Biography
Hanaa Malallah is an Iraqi artist, researcher, and educator based in London. Born in Iraq in 1958, she studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Baghdad and earned an MA and PhD from the University of Baghdad. Her doctorate thesis examined ancient Mesopotamian art using modern philosophy. Malallah left Iraq in 2006 for an artist residency in Paris, followed by fellowships in London. She has taught at the Institute of Fine Arts and the University of Baghdad, and more recently at the Royal University for Women in Bahrain.
Since the early 1990s, Malallah has explored destruction as part of the human condition, using a ‘ruins technique’ she developed in 2007. Her recent solo exhibitions include “Remnants” at The Cube, ASC Studios, Croydon in 2023, and “Ruins, Rubble and Renewal” at the Salah Al Hithni Museum, Iraq in 2022. Her work is held in several museums, including the British Museum and the Imperial War Museum in London.
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