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Malaika Temba b. 1996
Lives and works in Manhattan, New York
studio@malaikatemba.com
EDUCATION
2018 Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) with Honors, Textile Design
2018 Brown University, Providence, RI
Selected Courses in: Africana Studies, Modern Culture & Media, Music and Multimedia Composition, French Language
2022 School for Poetic Computation, Dark Matters, taught by American Artist
RESIDENCIES & FELLOWSHIPS
MacDowell Fellowship, January-February 2026
Textile Art Center: Artist in Residence 2024-2025
Silver Art Projects: Artist in Residence - World Trade Center, New York, NY, 2024
MASS MoCa: Artist in Residence, MA, 2023
Art Omi: Artist in Residence, NY, 2023
Bandung Residency, MoCADA and A4 Arts Alliance, NY, 2023-2024
Silver Art Projects Digital Residency, New York, NY, 2021
Fountainhead Residency, Miami, FL, 2020-21
AWARDS
Jorge M. Pérez Award, 2021
RISD Textile Department Alumni Award, 2018
Warren Family Social Engagement Award, 2018
U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts Semi-Finalist, 2014
Haimovicz Award, MD, 2014
YoungArts Foundation National Winner in Visual Arts, 2014
PROFESSIONAL
2020-Present
Textile Artist, Malaika Temba Studio, New York, NY
2022-2023
Part-Time Faculty and Senior Critic, Textile Department, Rhode Island School of Design, RI
2020-2021
Studio Manager, Anthony McCall Studio, NY
2019-2020
Assistant Art Director/Graphic Designer, Pyer Moss, New York, NY
2019
Production Coordinator/Designer, Pyer Moss, New York, NY
2018
Product Designer, LG& Design Associates, New York, NY
Graphic Designer/Content Creator, Schomburg Shop, Schomburg Center for Research and Black Culture, New York, NY
Jim Drain Studio Assistant, Providence, RI
2017
Kenya (Robinson) Studio Assistant, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY
2016-2018
Studio Manager/Assistant Technician, RISD Textile Department, RI
2015-2016
Teaching Assistant, RISD Experimental and Foundation Studies, RI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026
Make Room, Los Angeles, CA (October)
2025
She Weaves White Gold, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC (August 2025-present)
Ni Hivi Hivi Duniani, Gaa Gallery, Cologne, Germany (March 11-July 19, 2025)
2024
Solo Presentation at The Armory Show with Gaa Gallery, Javits Center, New York, NY (September 6-8)
This Bridge Called Our Backs, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL (July 13-August 31)
2023
Wildfires on Mount Kilimanjaro, Galerie Lilia Ben Salah, Paris, France (March 27- May 20)
Wild Women Don’t Have the Blues, SOHO House, Miami, FL (February)
2021
Not Yet Uhuru, Naomi Fassil Gallery, New York, NY (December)
Sugarcane Is Sweetest At The Joint, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL (June 26- July 31)
2014
Haimovicz Award, Silver Spring Civic Center, MD
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
Landscape & Labor, Re Institute, Millerton, New York (April 11 - May 16)
2025
Thinking Matter, curated by Heike Dempster, EarEar, Munich, Germany
(December 13, 2025 - January 1, 2026)
Thread Count, The Hole, New York, NY (November 20, 2025 - January 11, 2026)
Group presentation at 1-54 London with Mindy Solomon, Somerset House, United Kingdom (October 16 - 19)
Salt Water Remembers, Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY (September 11 - 24)
Into the Woods, Make Room, Los Angeles, CA (July 19 - August 30)
A Common Thread, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI (June 21 - July 26)
2024
Meet Me Here Tomorrow (Again), All Street Gallery curated by Heike Dempster, New York, NY (October 30 - November 17)
A Billion Brilliant Points of Unity, Fridman Gallery curated by Maty Sall, New York, NY (June 21-August 10)
And Sew It Seams, Toshkova Fine Art Advisory curated by Alexandra Jane, Charlotte NC (April 25 - June 20)
2023
New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA), Miami (December 5 - 9)
Historic Hampton House Miami (December 4 - January 22)
Art Abu Dhabi Fair, Galerie Lilia Ben Salah, Abu Dhabi, UAE (November 24 - 27)
Art Cologne Fair, Gaa Gallery, Cologne, Germany (November 16 - 19, 2023)
Quaquaversal, Gaa Gallery, New York, NY (July 14 - August, 2023)
Family Style, Situations Gallery, New York, NY (July 12 - August 4, 2023)
Hand Over Hand, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL (April 30 - June 10, 2023)
Art Paris Art Fair, Galerie Lilia Ben Salah, Paris, France (April 2 - 6, 2023)
Expo Chicago Art Fair, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Chicago, IL (April 14 - 17, 2023)
2022
In Moonlight We Turn Blue, STRADA, New York (October, 2022)
Positions and Points of View (Partis Pris et Points de Vue), Galerie Lilia Ben Salah, Paris, France (September 8 - October 8, 2022)
A Confluence of Coastal Creativity, Albertz Benda and Mindy Solomon, Los Angeles, CA (July 8 - August 5, 2022)
Culture, STRADA, New York, NY (February, 2022)
2021
Operation Varsity Blues, curated by Charles Moore, Allouche Gallery, New York (June 5 - July 5, 2021)
2020-21
Loom, Longing, The Yard, New York
2018
Education as a Practice of Freedom, curated by Jasmine Wahi, Miami, FL
String Theory, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
The Sweeter the Juice, Benson Gallery, Providence, RI
2017
Mutual Encounters, Gelman Gallery, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
2016
Octo, Sound Arts Performance, Providence, RI
Fort Adams: Drawing Parallels, Listening for Echos, installation at Fort Adams, RI
2014
YoungArts Finalist Show, Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.; and YoungArts Building, Miami, FL
2013
The Rendering Project, George Washington University, DC
ARTIST TALKS
NCMA Commissioned Artists Panel, Raleigh, 2025
NCMA State-wide Educator Expo, Raleigh, 2025
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2024
RISD Textiles Department, Providence, RI, Annual — 2021 - 2024
Brooklyn Museum, in conversation with co-curators Ernestine White-Mifetu and Annissa Malvoisin, Africa Fashion Exhibit, 2023
Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL, 2021
Queens Council on the Arts, New York, NY, 2021
RISD Textiles Department, Providence, RI, 2021
Fountainhead Arts Open Studios, Miami, FL, 2020
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami
Gaa Gallery, New York, Cologne, Provincetown
Lilia Ben Salah Gallery, Paris
SELECT COLLECTIONS
N’Namdi Collection, Miami, FL
The Bunker Artspace, collection of Beth Rudin DeWoody, Palm Beach, FL
El Espacio 23, collection of Jorge M. Pérez, Miami, FL
Selig Sacks (of American Folk Art Museum), New York, NY
Michael Sherman (of Hammer Museum, Baltimore Museum of Art), Private Collection
Adriana Malfitano, Private Collection
Basil Kincaid, Private Collection
