - Washington, DC (2021)
District Bridges Mural Grant - Washington, DC (2020)
Collective Remembering Mural Grant - Hamilton, NY (2019)
Solo & Duo Exhibitions
2026 - Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear - Decker Gallery, USA
2026 - Unfortunately, It Was Paradise - Leidy Gallery, USA
2025 - Unfortunately, It Was Paradise - Making Space, MD, USA
2025 - Whispers of a Distant Land: Hannah Atallah & Rafael Rodriguez - Cafritz Foundation Art Center, MD, USA
2024 - Exit West: Hannah Atallah & Naji Al Ali - Q0DE, Amman, Jordan
2022 - Flood Pulse - Lost Origins, DC, USA
Group Exhibitions
2026 - Washington Project for the Arts, USA
2026 - Phillips Collection Juried Invitational, Curated by Tie Jojima, Phillips Collection, USA
2026 - Femme Art Fair, USA, Curated by Ally Mumm
2026 - Thresholds of Hospitality, Curated by Liz Faust, SCOUT Art Fair, USA
2026 - Shoes at The Door, Curated by Dylan Kaleikaumaka Hill, Currency Studio - Heather Grey Gallery, USA
2025 - Umbrella, Curated by Peter Franklin Chang and Ally Mumm, USA
2025 - Baraka: Hannah Atallah, Jackie Milad and Reem Bassous, Freight Gallery, USA
2025 - Traces, Group Show, Curated by Laila Jadallah At IA&A At Hillyer, USA
2025 - DC Art Now 2025, Group Show, Curated By Michelle May-Curry, USA
2025 - Urban Space, Fox Gallery, USA
2025 - Civic Tongue, Washington Studio School, USA
2025 - A Cultural Majlis: The Aesthetics Of Solidarity/Fabulation, Hamiltonian Artists Public Program, USA
2025 - Legends Of The Small, Group Show, Curated By Tom Kim, USA
2025 - To Witness, Group Show, Rinehart, USA
2025 - Bloom, Group Show, Curated By Usan Usan At The National Landing Bid, USA
2025 - International Women’s Exhibit, Group Show: The Ven Embassy Row, USA
2024 - I Tried Using Words, Group Show: Leidy Gallery, USA
2024 - DC Art Now 2025, Group Show: DC Commission For The Arts & Humanities, USA
2024 - Love Letters To Baltimore & The DMV, Asia North,Motor House, USA
2024 - Her Voice, Her Vision,Group Show: Chesapeake Arts Center, USA
2023 - Women In The Middle East, Group Show: Outique Art Space, Jordan
2022 - Cans To Canvas,Group Show: Fada 317 & The Art Hub, Jordan
2022 - El Mal Querer, October 29 - November 19 -Solo Show: Homme Gallery, USA
2022 - Flood Pulse, April 30-May 31 -Solo Show: Lost Origins Gallery, USA
2022 - 144 - Group Show: Jab Arts At Grand Duchess, USA
2021 - DC Art Now 2021, Group Show: DC Commission For The Arts & Humanities, USA
2020 - By The People X Monochrome Art Fair, USA
2019 - Current Movements, Eaton DC, USA
2019 - Tiny Show #2, Hen House, USA
2019 - Relative Positions, O St Studios, USA
2019 - Tiny Show, Hen House, USA
2019 - Women Who Run With The Wolves, Torpedo Factory Art Center, USA
Academic Teaching
Maryland Institute College of Art, USA
Kings Academy, Jordan
The Lord Bertrand Russell School, Mexico
Hamilton Center for the Arts, USA
Colgate University, USA
Residencies
Bromo Seltzer Residency, 2026-2027
The Third Place Artist Residency, Making Space BMORE, 2025
Artist Talks
Making Space Bmore - 2025
Hamiltonian Artists - 2025
Blue Light Junction - 2025
Maryland Institute College of Art - 2025
Montgomery College - 2025
Creative Alliance - 2024
Halcyon Arts Lab - 2020
Colgate University - 2019
Press
Bmore Art: “Tomorrow the Sun Will Rise” at the Phillips Collection
The Baltimore Sun: 15 Local Artists Chosen for Prestigious DC Show Exploring Recent US History
Aesthetica Magazine: Aesthetica Art Prize
Bmore Art: A Story in Stitches: Artist Talk by Hannah Atallah + Lecture by Wafa Ghnaim
Canvas Rebel Magazine: Meet Hannah Atallah
South Bmore: Photo Tour of the New Murals at the Baltimore Convention Center
Site photographs by Jalen Joshua Williams, Jerome Thomas , Conrado Muluc , & Max Berger

