Malaika Temba

Malaika Temba is a textile artist based in Brooklyn, NY. Born in Washington, DC of Tanzanian heritage, Temba grew up across Saudi Arabia, Uganda, South Africa, Morocco, and the northeastern US. Temba’s lens and creative process are global, nourished by these experiences. Temba graduated with a
BFA in textiles from Rhode Island School of Design in 2018 and is currently an adjunct professor there in the Textiles Department. In addition to her studio and teaching practice, Temba has worked at Pyer Moss, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and for contemporary artists including Jim Drain, Kenya (Robinson), and Anthony McCall. She has shown her work at Design Miami, the Met Gala, former Naval Base Fort Adams in Newport, RI, and on the runway a New York Fashion Week. Select exhibitions include those at Mindy Solomon Gallery in Miami, Allouche Gallery in New York, and Galerie Lilia Ben Salah in Paris, France. Her work is part of various public and private collections worldwide, including collections of Jorge M. Pérez at El Espacio 23 and Beth Rudin DeWoody at The Bunker Artspace. Temba is the 2021 recipient of the YoungArts Jorge M. Pérez Award.