Hilary Spiteri is an art historian and serves as Deputy Head of School and Head of the Art and Art History Department at De La Salle College Sixth Form in Malta. Spiteri regularly contributes articles and essays on art historical subjects to local periodicals and academic platforms. His research interests focus on the artistic and educational developments in Malta, particularly in relation to wider European influences.
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Hilary Spiteri (b. 1982, B’Kara, Malta) showed an early passion for the arts, winning first prize in the Malta National Annual Art Competition in 1990. He studied drawing at the Mikiel Anton Vassalli Lyceum and later earned Advanced Level qualifications in Art and Religion at Gian Frangisk Abela Junior College.
He completed a Bachelor’s degree in Art at the University of Malta in 2003, alongside courses in nude drawing, fresco, and printing techniques. He later obtained a Master’s degree in Art, specialising in artistic pedagogy, Neoclassicism, and 19th-century European art, with research conducted in Rome.
Spiteri authored Academic Artistic Training in Early British Malta (2011) and Filial Churches of Malta: Qormi – A Case Study (2016), and contributed to The Benefits of Art (2017), for which he received the Premju Għarfien il-Ħila from the Qormi Local Council. His solo exhibition Con gli Occhi del Cuore was held in Italy in 2014.
He has presented numerous art documentaries in Maltese and English since 2015 and contributed to various publications and exhibitions. His artworks are found in private collections locally and abroad, and he has illustrated several literary and educational works.
Spiteri currently serves as Deputy Head of School and Head of the Art and Art History Department at De La Salle College Sixth Form, Malta. He teaches Art, History of Art, and Systems of Knowledge, is a member of the Church in Malta’s Commission for Sacred Art, and regularly contributes to The Sunday Times of Malta.