About
CV
Malachi Lily - Artist and Curator CV
b. 1994, Philadelphia, PA
Education
2017 BFA, Creative Writing and Illustration, Honors scholar, Valedictorian, University of the Arts.
Selected Publications & Writing Awards
2024 “The Life Cycle of the Blastophaga psenes or An Awakened Child,” 3rd place, Yeo Writing Prize, Evanescent: A Journal of Literary Medicine
2022 “the silk farmer” short-listed, Ghost, Fable, and Fairytale Prize, Fractured Lit
2022 “Boi’s Blood” poem, The Tea, Movement for Black Lives
2022 “Mandrake” and “He is Our Prince of the Forest,” short stories, collaboration, Lucid Pleasures
2022 “Presenting: Entomological Eroticisms,” poem, anthology, Beyond Queer Words
2021 “Today we speak to the earth in you,” chapbook, collaboration Asian Arts Initiative and UNITY
2019 “The Violet Island,” short story, anthology, Venus Saturn Square
2019 “The Violet Island,” short story, collaboration, Future Pleasures
2018 “ONE YELLOW. ONE BLUE.” short story, anthology, Bad User Agreement, Metropolarity
2018 “ONE YELLOW. ONE BLUE.” (abridged), short story contest, Literary Death Matched Judged by Roxanne Gay, Honorable Mention
2017 “Milk Soup” contest, Sandy Crimmins National Prize for Poetry, Philadelphia Stories, Editors Choice
Selected Fellowships and Opportunities
2024 Chateau d’Orquevaux Residency in July, Orquevaux, France (Writer)
2024 Stove Works Residency in April, Chattanooga, TN (Writer)
2024 Queer Materials Lab Residency, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (Visual)
2024 Black Reconstructionist School Fellow, Forward Together, Online (Writer)
2023 Philadelphia Independent Media Fund Planning Grant, Scribe, Philadelphia, PA (Film)
2023 Winter Fellow, Tinhouse, Online (Writer)
2023 Winter Fellow, Roots. Wounds. Words, Online (Writer)
2022 Next Level Grant, Beast & Beloved, Scribe, Philadelphia, PA (Film)
2022 Scholarship Fellow, Writing in Color Retreat, Lighthouse Writers, Denver, CO (Writer)
2022 Black City Music Grant Recipient, Beast & Beloved, REC Philly, Philadelphia, PA (Film)
2019 Curatorial Fellowship, Children of Sirius, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA (Curation)
2019 Curatorial Fellowship, Temple of Sirius, DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA (Curation)
2019 Taking Up Space Residency, Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia, PA (Writer)
2017 Experience with Spoek Mathambo, VICE, Capetown, South Africa (Writer)
Selected Illustrations
2023 Black Women, Violence, and Resistance Series, Haymarket Books, Poster Design
2022 Volume 3, If There’s Anyone Left, Cover Illustration
2022 3311 Productions, Darkly, Pitchdeck Illustrations
2022 Winning Writers, “afro/latin/a,” Poetry Illustration
2022 The Baffler, “Cashed Out,” Editorial Illustration
2021 Hachette Publishing, Gavin J. Edwards: BAD MOTHERFUCKER: Samuel L Jackson Biography, Internal Illustration
2021 In These Times, Makia Devich-Cyril: “To Give Your Hands to Freedom, First Give Them to Grief,” Editorial Illustration and Spot
2021 Asian Arts Initiative, TRANS FREEDOM Flag Design
2020 Ipsy Bipsy Printing, Beginnings and Endings: Mythology Anthology, Internal Illustration
2020 The Baffler, Various Authors: “Brute Forces,” Editorial Illustration
2020 Autostraddle, Cyree Jarelle Johnson: “Value Our Bodies As They Are,” Editorial Illustration
2019 Forward Together, 2 Posters for TDOR
2019 In These Times, Janaé Bonsu: “2020 Candidates are Dodging the Reparations Question,” Editorial Illustration
2018 Restless Books, Nella Larsen: Passing, 10 Internal Illustrations
Selected Visual Art Exhibitions
2023 Hot Bits Exhibition, William Way, Philadelphia, PA
2021 Future Ecologies, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
2021 It Begins with Us, Teros Gallery, San Diego, CA
2021 Unity at the Initiative, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA
2020 Gender Justice LA, Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Stonewall @ 50, Leonard Pearlstein Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Trans Art Is: Love and Liberation, Chicago Therapy Collective, Chicago, IL
2019 Solo Exhibition, Embryonic Ephemeral, Original 13 Ciderworks, Philadelphia, PA
2018 Salamander Mask, Pilot Projects, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Solo Exhibition, NYC Poetry Festival, Governors Island, NYC, NY
2017 Get Off My Lawn, Hamilton Street Gallery, Bound Brook, NJ
2017 Ghost Stories, The Creeping Museum, Portland, OR
Selected Teaching, Curatorial, and Directorial Roles
2023 Curation, Smile4Kime Screening, Altar, and Grief Ritual, Vox Populi
2022 3311 Productions, Darkly, Art Direction
2021 Guest Teaching Artist, Youth Arts Program
2021 Guest Teaching Artist, Mural Arts
2021 “Utilizing Symbolism in Art with Tarot Cards,” Workshop, Black Feminist Borders
2020-2022 Animation Conceptual Director, Smile4Kime
2020 Workshop Teacher, “Utilizing Symbolism in Art with Tarot Cards,” Haverford College
2019 Curation, Children of Sirius, Vox Populi
2019 Curation, Temple of Sirius, DaVinci Art Alliance
2019 Event Planning, Garden of Earthly Delights, Bartrams Gardens
2019 Event Planning, Garden of Celestial Pleasures, Bartrams Gardens
2018 Event Planning, Artist Bash, The Barnes Foundation
2018 Curation, O:O Our Black Arts Festival, Circle Gallery
2018 Curation, GAUDLIKE, Multidisciplinary Queer Exhibition, Indyhall