Muna Malik

Los Angeles, CA

April 2-30, 2021

BIO

Muna Malik is a multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles, CA. Her work has been featured in such exhibits and publications as The New York Times, Vogue, MCAD, and MOCA. Using interactive installations, sculpture, and photography, she creates bold and poetic narratives that abstract from contemporary issues, particularly those concerning, race, gender, and xenophobia. She also explores the complexities and entanglements between individuals and communities. The two core interrelated strands to her practice are using abstraction to explore the variations and nuances of identity, and the second is creating platforms for community connection through interactive installations, sculpture, and photography.

Her work has also been exhibited at Northern Spark Arts Festival, MCAD, Artworks Chicago, and The Humphrey School of Public Affairs. She has been a billboard artist in the “For Freedoms 50 State Initiative” and “2020 Awakening.” She recently completed exhibitions at the Band of Vices Gallery LA, Annenberg Space for Photography LA with Photoville, the International Center for Photography with “For Freedoms”, Somaal House of Art in MN, and MOCA Geffen in Los Angeles. Her work has also been featured in ArtForum and i-D Magazine. She’s recently unveiled a new large scale interactive sculpture in Battery Park City, NYC that has made its way to Governor’s Island.

ARTIST STATEMENT

As a first-gen, Black Yemeni immigrant I’ve had to continually redefine myself in new places, and so it will surprise no one that my art is focused on identity formation and cultural connection. Through sculpture, interactive installations and photography, I am exploring the complexities and entanglements between individuals and communities. Is culture just a collection of individuals? How does culture shape how we see ourselves and each other? Through visual abstraction, I’m finding ways to deconstruct and recontextualize identity, while offering participatory ways to create new connections.

ARTIST LINKS

Website: www.themunamalik.com/

Instagram: @themunamalik