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