Alya Hatta

Flat Seven

Jackson's Art Prize 2026
Charcoal, Oil, Pencil, Fabric, Oil Pastel
Canvas, Fabric
120 x 100 cm

“Hatta’s work draws on moments of family and community life, alongside symbols from her immediate ecology. Imagery is sourced from a combination of archival photographs and casually taken iPhone images shared online – one of the artist’s primary modes of connection with family. Through layering, distortion, and accumulation, these ordinary moments, unaware of their own significance, shift over time, existing in an in-between space where past, present, and memory converge. In the pursuit of self-discovery, Hatta takes inspiration from the communities of both her South-London and Kuala Lumpur residences, as well as Southeast Asian history and mythology. From personal digital archives, to old family photos to museum archives, Hatta sources imagery and text attempting to collage together differing realities that create new definitions of the word ‘home’.”