Malick Welli

Malick Welli’s practice engages duality, spirituality, history, and memory, often through a lens of mysticism and personal reflection while tracing intersections of belief systems, material culture, and power. His work has been shown at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Wereldmuseum Leiden, Galerie du 19M, and the Cairo Biennale, and is held in collections worldwide. Brathwaite and Welli’s recent collaborations exhibited at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Dakar Biennale, and Art X Lagos. Together, they co-direct Malidoma Popenguine residency and arts initiative in Senegal and Forgotten Paradise Projects production company.