Habib Hajallie is an honouree on Forbes’ prestigious 30 Under 30 list 2023 and was the winner of The UK New Artist of The Year Award 2022. He has exhibited internationally, has had work acquired by Watts gallery and Pallant House Gallery, amongst other institutions.
Habib Hajallie works primarily in ballpoint pen on collaged antique texts. His work looks to champion figures from ethnically diverse backgrounds that have conspicuously been omitted from traditional British portraiture.
2026 Habib Hajallie: Black & Blue, Larkin Durey, London
2024 Habib Hajallie: Penned into History, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
2025 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, The Halo, New York City, US
2024 The British Art Prize 2024, Gallery @oxo, London
2024 Scan Art Prize, Bakerhouse Gallery, Graz, Austria
2022 UK New Artist of The Year 2022, Saatchi Gallery, London
2022 Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2021 – Cooper Gallery, Dundee
2023 The Damian Greenish Drawing Award – Winner – Gallery at Green & Stone
2023 The Hermione Hammond Drawing Award – Winner – New English Art Club
2023 Forbes 30 Under 30: Europe – Class of 2023 – Forbes
2022 UK New Artist of The Year 2022 – Winner – UKNA & Saatchi Gallery
2022 Samuel Ross Black British Artist Grant – Winner – Samuel Ross Community
2021 Young Artist Award – Winner – Society of Graphic Fine Art
2020 NG Art Residency Prize – Winner – Wells Art Contemporary
2020 Signature Art Prize: Drawing & Printmaking – Winner – Degree Art
2020 Embracing Our Differences Exhibit 2020 – Best in Show – Embracing Our Differences Org
2019 Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary – Runner up – Parker Harris
2019 Draw ‘19 – Winner Under 30s Prize – The Society of Graphic Fine Art
2018 Bloomberg New Contemporaries – class of 2018 – New Contemporaries
2016 Jorge Aguilar-Agon Student Artist Award – Winner – Fine Art Trade Guild
2023 Forbes 30 Under 30: Europe – Class of 2023 – Forbes
2022 UK New Artist of The Year 2022 – Winner – UKNA & Saatchi Gallery
2022 Samuel Ross Black British Artist Grant – Winner – Samuel Ross Community
2021 Young Artist Award – Winner – Society of Graphic Fine Art
2020 NG Art Residency Prize – Winner – Wells Art Contemporary
2020 Signature Art Prize: Drawing & Printmaking – Winner – Degree Art
2020 Embracing Our Differences Exhibit 2020 – Best in Show – Embracing Our Differences Org
2019 Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary – Runner up – Parker Harris
2019 Draw ‘19 – Winner Under 30s Prize – The Society of Graphic Fine Art
2018 Bloomberg New Contemporaries – class of 2018 – New Contemporaries
2016 Jorge Aguilar-Agon Student Artist Award – Winner – Fine Art Trade Guild