Alya Hatta (b.1999, Malaysia) is an interdisciplinary artist based between London and Kuala Lumpur. Drawing on personal experiences and memories, Hatta uses the dynamism of colour, form, sound and space to explore the realm of digital and physical in representing her Southeast Asian identity, and to portray the colourful intimacies of the diasporic human condition.
MA, Royal College of Art, 2021-2023
BFA, Goldsmiths, University of London, 2018-2021
Diploma, Loughborough University, 2017-2018
2021, A New Artistic Landscape - In Conversation with Alya Hatta, The Strand Magazine
2021, The JW Anderson Sneaker, JW Anderson
2021, JW Anderson’s Next Step After Those Chain Loafers? Cult Sneakers, Of Course, Vogue
2021, 3 Malaysian Female Artists Bloom with Creativity, Men's Folio
2021, Review of Graduate Shows 2021. Goldsmiths and Royal Academy Schools, Artist Hive Studios
2020, From Memories to Art, The Sunday Daily
2020, Your first look at the artworks created by New Gen Gap’s six finalists, Dazed Magazine
2019, 'SH/FT' exhibit offers a glimpse of the evolving nature of Malaysian contemporary art, The Star
2017, Aphrodisia: An exhibition challenging perceptions, BFM The Business Station
2021, In Other Company, Deptford X Festival, London, UK (Group)
2021, Unity, We Are Filamen, KongsiKL, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Group)
2021, 100 Pieces: Art for All, Wei-Ling Contemporary, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Group)
2020, Misplaced, Oped Space, Tokyo, Japan (Group)
2020, RRRAWRRR!!! Women Artist Exhibition, Maybank Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Group)
2020, Lava Club Experience, Mercato Metropolitano, London, UK (Group)
2019, SH/FT, Blackbox Publika, Kuala Lumpur (Group)
2019, Snakes and Ladders, The Incubator, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Group)
2019, GENERATE! Festival, Tubingen, Germany (Group)
2019, Third Nature, Safehouse 2, London, UK (Group)
2019, Sotheby’s Institute of Art Student Charity Auction, London, UK (Group)
2018, Goldsmiths Festival of The Arts, London, UK (Group)