Ali Hval (she/her) (b. 1993, Sacramento, CA) is a visual artist currently living and working in Iowa City, Iowa. Ali has received multiple grants from the Iowa Arts Council as well as the Windgate Fellowship by the Center of Craft, Creativity, and Design. She was the 2022 Stuart Artist-in-Residence at South Dakota State University, and was a 2020 resident at the Chautauqua School of Art. Ali was named the Emerging Woman Artist by Arts to Hearts Project in 2023. She has exhibited her work across the country in group exhibitions, including at Ceysson y Bénétière and Atlantic Gallery in New York, and South Bay Contemporary in Los Angeles. She has had mentions in New York Jewelry Week, Create! Magazine, and The New Yorker. Her work sits at the crux of painting, ceramics, sculpture, and installation.

Ali has completed over 40 public murals in various communities across the United States. Her portfolio encompasses a spectrum of public work, from expansive murals commissioned by nonprofits and municipal bodies to collaborative ventures that intimately engage community members in the creative process. She is currently a Lecturer in Painting and Drawing at the University of Iowa and a member of the Stanley Museum of Art’s Programming and Engagement Committee.