Selected Exhibitions
Hermanus, South Africa
Meatloaf Tribute Exhibition
Curated by Gordon Froud
2022
Kyalami, South Africa
EDG Gallery UJ Group Exhibition
2022
Pretoria, South Africa
Pretoria Art Museum
Sasol New Signatures Finalists Exhibition
2021
Parktown, South Africa
Alliance Française, Gerard Sekoto Gallery
Best of The Best Exhibition II
2021
Johannesburg CBD, South Africa
Gordart Stokvel Gallery
Recently Acquired, Gifted or Borrowed
Curated by Gordon Froud
2019
Antwerp, Belgium
The Permeke Library, Faces
Curated by Gordon Froud
2019
Sunderland, United Kingdom
University of Sunderland Posterzine Exhibition
Curated by Dr David Paton
2019
Parktown, South Africa
Alliance Française, Gerard Sekoto Gallery
Best of The Best Exhibition I
2019
Johannesburg, South Africa
University of Johannesburg Institutional Office
for HIV/AIDS Art & Design Exhibition
2018
Artists Biography
Ayesha Malik Hussain (b. 1995)
Professionally known as Ayesha Malik, a multidisciplinary contemporary artist that specializes in photography and videography, sculpture, graphic design, printmaking, drawing and has experience with a wide range of other media. Malik was born in 1995 Actonville, South Africa and raised between Benoni and Johannesburg. After dropping out of a graphic design degree in her first year, Malik landed an internship and worked her way up to senior graphic designer which remained her position for five years thereafter.
Whilst still working full-time, she began studying towards a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the University of Johannesburg in 2018. During 2021 Malik worked as a sculpture and welding tutor at the University of Johannesburg and obtained an Artificial Intelligence in the 4IR Certificate and an African Insights Certificate. She has worked at the Johannesburg Contemporary Art Foundation as a tour guide for exhibiting artists such as Shirin Neshat, Nandipha Mntambo, Berni Searle, Bharti Kher and Wangechi Mutu. Malik has created artworks and installations for the SAFTA award winning documentary series Devilsdorp (streaming on ShowMax). In 2022 Malik completed her fine arts degree, majoring in sculpture, printmaking, drawing, media and photo/videography. Maliks artworks explore themes of dystopian futures, culture, identity, emotion, religion and urban decay. Her present artistic focus is on creating bodies of artworks that explore her experiences of spiritual and emotional reflection and growth.
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Working at the Johannesburg Contemporary Art Foundation
Contemporary Female Identities of the Global South
Exhibition Curated by Clive Kellner
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Mugshot, Self Portrait
Rock Bottom
is a Solid
Foundation
"Ayesha excels as an art maker, installer and creative thought director … works of sophistication, scale and depth of content
… has proven herself very capable in wide range of media.
[Her] artworks are a part of my own collection where she sits comfortably amongst great luminaries in the South African art world."
- Gordon Froud
(World-Renowned Visual Artist & Curator)
"... is a delight to work with … has never failed to deliver on academic and creative excellence"
- Kiveshan Thumbiran
(Award Winning Multidisciplinary Visual Artist)
"... has produced video work of exceptional standard and ingenuity … [she is] well versed in filming and editing techniques, and shows remarkable command for digital media in general."
- Minnette Vari
(Multidisciplinary Visual Artist & Senior Lecturer)
Notable Reviews