Hakim Ghazali earned a BFA in his home country, attended the School of Applied Art Printing in France as well as the Haut School of Art and Design in Amiens. His individual exhibitions include Green Art Gallery Dubai in 1996, Maison Romaine Epinal, France in 1988 and most recently So Art Gallery in Casablanca among others.

He has exhibited his work in group exhibitions at the International Biennale, St. Quentin in 1992, the International Trade Centre in Dubai in 1998, 2001 International Biennial Art 5th session Sharjah, 2015 and the Zurich Museum in cooperation with Oryx Foundation.

He has been honoured with awards from Artistes du Monde in 2003, the first prize award at the Sharjah Calligraphy Biennale in 2006 and the first prize in the International Arabic Calligraphy Competition from the Ministry of Culture in Abu Dhabi in 2007.

His works are in the permanent collections of the British Museum, Business School, London, Carei Art Museum Romania, Written Art Foundation Frankfurt Germany, Ministry of Culture Abu Dhabi, DIFC Dubai, Al Dar Dubai UAE, Sharjah Art Museum UAE, Societe Generale des Banques Morocco, Palais Royal Morocco, Accademie du Royaume du Maroc Rabat Morocco, Oryx Foundation Zurich Switzerland, Meissen Museum Meissen, Museum Funf Kontenente Munich Germany.