Bio
b. 2001 Conway, AR
Education. Bachelors of Arts in Political Science and Art from Lyon College in Batesville, AR, Core Fellowship Penland School of Craft
Malik currently is artist in residence at The Clay Studio and a teaching artist throughout Philadelphia.
Artist Statement
I want to be like the sediment in the soil
So I buried myself alive
To find truth again
To find myself again.
My work centers the Black body and its methods of remembering, maintaining, and perpetuating itself. My work focuses on the improvisational quality of Black being- to continually create pathways of escape away from
that which seeks to narrowly define it. My artwork is a means of uncovering the expansive potential of Blackness. These sculptures, whether direct or indirect references, are a means of connecting past with present. In as many
ways as I am manipulating existing material/form, I am forming myself into existence. I am compiling/collaging in many dimensions with no end, constantly turning with the purpose of showcasing possibility for growth- simply to become like the soil- earthly, transcendental, true.
