Malayka Gormally

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Malayka Gormally is a visual artist, activist and curator known for her portraits of protestors and immigrant women and children.
Malayka’s reconstructed scenes of demonstrators encapsulate the raw energy and essence of counter-culture movements.
Malayka is less interested in making political statements and more interested in highlighting the genuine humanity in each of her subjects.

Malayka Gormally is a visual artist, activist and curator who is widely celebrated for her figurative portrait paintings and drawings. Born in Berkeley, California during the American civil rights movement, Malayka’s portfolio is a penetrating exploration of connection and conflict between people of disparate races, generations, and political beliefs. The artist, however, is less interested in making political statements and more interested in highlighting the genuine humanity in each of her subjects.

Malayka Gormally’s Artistic Practice

Inspired by her own experience and observation of political strife and protests in the US, Malayka reconstructs scenes of demonstrators that encapsulate the raw essence of counter-culture movements. A stark and direct comment on white supremacy and the far-right, Malayka uses her art as a means of commenting on the problems facing today’s society. Malayka’s female portraits focus on immigrant women applying for United States citizenship. These emotive and abstracted depictions counteract the media’s tendency to present immigrants as statistics rather than human beings with feelings, aspirations and hope.

Studies, Exhibitions & Accolades

Malayka completed a Bachelor of Arts at The Evergreen State College after studying at UC Davis, Swarthmore College, and the University of Oregon. Malayka’s work is included in the City of Seattle Portable Works Collection, the Port of Seattle (SeaTac airport) Collection, and the City of Bellevue and the City of Kent (WA) Collections. Of late, her work was in a two-person exhibition at the Blanden Memorial Art Museum (Iowa, 2019). One of her portrait paintings was shortlisted for the 2014 Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition in London. In 2017, the artist received a 4Culture Art Projects Grant and, in 2020, was also awarded a public art contract.

Malayka Gormally Artworks

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    Couple on the Sidelines by Malayka Gormally
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    Couple on the Sidelines by Malayka Gormally

    Couple on the Sidelines

    Paintings - 61x91 cm
    Walking the Beach by Malayka Gormally
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    Walking the Beach by Malayka Gormally

    Walking the Beach

    Paintings - 46x61 cm
    Double Solo by Malayka Gormally
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    Double Solo by Malayka Gormally

    Double Solo

    Paintings - 36x28 cm
    Hermanas by Malayka Gormally
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    Hermanas by Malayka Gormally

    Hermanas

    Paintings - 40x50 cm
    Birthday by Malayka Gormally
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    Birthday by Malayka Gormally

    Birthday

    Paintings - 91x61 cm
    Madame X and M by Malayka Gormally
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    Madame X and M by Malayka Gormally

    Madame X and M

    Paintings - 76x102 cm

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