HARI LUALHATI

2026 HARI LUALHATI - winner of the "Most Innovative Contribution in the Visual Arts Discipline" award at the Western Cape Cultural Awards 2026, awarded by the Western Cape Government Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (DCAS), Artscape Theatre, Cape Town, 9 September 2026, Western Cape, South Africa https://youtu.be/E5Zr2OXzAkM

2026 HARI LUALHATI - chosen to be part of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters (RP)Annual Exhibition 2026, Mall Galleries, Federation of British Artists, 17 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5BD, 7 May to 19 May 2026, London, England, United Kingdom

2026 HARI LUALHATI - chosen to be part of the upcoming "Infected By Art Volume 14 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. 2025

2025 HARI LUALHATI - Outstanding Visual Artist Award Nominee at the 2025 Annual National Arts and Culture Awards, presented by the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture of the Republic of South Africa.https://www.gov.za/news/media-statements/sport-arts-and-culture-2025-national-arts-and-culture-awards-nominees-05-aug

2025 HARI LUALHATI : Collaborative project featuring Soulworks in "Manifest for the Moon" by Charlotte Müller and Dr. Samuel Peralta — a beautiful book that catalogs the incredible art now on the Moon.

2025 HARI LUALHATI : featured and interviewed in "Master Artist Interviews" https://drawpj.com/hari-lualhati-soulworks-sent-to-the-moon/

2025 HARI LUALHATI - featured in a published article by the Women in Arts Network  https://womeninartsnetwork.com/how-art-helped-these-women-heal-grow-and-find-their-voice-hari-lualhati-carrie-and-sara-de-pasquale/

2025 HARI LUALHATI - chosen to be part of "INTERNATIONAL FIKVA AWARD FOR PAINTERS 2025 Online Exhibition", Curated by: FIKVA FOUNDATION,1 May 2025 -30 April 2026,  Belgium https://artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibition/14290700/international-fikva-award-painters-2025?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR7g_rSjJ6zejqKC1ENPhY0jEFNQl6RVeRANWqQJqH1xXHbAw4f3P73zeA8sng_aem_ngf_egU4ctetUakHi_rX-Q

2025 HARI LUALHATI - International FiKVA Award for Painters 2025/ FIKVA - Figuratieve Kunst Vandaag - Finalist. https://fikva.art/finalist-2025/

2025 HARI LUALHATI - chosen to be part of the upcoming "Infected By Art Volume 13 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. 2025

2025 HARI LUALHATI - Circle Foundation for the Arts' - 10th International Artist of the Month Contest- Honorable Mention. Lyon, France. June 2025. https://prestige.circle-arts.com/AoM10/CFA_AoM10_HonorableMentionAward_Hari+Lualhati_vuo6vq6.jpg

2025 HARI LUALHATI  - TARTGET PRIZE 2025- Semifinalist. Madrid, Spain. April 2025. https://tartgetpaintingprize.com/Certf/smf/SemiF187000.pdf

2025 HARI LUALHATI, featured in VAG/Virtual Art Gallery YouTube Channel. https://youtu.be/cZPeEjWJevc?si=F22mXikYzA4j8g93

2024 HARI LUALHATI, wins Silver Award at Japan Illustrators’ Association Illustration Award 2024. Japan, September 2024. https://youtu.be/jffVhfFy-N0?si=Fr9iWlrlJJoyj4ME

2024 HARI LUALHATI, collaborates with Herbivore Chocolates, the creamiest vegan, plant-based chocolates. Head to Herbivore.co.za  and use Hari Lualhati's Special Code Hari10 for 10% OFF your order.

2024 HARI LUALHATI, chosen to be the New Brand Ambassador for the world-renowned skincare brand, Eau Thermale Avène. August 2024. http://harilualhati.blogspot.com/2024/08/hari-lualhati-appointed-as-new-brand.html

2024 HARI LUALHATI, featured interview - Women in Arts Network. August 2024. https://womeninartsnetwork.com/an-interview-with-hari-lualhati-creator-of-soulworks/

2024 HARI LUALHATI, featured in the new short documentary titled "The Art Side of the Moon", created by the brilliant filmmakers Kim Ingles and Julia Lorsch. This groundbreaking documentary explores the ambitious quest to preserve humanity's creative achievements on the lunar surface. The film premiered in June 2024 at this year's Sunny Coast Showdown Showfest Film Festival at the Station, Birtinya, in Queensland, Australia, and is now proceeding to film fesrtivals around the world. August 2024

2024 HARI LUALHATI, part of the Vuleka 2024 Group Exhibition, Art.b Gallery, The Library Centre, Carel Van Aswegen Street, Belville, 7530, Cape Town, South Africa.

2024 HARI LUALHATI, Finalist in Vuleka 2024,  South Africa, August 2024.

2024 HARI LUALHATI, part of the  Lethbridge 20000 2024 Group Exhibition in Lethbridge Gallery, 136 Latrobe Terrance, Paddington, Queensland, Australia 4064, 13-30 July, 2024.

2024 HARI LUALHATI, Finalist in Lethbridge 20000 2024 Art Competition in Australia, July 2024.

2024 HARI LUALHATI, featured in the Latest 2024 Anniversary Issue of Arts to Heart Magazine, 2024.

2024 HARI LUALHATI, part of the TOP BUSHVELD ARTISTS Art Exhibit, Kruger Safari Eco Lodge, Mpumalanga, South Africa, March 29 - 31, 2024

2024 HARI LUALHATI,  Soulworks touched down on the Moon through Odysseus, Intuitive Machine. The Lunar Codex Project. February 23, 2024

2024 HARI LUALHATI,  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

2024 HARI LUALHATI, Selected Artist for the Second Round of the Titian Portrait Competition , 2024

2024 HARI LUALHATI, Winner in the 2024 Art Collectors Choice Awards, Scored by 20 International Art Collectors, 2024

2024 HARI LUALHATI, chosen by curator Mr. Martin to be part of Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2024 - Emerging Artist Programme. February 2024

2024 HARI LUALHATI, Selected to be Included in the Artist Profile Listing  for the next 12 months  (FOR FREE) in Women in Arts Network. February 2025

2024 HARI LUALHATI, MERIT AWARD - HELVETART 2024 . January  2024

2024 HARI LUALHATI, selected to be Featured  in the latest Edition of Guía de Arte Leonardo 2024 / Leonardo Art Guide Book 2024. January 31, 2024

2024 HARI LUALHATI, selected to be part of the Special Edition of the ModPortrait 2023 Hard Cover Catalogue, printed and distributed from Spain. January 31, 2024

2024 HARI LUALHATI, Selected Artist for  EMERGING WOMAN ARTIST Virtual Exhibition. January 19, 2024

2024 HARI LUALHATI, MOST-VOTED ARTIST for Arts To Heart Magazine Issue 5. January 13, 2024

2024 HARI LUALHATI, WINS Second Runner Up of EMERGING WOMAN ARTIST AWARD 2023. January 11, 2024

2023 HARI LUALHATI, 1ST PRIZE WINNER - Art Collide, for her Soulwork - "Washed in the Blood of the Lamb". December 27, 2023 https://art-collide.com/life-death-love-2023

2023 HARI LUALHATI, selected to exhibit in MEAM / Museu Europeu d'Art Modern/  European Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain October 2023-January 2024.

2023 HARI LUALHATI -2023 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize Finalist - RAYMAR Traditional Art Award Finalist. August 2023. https://beautifulbizarreartprize.art/beautiful-bizarre-art-prize-2023-raymar-traditional-art-finalists-announced/?v=68caa8201064

2023 HARI LUALHATI -WINNER of  TALENT PRIZE AWARD 2023 by TERAVARNA - The World's Leading Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California 90065, United States. August 2023.

2023 HARI LUALHATI - 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.

2023 HARI LUALHATI, Featured on Times Square Billboard in New York City, USA . July 2023.https://youtu.be/cdt0dp2Nn5w?temp-new-window-replacement=true

2023 HARI LUALHATI, Winner of FIGURATIVAS 2023 - Mención 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. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08lVlCbcynI&t=4s

2023 HARI LUALHATI, 1ST PLACE WINNER - Dreamscape Art Prize of Ten Moir Gallery . July 2023.

2023 HARI LUALHATI, "Banggaling Mo, Taytayeño" Achievement Award, Awarded by the Local Government Unit of Taytay, Rizal. Philippines. July 22, 2023. https://youtu.be/-zvIxIKHgh8

2023 HARI LUALHATI, selected by HMVC Gallery in New York to be part of the "Summer Feels" Exhibition.USA. July 2023.

2023 HARI LUALHATI, selected for FIGURATIVAS 2023, the most prestigious International Art Competition in Spain and known to be notoriously tough to enter. Spain. May 2023.

2023 HARI LUALHATI, selected by Jurors for the NOAPS/ National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society Spring International Exhibition 2023 - USA. May 22, 2023.

2023 HARI LUALHATI, Chosen to be a JUROR for Malaysia International Juried Art Competition 2023 by IFAM Global. Malaysia. April 2023.

2023 HARI LUALHATI, Chosen to be part of Society of Canadian Artists 2023 Open International Online Juried Exhibition. Canada. April - June 2023.

2023 HARI LUALHATI, Chosen as "Featured Taytayeño" by the Office of the Municipal Mayor of Taytay, Rizal, Philippines. March 2023.

2023 HARI LUALHATI, CFA Featured Artist 2023 - Circle Foundation for the Arts, France 2023. https://circle-arts.com/interview-hari-lualhati/

2023 HARI LUALHATI, CFA Artist of the Year 2023 - Honourable Mention - Circle Foundation for the Arts, France 2023.

2023 HARI LUALHATI,  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, i.e. Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror from all over the world. January 2023

2023 HARI LUALHATI,  chosen and personally hand-picked to be part of “THE LUNAR CODEX / ARTISTS ON THE MOON  PROJECT”. HARI LUALHATI'S 4 paintings will be heading to the moon. Hari's artworks will be in a time capsule to preserve it for generations and will be sent to the moon by 2023. They will then be documented on the Lunar Codex website as the definitive list of artists that includes Hari Lualhati, whose work is in the time capsule. http://harilualhati.blogspot.com/2021/04/art-of-hari-lualhati-has-been-chosen.html?m=1  https://www.lunarcodex.com/gallery-e 

2022 HARI LUALHATI, Winner of  Certificate of Excellence from Palm Art Award 2022. Germany. December 2022 

2022 HARI LUALHATI, Featured Artist in Artist Portfolio Magazine - Issue 5, pages 16 & 17. USA . November 2022 

2022 HARI LUALHATI, Part of the Top 50 Finalists in John Dalton Art Prize 2022. November 2022 

2022 HARI LUALHATI, Semi-Finalist in the 16th ARC Salon 2022. September 2022 

2022 HARI LUALHATI, 1ST PLACE WINNER - HelvetArt 2022 International Swiss Art Competition. Switzerland. July 2022 https://youtu.be/IFZJmhEj4l0

2022 HARI LUALHATI, Selected Artist to represent SOUTH AFRICA  to the ongoing International Velásquez Painting and Sculpture Competition 2022 organized by The Team of Shengxinyu Art in China. From 2,300 works from over 40 countries, ONLY 567  shortlisted works were selected and HARI LUALHATI is one of them. July 10, 2022

2022 HARI LUALHATI, 1ST PLACE - IFAM Outstanding Award (Top Award) Winner of Malaysia International Juried Art Competition. Malaysia, June 2022

2022 HARI LUALHATI, CFA Artist of the Month - 2nd PLACE - Circle Foundation for the Arts, France 2022.

2022 HARI LUALHATI,  chosen to be the only artist to represent South Africa  in the Malaysia International Juried Art Competition. Malaysia, June 202

2022 HARI LUALHATI,  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.

2022 HARI LUALHATI,  selected to be part of the latest LEONARDO Art Guide 2022 Book, published in Spain by Galeria Artelibre. June 2022

2022 HARI LUALHATI,  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 HARI LUALHATI,  chosen to be the 2021 Spiritual Art Awards 1st Place Winner.  American Southwest December 2021

2021 HARI LUALHATI,  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.

2021 HARI LUALHATI,  Featured Artist for Knight Frank Standing Out Magazine, October 2021 Issue, Pages 82-85 https://issuu.com/sbrm8/docs/knight-frank-standing-out-magazine-october-2021?fr=sYWVhZDMyOTk5MjM

2021 HARI LUALHATI,  chosen to be part of 2021 TOP 100 FINALISTS OF THAMI MNEYLE FINE ARTS AWARDS - City of Ekurhuleni, October 2021

2021 HARI LUALHATI,  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

2021 HARI LUALHATI,  chosen as one of the TOP TEN ARTISTS IN SOUTH AFRICA by The Online Art Gallery, 26 July 2021

2021 HARI LUALHATI,  featured in Die Burger Newspaper, 11 May 2021, page 8

2021 HARI LUALHATI,  featured in The New York Optimist, May 2021 https://www.thenewyorkoptimist.net/hari-lualhati---transcend-series.html

2021 HARI LUALHATI,  featured Netwerk24, May 2021 https://www.netwerk24.com/Vermaak/Kuns/kunstenaar-stal-haar-sielswerke-in-kaapstad-uit-20210505

2021 HARI LUALHATI,  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

2021 HARI LUALHATI,  featured 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 https://en.calameo.com/read/006551867aac78eb94f40

2021 HARI LUALHATI,  chosen to be part of the TOP THREE ARTISTS - Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, 6 March 2021 https://youtu.be/-W4Ac1PCQDk

2021 HARI LUALHATI,  chosen 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 HARI LUALHATI's 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. 

2020 HARI LUALHATI, chosen as Finalist for Little Jewels Art Competition,  December 2020. 

2020 HARI LUALHATI, chosen as Semi-Finalist for 15th International ARC/Art Renewal Center Salon Competition,  November 2020. 

2020 HARI LUALHATI, 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. https://www.beamcollective.net/magic/2020/8/20/hari-lualhati

2020 HARI LUALHATI, chosen to represent South Africa for the International Art Exhibition by Galleri SoHo at Västerås, Sweden - From 20 August - 02 September 2020 https://www.gallerisoho.se/international-online-exhibition/

2020 HARI LUALHATI, featured at the latest August 2020 Issue of Michelangelo Magazine. Pages 56-59   https://maiwsa.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/MA082020.pdf

2020 HARI LUALHATI Featured Artist at ARTMOIRE.  https://www.artmoire.art/hari-lualhati

2020 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 in collaboration with the MEAM Museum/ European Museum of Modern Art, which showcases works of great figurative artists today.  https://youtu.be/ol9og4-fr9U

2020 HARI LUALHATI, chosen to be on the BuzzFeed List of Figurative Artists on Instagram. https://www.buzzfeed.com/didimenendez/one-hundred-artists-one-tribe-1tyzr?utm_source=dynamic&utm_campaign=bfshareemail&sub=0_124923973#124923973

2020 HARI LUALHATI, chosen by Ukrainian Curator - Klimenko, to be part of People & Paintings Gallery Exhibition titled "While Nobody's Watching". Artists from different countries applied but only 28 artists were chosen. The exhibition will run from May18 - 29, 2020 USA. https://www.peopleandpaintings.com/artwork/hari-lualhati-the-pursuit-of-happiness

2020 HARI LUALHATI, featured artist at the latest, May 2020 Issue of Marvelous Art Magazine, Turkey. May 2020

2020 HARI LUALHATI's painting titled "Queen of Diamonds" has been chosen to be part of “Tu major pintura” / "Your best painting" Exhibition, a virtual exhibition organized by Artelibre Gallery in Spain in collaboration with the MEAM Museum/ European Museum of Modern Art, which shows that we do not need to go beyond our doors to get closer to the work of great figurative artists today. https://www.artelibre.net/obras/29040