HANNAH ATALLAH (BORN. WASHINGTON, DC) IS A MURALIST AND MIXED-MEDIA ARTIST.

WITH A FOCUS ON LARGE-SCALE PUBLIC ART PROJECTS, SHE PRIORITIZES THE INCORPORATION OF COMMUNITY AND RELEVANT CULTURAL HISTORIES IN HER PRACTICE. AS A PALESTINIAN-LEBANESE-IRISH-AMERICAN ARTIST, SHE OFTEN DRAWS FROM HER OWN CULTURAL INSPIRATIONS. SHE IS A FREQUENT COLLABORATOR WITH EDUCATIONAL, HEALING SCIENCE AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS.

MURAL COMMISSIONS INCLUDE THE MURALS DC ‘21 SEASON, SHERWIN WILLIAMS, EATON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THROUGH THE DC DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, THE BALTIMORE RUNNING FESTIVAL, CAREFIRST BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD, DISTRICT BRIDGES, THE HAVEN SURVIVOR SUPPORT CENTER OF COLGATE UNIVERSITY, THE COMMUNITY BUSINESS HUBS OF UTICA COFFEE, RODMAN’S, THE TAILOR & THE COOK, AND SEVERAL RESIDENTIAL COMMISSIONS.

ATALLAH HAS RECEIVED RECOGNITION THROUGH AWARDS, RESIDENCIES, AND COMMISSIONS, INCLUDING THE DC COMMISSION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES, ART BANK, HALCYON ART LAB, TLATELOLCO ARTS INCUBATOR, AND THE TAILOR & THE COOK ARTIST RESIDENCY. SHE HAS APPRENTICED UNDER MISS CHELOVE (WASHINGTON, DC) AND PRODUCCIONES Y MILAGROS (MEXICO CITY).