Our Family
minnesota • muna malik
From the 2021-2022 We, Women nationwide exhibit.
About the project
As a first-generation, Black Yemeni immigrant, Muna’s work is focused on identity formation and cultural connection. Through sculpture, interactive installations, and photography, Muna explores the complexities and entanglements between individuals and communities. Her work questions: Is culture just a collection of individuals?
Our Family examines how culture shapes the way we see both ourselves and each other amidst the backdrop of the United States’ history of separating families. Focusing on the Somali community in Minnesota during the Muslim Ban, the photos included in this project ask the viewer to examine how culture is shaped when people are separated by thousands of miles.
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About the Artist
Muna Malik is a multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles, CA. Her multimedia artwork explores identity formation and works to create cultural awareness, connection, and understanding. Her current work focuses on capturing poetic imagery and narratives of women of color and refugees. Muna’s work has been exhibited at Northern Spark Arts Festival, MCAD, ART WORKS Projects Chicago, The University of Minnesota, Band of Vices Gallery LA, Annenberg Space for Photography LA, the International Center for Photography and in The New York Times and Vogue.