Mark Mallia Explained

Mark Mallia
Birth Date:20 April 1965
Birth Place:Pietà, Malta
Death Place:Msida, Malta
Field:Painting, sculpture

Mark Mallia (20 April 1965 – 23 July 2024) was a Maltese self-taught outsider artist who worked with abstract and portrait paintings on a variety of mixed media and ceramic sculptures, who worked in Malta, Monaco, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Biography

Mallia was born in Pietà, Malta, on 20 April 1965.

His signature style imparts an aggressive energy to his art, fed by his maniacal obsessions that metamorphose into mischief, audacity, insouciance, and mystery. Mallia was known for his maverick character which was useful in creating a diverse spectrum of works.[1]

Major exhibitions of his work have included various solos in Malta such as Open Closet,[2] Postcards from Beyond,[3] Black Canvas[4] and Zabach exhibitions,[5] [6] together with collective exhibitions such as Forgotten Spaces,[7] at the Royal Windsor Racecourse UK,[8] at Art Basel Miami,[9] [10] and at the Sporting Club in Monaco.

Mallia was also known for raising funds and awareness of ALS in Malta.[11] [12]

Mallia collaborated with Angelo Dalli during 2018–2019 on exploring the new space between art and artificial intelligence using the Universal Machine Artist system, teaching AI the concepts of creativity of visual expression.[13]

Mallia died at Mater Dei Hospital in Malta, on 23 July 2024, two days after suffering an aneurysm. He was 59.[14]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Agius . Joe. Psychological artworks . Times of Malta . 17 Aug 2017.
  2. Web site: Shoving skeletons into the limelight. Agius. Joe. 29 July 2018. Times of Malta. 2020-08-22.
  3. Web site: 111 Art Gallery Exhibitions. 22 August 2020. 111art.gallery. 2020-08-22.
  4. Web site: Card games, dice games and gambling depicted in art from the 15th century to the 21st century. 3 April 2019. artdaily.com. 2019-10-11.
  5. Web site: Agius . Joe. Stylised sacrifice . Times of Malta . 19 Mar 2017.
  6. Web site: Bohemian exhibition at Casa Ellul . Times of Malta . 25 Sep 2016.
  7. Web site: Schranz . Marija. A creative brick in these walls . Times of Malta . 6 Mar 2017.
  8. Web site: Camilleri. Claude. Mallia to exhibit at Windsor contemporary art fair and Aqua art Miami . Gallery Marcoux. 23 Sep 2015.
  9. Web site: Baker . Sasha . Opium of the classes . Times of Malta . 28 Sep 2014.
  10. Web site: Camilleri. Claude. Maltese artist set for Art Basel Miami . Gallery Marcoux. 7 Aug 2014.
  11. Web site: Mark Mallia exhibition at Caffe Cordina raises funds for ALS Malta . Times of Malta . 9 Jul 2017.
  12. Web site: Raising awareness of ALS . Times of Malta . 8 May 2016.
  13. Web site: A unique collaboration between human artist and artificial intelligence . Malta Blockchain Summit . 25 October 2018.
  14. Web site: Borg . Neville . 2024-07-23 . Artist Mark Mallia dies aged 59 . 2024-07-23 . Times of Malta . en-gb.