Muna Malik | VIELMETTER LOS ANGELES

2022: MFA, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Select Exhibitions

2026: "Between matter and illumination," Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
2025: "Contours of Memory," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2024: "Signal Fires," Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
: "Saturn Gives Structure to the Dream," SuperPosition Gallery, 52 Walker, New York, NY
2023: "Between The Seams," PM/AM Gallery, London, UK
2022: "Skin + Masks: Decolonizing Art Beyond the Politics of Visbility," Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL
: "Another Justice: US is Them," Parrish Museum, Watermill, NY
2021: "House of Crowns," Superposition Gallery x Phillips, New York, NY
: "Blue/s," El Segundo Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
: "Masterpieces II," Band of Vices, Los Angeles, CA
2020: "River to River," Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY
: "For Freedoms: Blessing of the Boats," MoCA Geffen, Los Angeles, CA
2019: "Photoville LA," Anneberg Space For Photography, Los Angeles, CA
: "Remnants of Things Left Behind," Band of Vices, Los Angeles, CA
: "Beacon," Torrance Art Museum, Torance, CA
: "Are You Really Here," Women in Windows, Los Angeles, CA
: "For Freedoms," International Center of Photography, New York, NY
: "For Freedoms: Exodus 22:21," University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
2016: "Blessing of the Boats," Northern Spark Arts Festival, MN
: "Behind Both Fences," Artworks, Chicago, IL
: "Behind Both Fences," Humphrey School of Public Affaris, MN
2015: "Finding Mecca in Minnesota," Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN

Bibliography

2022: Artsy Editiorial. "The Best Booths at New York Art Week 2022," Artsy, May 6
: Artnet Gallery Network. "Spotlight: This New York Exhibition Explores The Multi-Faceted Appeal of ‘African Abstraction," Artnet, April 8 (Link)
: "St. Olaf to host ‘The Kids are Alright’ artist series," St. Olaf College News, March 1
: Ologundudu, Folasade. "10 Emerging Black Artists Show That Blackness Is Not a Monolith," Artsy, February 10 (Link)
2021: Malik, Muna. "What is the appropriate way to recycle a failing democracy?," The LA Times, December 1 (Link)
: Madrigal, Irene. "Three Unique Art Installations Open At The Arts Center At Governors Island," Untapped New York, June 21 (Link)

Awards, Residencies, and Grants

2025: Longmeadow Artist residency, Berkshire, MS
2024: Visual Arts Fellow for the Athens Residency, ArcAthens, Athens, GA
2023: MacComber Grant, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
2022: Vibrant Cities Art Grant, Los Angeles, CA
2021: Artist residency, FountainHead, Miami, FL
2020: Artist residency, Soomal House of Art, Minneapolis, MN
: Artist residency, Hank Willis Thomas Studio, New York, NY
: We Women Photo Grant
: Vibrant Cities Art Grant, Los Angeles, CA
: LMCC Art Fellow, New York, NY
2018-2020: Quiet Art Grant

Public Collections

: Flaten Art Museum, Northfield, MN
: Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, La Jolla, CA