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.
Major exhibitions of his work have included various solos in Malta such as Open Closet, Postcards from Beyond, Black Canvas and Zabach exhibitions, together with collective exhibitions such as Forgotten Spaces, at the
Royal Windsor Racecourse UK, at
Art Basel Miami, and at the
Sporting Club in
Monaco.
Mallia was also known for raising funds and awareness of
ALS
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in Malta.
Mallia collaborated with
Angelo Dalli
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Early life and education
Dalli was born in Malta and grew up in the town of Birżebbuġa. Dall ...
during 2018–2019 on exploring the new space between art and
artificial intelligence using the
Universal Machine Artist
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system, teaching AI the concepts of creativity of visual expression.
Mallia died at
Mater Dei Hospital in Malta, on 23 July 2024, two days after suffering an
aneurysm. He was 59.
References
External links
The Art Online Gallery website111 Art Gallery website
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1965 births
2024 deaths
20th-century male artists
20th-century Maltese painters
20th-century Maltese sculptors
21st-century male artists
21st-century Maltese painters
21st-century sculptors
Abstract painters
Male painters
Male sculptors
Maltese activists
21st-century Maltese people
Outsider artists
People from Pietà, Malta
Portrait painters
Deaths from aneurysm