Mala Iqbal
Education
1998 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
MFA, Painting
1995 Columbia University, New York, NY
BA, Visual Art and English
Solo
2024 The Edge of an Encounter, JJ Murphy Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Shape Shifting in the Outer Boroughs and Its Effects on the Traveler’s
Perception of the Midnight Sky, Soloway Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Installation images from the show
2018 Fellow Traveler, Taylor University Metcalf Gallery, Upland, IN
2016 Hello Stranger, Ulterior Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Be Home Here, Twelve Gates Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Washed Away, PPOW Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Misty, Bellwether Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2002 Where, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001 super-natural, Artist Access Gallery, Snug Harbor Cultural Center,
Staten Island, NY
Collaborative
2023 Where I End, We Begin, Angela Dufresne & Mala Iqbal (including paintings by Tony Bluestone, Mark Flores, Brenda Goodman, William E. Jones, Maritza Ranero, and drawings with Elizabeth Bonaventura, Grace Sullivan, Geoff Chadsey, Martin Wilner, David Humphrey, Vera Iliatova, Craig Taylor, Dawn Clements, Amy Yoes, Gillian Chadsey, Peter Blomquist, Medrie MacPhee, Cal Siegel, Meena Hasan, Kate Shepherd, Wells Chandler, Manal Abu-Shaheen, Jennifer Packer, Audrey Irving, Jane South, Barbara Takenaga, Glenn Goldberg, Jen DeNike, Elizabeth Tubergen, Sofie Grant, David Graham, Maritza Ranero, Lorraine Bonaventura, Heather Cameron, Faye Kahn, Jorge Colombo and James Huang to name some but not all), Glassell Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2021 Where I End, We Begin, Angela Dufresne & Mala Iqbal, Richard and Dolly Maas Gallery, SUNY Purchase, NY
Selected Group
2024 Christmas in July, curated by Wells Chandler, Andrew Rafacz & Nada,
New York, NY
Orwell's Garden III, organized by Mary Temple, Brooklyn, NY
2023 Fiery Fodder, organized by Angela Dufresne, Bushel Collective, Delhi, NY
Can You See Me Now?, curated by Clarity
Haynes and Jeffrey Lee, Ryan Lee Gallery, New York, NY
Duality: The Real and the Perceived, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Augurhythms, curated by the Fragile Institute, Hesse Flatow Gallery,
New York, NY
Density's Glitch, curated by Angela Dufresne, Cash (Melissa) Ragona
and Andrew Woolbright, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2021 Density Betrays Us, curated by Andrew Woolbright, Angela Dufresne
and Melissa Ragona, The Hole, New York, NY
2020 The Animist Cookbook, conceived by Nitin Mukul, Sunview
Luncheonette, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Daddy’s Books, curated by Lauren Faigeles and Caitlin MacBride,
Far Rockaway, NY
The Nose, George Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Sheherzade's Gift, curated by Jaishri Abichandani, Local Project,
Long Island City, NY
Interventions II, organized by Isidro Blasco, 257 State Street,
Hudson, NY
pallets & palates: placing taste, sound and sight, Asian Art
Initiative, Philadelphia, PA
Group show, Center of Art Bridge, Beijing, China
2014 A Bomb with a Ribbon Around It, curated by Raul Zamudio,
Queens Museum, New York
Queer Fellows: a side seldom seen curated by Hunter O'Hanian,
Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
2012 Fact | Fission, curated by Nitin Mukul, Aicon Gallery, New York, NY
The Female Gaze: Women Artists Making Their World, Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia, PA
Permanent Collection, curated by Edward del Rosario and Jordin Isip,
Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Vivid, curated by Janet Phelps, Schroeder Romero & Shredder,
New York, NY
A Place of Their Own, curated by Sharmistha Ray, Gallery BMB,
Mumbai, India
Malleable Memory, curated by Nitin Mukul, Aicon Gallery, New York, NY
A Wild Gander, curated by Baseera Khan, BRIC Rotunda Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY
2009 The Map is not the Territory, DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival,
Brooklyn, NY
Speaking in Tongues, Nature Morte, Berlin, Germany
Imaginary Home, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2008 Fire Walkers, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Group show, Nature Morte, New Dehli, India
The Devotee Exhausts the Forces of Activity (Young, Female, South
Asian), Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney, Australia
2006 Deluge, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 The Most Splendid Apocalypse, curated by Jason Murison,
P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York, NY
Green to Green and Beyond, Gallery W 52, New York, NY
Fatal Love: South Asian American Art Now, Queens Museum of Art, NY
2004 NextNext Visual Art 2004, curated by Dan Cameron,
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), NY
The Sixth Annual Altoids® Curiously Strong Collection, traveling
exhibition, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Open House: Working in Brooklyn, curated by Charlotta Kotik and
Tumelo Mosaka, Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY
Hello Chelsea, Bellwether Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Through Customs, curated by Shamim Momin and Raina Lampkins-
Fielder, Bose Pacia Gallery, New York, NY
Better Homes & Gardens, Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, PA
Out of Place: Mala Iqbal, Nicole Henning, Markus Weiss, Staub (g*fzk!)
Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Zurich, Switzerland
Honors
2023 Joan Mitchell Fellowship
2021 Residency at MacDowell Colony
2010 Residency at Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
2009 The Hermitage Artist Retreat, Englewood, FL
2008 New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship in Painting
1999 Visual Artist Fellowship, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
1998
Education
1998 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
MFA, Painting
1995 Columbia University, New York, NY
BA, Visual Art and English
Solo
2024 The Edge of an Encounter, JJ Murphy Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Shape Shifting in the Outer Boroughs and Its Effects on the Traveler’s
Perception of the Midnight Sky, Soloway Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Installation images from the show
2018 Fellow Traveler, Taylor University Metcalf Gallery, Upland, IN
2016 Hello Stranger, Ulterior Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Be Home Here, Twelve Gates Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Washed Away, PPOW Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Misty, Bellwether Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2002 Where, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001 super-natural, Artist Access Gallery, Snug Harbor Cultural Center,
Staten Island, NY
Collaborative
2023 Where I End, We Begin, Angela Dufresne & Mala Iqbal (including paintings by Tony Bluestone, Mark Flores, Brenda Goodman, William E. Jones, Maritza Ranero, and drawings with Elizabeth Bonaventura, Grace Sullivan, Geoff Chadsey, Martin Wilner, David Humphrey, Vera Iliatova, Craig Taylor, Dawn Clements, Amy Yoes, Gillian Chadsey, Peter Blomquist, Medrie MacPhee, Cal Siegel, Meena Hasan, Kate Shepherd, Wells Chandler, Manal Abu-Shaheen, Jennifer Packer, Audrey Irving, Jane South, Barbara Takenaga, Glenn Goldberg, Jen DeNike, Elizabeth Tubergen, Sofie Grant, David Graham, Maritza Ranero, Lorraine Bonaventura, Heather Cameron, Faye Kahn, Jorge Colombo and James Huang to name some but not all), Glassell Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2021 Where I End, We Begin, Angela Dufresne & Mala Iqbal, Richard and Dolly Maas Gallery, SUNY Purchase, NY
Selected Group
2024 Christmas in July, curated by Wells Chandler, Andrew Rafacz & Nada,
New York, NY
Orwell's Garden III, organized by Mary Temple, Brooklyn, NY
2023 Fiery Fodder, organized by Angela Dufresne, Bushel Collective, Delhi, NY
Can You See Me Now?, curated by Clarity
Haynes and Jeffrey Lee, Ryan Lee Gallery, New York, NY
Duality: The Real and the Perceived, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Augurhythms, curated by the Fragile Institute, Hesse Flatow Gallery,
New York, NY
Density's Glitch, curated by Angela Dufresne, Cash (Melissa) Ragona
and Andrew Woolbright, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2021 Density Betrays Us, curated by Andrew Woolbright, Angela Dufresne
and Melissa Ragona, The Hole, New York, NY
2020 The Animist Cookbook, conceived by Nitin Mukul, Sunview
Luncheonette, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Daddy’s Books, curated by Lauren Faigeles and Caitlin MacBride,
Far Rockaway, NY
The Nose, George Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Sheherzade's Gift, curated by Jaishri Abichandani, Local Project,
Long Island City, NY
Interventions II, organized by Isidro Blasco, 257 State Street,
Hudson, NY
pallets & palates: placing taste, sound and sight, Asian Art
Initiative, Philadelphia, PA
Group show, Center of Art Bridge, Beijing, China
2014 A Bomb with a Ribbon Around It, curated by Raul Zamudio,
Queens Museum, New York
Queer Fellows: a side seldom seen curated by Hunter O'Hanian,
Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
2012 Fact | Fission, curated by Nitin Mukul, Aicon Gallery, New York, NY
The Female Gaze: Women Artists Making Their World, Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia, PA
Permanent Collection, curated by Edward del Rosario and Jordin Isip,
Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Vivid, curated by Janet Phelps, Schroeder Romero & Shredder,
New York, NY
A Place of Their Own, curated by Sharmistha Ray, Gallery BMB,
Mumbai, India
Malleable Memory, curated by Nitin Mukul, Aicon Gallery, New York, NY
A Wild Gander, curated by Baseera Khan, BRIC Rotunda Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY
2009 The Map is not the Territory, DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival,
Brooklyn, NY
Speaking in Tongues, Nature Morte, Berlin, Germany
Imaginary Home, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2008 Fire Walkers, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Group show, Nature Morte, New Dehli, India
The Devotee Exhausts the Forces of Activity (Young, Female, South
Asian), Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney, Australia
2006 Deluge, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 The Most Splendid Apocalypse, curated by Jason Murison,
P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York, NY
Green to Green and Beyond, Gallery W 52, New York, NY
Fatal Love: South Asian American Art Now, Queens Museum of Art, NY
2004 NextNext Visual Art 2004, curated by Dan Cameron,
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), NY
The Sixth Annual Altoids® Curiously Strong Collection, traveling
exhibition, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Open House: Working in Brooklyn, curated by Charlotta Kotik and
Tumelo Mosaka, Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY
Hello Chelsea, Bellwether Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Through Customs, curated by Shamim Momin and Raina Lampkins-
Fielder, Bose Pacia Gallery, New York, NY
Better Homes & Gardens, Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, PA
Out of Place: Mala Iqbal, Nicole Henning, Markus Weiss, Staub (g*fzk!)
Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Zurich, Switzerland
Honors
2023 Joan Mitchell Fellowship
2021 Residency at MacDowell Colony
2010 Residency at Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
2009 The Hermitage Artist Retreat, Englewood, FL
2008 New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship in Painting
1999 Visual Artist Fellowship, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
1998
