Bio
Malika Ali Harding (she/her) is a lens-based artist and researcher whose projects coalesce photography and oral history. Her practice maintains a dialogue with other mediums including sound, performance, video, screenwriting, embroidery, and installation. In her work, she explores African American ancestral myth making and employs deep listening as a tool of identity preservation. Using collective memory as raw material, she stages self-portraits to expand her lineal archive. Malika has shown in group exhibitions and film festivals in Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Cleveland, as well as online. She has been featured on several indie podcasts and in publications such as The Quick + The Brave (Paper Zero: Advocates + Allies, 2025). Her residencies include the inaugural “Black Arts. Black Pedagogies. Black Futures.” at Metro54 and the Moving Arts Centre Amsterdam's space for filmmakers and audiovisual artists. Her work has recently been acquired by The Collaboratory for Black Poiēsis at the University of Toronto, Canada. Malika earned a BFA from Howard University and an MFA from the American Film Institute Conservatory. Born in Cleveland, Ohio (USA), she now lives in The Netherlands where she maintains her studio practice and guides artists and activists in meditation.