Malik Greene (b. 1997, Columbia, SC) lives and works in Alexandria, Virginia. His paintings explore identity, kinship, and resilience through figurative compositions that reflect both personal experience and collective memory. Greene’s work examines the intersections of memory, community, and the Black experience.
He has presented solo and two-person exhibitions including Stories About My Brothers at Milken Art Gallery, Spartanburg, SC; My Eyez: Reprise at the Koger Center for the Arts, Columbia, SC; Gang, Gang, Gang at Goodall Gallery, Columbia, SC; Get Home Safely at the Steven F. Gately Gallery, Florence, SC, and Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Greenville, SC; and Baby Boy at Stormwater Studios, Columbia, SC.
Greene’s work has been featured in group exhibitions at the Columbia Museum of Art, 701 Center for Contemporary Arts, Gallery 263, Arena Stage, and the DC Arts Center. He is the recipient of The Alma Thomas Fellowship and the Best Young Artist Award at the Bethesda Painting Awards, where he was also a finalist.
He has completed residencies with the Sparkplug Artists’ Collective at the DC Arts Center and as an Artist in Residence at Stormwater Studios. His work has been reviewed in East City Art, Jasper Magazine, The Post and Courier Free Times, and WACH Fox 57.
Greene received a B.S. in Psychology with a minor in Studio Art from Coastal Carolina University and is pursuing an M.A. in Art Therapy at The George Washington University, Washington, DC.