作家略歴

Education:
Obtained a Degree in Fine Arts in University of the Philippines, Diliman year 2006 (Cum Laude).
Employment:
Hari Lualhati has worked in Manila, Hong Kong, Shenzhen China, and South Africa as a graphic artist, designer, book illustrator, painter.
Hari is now permanently based in Cape Town, South Africa (since Year 2009).
Hari Lualhati is a full-time artist who is permanently based (since Year 2009) in Cape Town, South Africa.
She prefers her latest artworks to be called as “SOULWORKS” because they are a direct connection to her soul.
Her figurative subject being accompanied by animals and nature shows that we are all connected.
Hari’s soulworks harmoniously combine impressive realism with fine details, amazing expressionism with her techniques and symbolism that unfolds a story behind elements used. Her soulworks are mirrors of golden life lessons,
Aha Moments and realizations that the artist aims to preserve and share to others.
These soulworks are not only a delight to the eyes, their messages immediately connects to the heart and leaves an unforgettable experience.
Hari was born on February 12, 1985. At a very young age, she already showed interest in art.
She has been a consistent school representative for Art Competitions and consistently been awarded as “Artist of the Year” during high school.
Year 2006, Hari finished her Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines, Diliman - with honors (Cum Laude).
She worked in Philippines, Hong Kong, Shenzhen China, and South Africa as a graphic artist, product designer, illustrator, and painter.
Hari’s received numerous awards from different International Art Competitions including: being selected for FIGURATIVAS 2023, the most prestigious International Art Competition in Spain and known to be notoriously tough to enter,
1st Place - HelvetArt International Swiss Art Competition- 2022 (Switzerland), 1st Place - Malaysia International Art Competition 2022, Art Renewal Center’s International ARC Salon 2014 - 2017 (USA), Marco’s Art Emporium- Return to Realism Art Competition 2019,
1st Place (South Africa), Drawing From Observation Art Competition 2019, 1st Place (South Africa),
TheArtList’s 2nd Place Winner 2020 (USA), Art Olympia 2019 (Japan), Figurativas Competition 2017 (Spain), World Wide Kitsch Competition (USA),
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, Artist on the Rise Award 2017 (Australia), The Palm Art Award Certificate of Excellence (Germany),
Living Portrait Master, 2nd Prize 2017 (South Africa), “Arte Dinamica” from Grifio Art Gallery 2016 (Rome), American Art Awards 2014 ? 1st Place (USA). Hari has been featured and been on the cover of different Art Magazines and Publications: Michelangelo Magazine - August 2020 Issue (South Africa),
South African Artist Magazine, November 2019 Issue, Cover of VIVAMag 2019 (Italy), Infected by Art Volume 8 Year 2020 and Volume 7 Year 2019 (USA),
Your Best Painting Art Book published by European Museum of Modern Art and Artelibre 2020 (Spain), Marvelous Art Magazine 2020 (Turkey),
ARS-MAGISTRIS Magazine Art 2020 (Italy), International Realism Catalogue ARC(USA), GuiadeArte Leonardo (Spain), Wall Street International 2018,
Into The Void 2017 (Ireland), PSIKEART 2017 (Turkey), Contemporary Art Collection Book 2016 (Rome),
Cover of Close to Art 2014 (France), Miroir 2014 (USA), Cover of INSIGHT MAGAZINE for year 2013 and 2017.
Year 2015, Hari has been selected to represent South Africa in one of the largest juried exhibitions of contemporary art in Europe with Chief Curator Wolfgang Gramm, the NordArt Exhibition in Germany.
Year 2018, she had an exhibition in the prestigious MEAM - European Museum of Modern Art where her artwork has been sold to a private collector in Europe; and had another recent exhibition in MEAM from October 2023 to January 2024.
Her artworks have been exhibited in Philippines, HongKong, South Africa, Italy, Germany, Armenia, Ukraine, Spain, Prague, USA, and Australia.

作画方法、画材など

I prefer to call my art pieces as my “SOULWORKS” because for me, they are not just art- works, they are souls represented in art. They serve as a direct connection to my soul and represent matters that value to me.
The concept of my soulworks revolves around powerful life lessons, aha moments and re- alizations I’ve gained from life.
These are those “Moments” that made huge impact in my life and have taught me to be a better version of myself.
I would like to preserve and pass these lessons and inspirations to others through the best way I can and that is through my soulworks.
I believe that we are all connected as human beings and that we share the same emotions. I hope that the audience could see part of themselves through my soul- works and hopefully connect to them and inspire them to have a more positive outlook in life.
The form of the human body, specifically the naked body, has always fascinated me. I find it elegant, classic and very relatable.
I love the sincerity and raw beauty that a naked figure represents. These qualities inspire me to use nude figure as my subject matter.
I also incorporate elements of nature and animals to the human figure to show that we are all connected.
I mostly work with oil on canvas and I also draw using graphite on paper. The creative pro- cess starts with conceptualization, which is an import part for me as I believe that a good concept will serve as a good foundation for my soulwork.
Once I’ve visualized my idea, I start painting or drawing. More often than not I find myself lost in my art as I go with the flow of passion running through my paintbrush or my pencil. I call it: “Love made visible through Art.”
My style can be considered as a marriage of realism, expressionism and symbolism.
I love painting my subject as realistic as possible because for me it holds the most significant message of the piece so it must be recognizable to the eyes of the viewers (no matter if they are an expert in art or not).
It is usually at the background of the painting that I tried to be as expressive as I can with the use different bold and playful brush strokes to create balance.
The profound visual narrative and the techniques used aims to reveal the invisi- ble within the visible. I also use a lot of symbolism to my soulworks as I find it to be an effective and interesting way of telling stories.
I want my soulworks to not only be beautiful but also to tell meaningful stories.
Quality is one of my top priorities. I never rush when I paint and give it the time and atten- tion it needs until it speaks to my heart, until I know that I’ve given it my best.
Though I take into consideration the use of different techniques, I value more the feelings that I put into my works.
I paint and draw with my heart. For me, a soulwork is successful if it can make anyone who would look at it feel the emotion that it’s supposes to give. It’s like delivering a clear message by touching the hearts of the viewers.

自己PR

展示会に出品歴

SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2021 Transcend”, SOLO Exhibition of Hari Lualhati, May 6-29, 2021at Art is Art Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa. 
2019 Reign”, SOLO Exhibition of Hari Lualhati, October 26, 2019 at The Italian Artshop, Cape Town, South Africa. 
2019 Return to Love”, SOLO Exhibition of Hari Lualhati, December 6, 2018 - January 28, 2019, Mullers Gallery 
2018 Efflorescence”, SOLO Exhibition of Hari Lualhati, March 1 - 30, 2018 at Studio 32, Durban, South Africa. 
2017 Love’s Metamorphosis”, SOLO Exhibition of Hari Lualhati, March 9 - 31, 2017 at The Gallery On Leviseur at 59 Genrl. Dan Pienaar Drive, Westdene, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa.
2017 Untamed Heart”, SOLO Exhibition of Hari Lualhati, February 14 - 28, 2017 at The Henry George Gallery, Parkhurst, Gauteng, South Africa
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2024
VULEKA ART EXHIBITION, August 3 -30, 2024 , Art B Gallery, Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa
2024 Lethbridge 20000, July 13 -30, 2024 ,Lethbridge Gallery, Australia
2024 INVESTEC CAPE TOWN ART FAIR, February 15 -18, 2024 , CTICC, Cape Town, South Africa
2023
“FIGURATIVAS 2023”, MEAM / European Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain. October 2023-January 2024.
2023 NOAPS/ National Oil and Acrylic Painters’ Society Spring International Exhibition 2023 - USA. May 22, 2023.
2021
“QUEST FOR THE MODERN FIGURE”, 5 November 2021 - 31 December 2021, 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA. 

受賞歴

2024 
SILVER AWARD WINNER of Japan Illustrators' Association Illustration Award 2024, August 2024
Soulworks touched down on the Moon through Odysseus, Intuitive Machine. The Lunar Codex Project. February 23, 2024
The Dreamcatcher, chosen to be part of a documentary film titled "The Art Side of the Moon", Australia 2024
Chosen as one of the TOP 40 Finalists of Vuleka Art Competition 2024, Cape Town, South Africa August 2024.
Finalist in the Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award 2024, Australia, July 2024
chosen to be part of the upcoming "Infected By Art Volume 12 Book". Infected By Art Book showcases the best artworks in the genre of imaginative realism, i.e. Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror from all over the world. 2024
Selected Artist for the Second Round of the Titian Portrait Competition , 2024
Winner in the 2024 Art Collectors Choice Awards, Scored by 20 International Art Collectors, 2024
chosen by curator Mr. Martin to be part of Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2024 - Emerging Artist Programme. February 2024
Selected to be Included in the Artist Profile Listing  for the next 12 months  (FOR FREE) in Women in Arts Network. February 2025
MERIT AWARD - HELVETART 2024 . January  2024
selected to be Featured  in the latest Edition of Guia de Arte Leonardo 2024 / Leonardo Art Guide Book 2024. January 31, 2024
selected to be part of the Special Edition of the ModPortrait 2023 Hard Cover Catalogue, printed and distributed from Spain. January 31, 2024
Selected Artist for  EMERGING WOMAN ARTIST Virtual Exhibition. January 19, 2024
MOST-VOTED ARTIST for Arts To Heart Magazine Issue 5. January 13, 2024
WINS Second Runner Up of EMERGING WOMAN ARTIST AWARD 2023. January 11, 2024
2023
1ST PRIZE WINNER - Art Collide, for her Soulwork - "Washed in the Blood of the Lamb". December 27,
selected to exhibit in MEAM / Museu Europeu d'Art Modern/  European Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain October 2023-January 2024.
023 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize Finalist - RAYMAR Traditional Art Award Finalist. August 2023
WINNER of  TALENT PRIZE AWARD 2023 by TERAVARNA - The World's Leading Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California 90065, United States. August 2023.
5 Soulworks Selected by Almenara Art Prize 2023 and will be part of the Almenara Art Prize Exhibition from August 1 - October 31, 2023, Spain. August 2023.
Featured on Times Square Billboard in New York City, USA . July 2023.
Winner of FIGURATIVAS 2023 - Mencion de Honor, second to the highest award in the most prestigious International Art Competition in Spain and known to be notoriously tough to enter. Spain. July 2023.
1ST PLACE WINNER - Dreamscape Art Prize of Ten Moir Gallery . July 2023.
"Banggaling Mo, Taytayeño - Achievement Award, Awarded by the Local Government Unit of Taytay, Rizal. Philippines. July 22, 2023.
selected by HMVC Gallery in New York to be part of the "Summer Feels" Exhibition.USA. July 2023.
selected for FIGURATIVAS 2023, the most prestigious International Art Competition in Spain and known to be notoriously tough to enter. Spain. May 2023.
selected by Jurors for the NOAPS/ National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society Spring International Exhibition 2023 - USA. May 22, 2023.
Chosen to be a JUROR for Malaysia International Juried Art Competition 2023 by IFAM Global. Malaysia. April 2023.
Chosen to be part of Society of Canadian Artists 2023 Open International Online Juried Exhibition. Canada. April - June 2023.
Chosen as "Featured Taytayeño" by the Office of the Municipal Mayor of Taytay, Rizal, Philippines. March 2023.
CFA Featured Artist 2023 - Circle Foundation for the Arts, France 2023.
CFA Artist of the Year 2023 - Honourable Mention - Circle Foundation for the Arts, France 2023.
chosen to be part of the upcoming "Infected By Art Volume 11 Book". Infected By Art Book showcases the best artworks in the genre of imaginative realism,
chosen and personally hand-picked to be part of “THE LUNAR CODEX / ARTISTS ON THE MOON  PROJECT”.
2022
HARI Winner of  Certificate of Excellence from Palm Art Award 2022. Germany. December 2022 
Featured Artist in Artist Portfolio Magazine - Issue 5, pages 16 & 17. USA . November 2022 
Part of the Top 50 Finalists in John Dalton Art Prize 2022. November 2022 
Semi-Finalist in the 16th ARC Salon 2022. September 2022 
21ST PLACE WINNER - HelvetArt 2022 International Swiss Art Competition. Switzerland. July 2022
Selected Artist to represent SOUTH AFRICA  to International Velasquez Painting and Sculpture Competition 2022 organized by The Team of Shengxinyu
1ST PLACE - IFAM Outstanding Award (Top Award) Winner of Malaysia International Juried Art Competition. Malaysia, June 2022
CFA Artist of the Month - 2nd PLACE - Circle Foundation for the Arts, France 2022.
chosen to be the only artist to represent South Africa  in the Malaysia International Juried Art Competition. Malaysia, June 202
Featured Artist in the latest Issue of Mona Magazine. It is an Australian Magazine created by Women, that features Women and created for Women, June 2022.
selected to be part of the latest LEONARDO Art Guide 2022 Book, published in Spain by Galeria Artelibre. June 2022
selected to be part of the latest publication of European Museum of Modern Art MEAM and Galeria Artelibre - The Special Edition Modportrait 2021 Catalog, published in Spain. 2022
2021
hosen to be the 2021 Spiritual Art Awards 1st Place Winner. American Southwest December 2021
chosen by distinguished  jurors to exhibit in Chicago, USA for QUEST FOR THE MODERN FIGURE at 33 Contemporary Gallery from 5 November 2021 to 31 December 2021.
Featured Artist for Knight Frank Standing Out Magazine, October 2021 Issue, Pages 82-85
chosen to be part of 2021 TOP 100 FINALISTS OF THAMI MNEYLE FINE ARTS AWARDS - City of Ekurhuleni, October 2021
chosen to represent SOUTH AFRICA as one of the TOP TEN FINALISTS together with other amazing top 10 artists from UK, USA, China, Georgia, Bangladesh, and Syria by  The Be Still Media, 25 August 2021
chosen as one of the TOP TEN ARTISTS IN SOUTH AFRICA by The Online Art Gallery, 26 July 2021
eatured in Die Burger Newspaper, 11 May 2021, page 8
featured in The New York Optimist, May 2021 https://www.thenewyorkoptimist.net/hari-lualhati---transcend-series.html
featured Netwerk24, May 2021 https://www.netwerk24.com/Vermaak/Kuns/kunstenaar-stal-haar-sielswerke-in-kaapstad-uit-20210505
chosen to be part of the 12 finalists for round six of Be Still Media Competition, on the theme "The Fringe Benefits of Failure". - Warrenton, VA, USA,  17 April 2021
Hfeatured at the latest issue of Village Chat / Kontrei Praatjies . Title of the Article: "The Soul and Art of Hari Lualhati", pages 4-9, May 2021
chosen to be part of the TOP THREE ARTISTS - Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, 6 March 2021 https://youtu.be/-W4Ac1PCQDk
Hchosen to be part of the upcoming "Infected By Art Volume 9 Book". Infected By Art Book showcases the best artworks in the genre of imaginative realism, i.e. Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror from all over the world. January 2021
2020
painting titled " The Pursuit of Happiness" has inspired the author Athol Williams to write a poem about it and to include it in the Book titled "Fragile",  December 2020. 
chosen as Finalist for Little Jewels Art Competition,  December 2020. 
2chosen as Semi-Finalist for 15th International ARC/Art Renewal Center Salon Competition,  November 2020. 
chosen by BEAM COLLECTIVE in Tel Aviv, Israel, to be part of an International Art Exhibition titled " Between Surrealism & Magic Realism", on 22 August 2020.
chosen to represent South Africa for the International Art Exhibition by Galleri SoHo, Sweden - From 20 August - 02 September 2020
eatured at the latest August 2020 Issue of Michelangelo Magazine. Pages 56-59
Featured Artist at ARTMOIRE. https://www.artmoire.art/hari-lualhati
painting titled “Queen of Diamonds” has been chosen to be part of "Tu mejor pintura" / “Your Best Painting” ART BOOK, organized by Artelibre Gallery in Spain
chosen to be on the BuzzFeed List of Figurative Artists on Instagram.
chosen by Ukrainian Curator - Klimenko, to be part of People & Paintings Gallery Exhibition titled "While Nobody's Watching".
featured artist at the latest, May 2020 Issue of Marvelous Art Magazine, Turkey. May 2020
painting titled "Queen of Diamonds" has been chosen to be part of “Tu major pintura”
as been selected as TheArtList's 2ND PLACE WINNER for YEAR 2020. February 2020
Hchosen to be part of the upcoming "Infected By Art Volume 8 Book".
has been awarded with  "Certificate of Excellence" by ARTAVITA. January 2020
featured at the latest 2020 Issue of ARS-MAGISTRIS Magazine Art, an Italian Art Magazine. January 2020
and more

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