Education
1998 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, MFA, Painting
1995 Columbia University, New York, NY BA, Visual Art and English

One Person Exhibitions

2003

2002

2001

Misty, Bellwether Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Where, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

super-natural, Artist Access Gallery, Snug Harbor


Selected Group Exhibitions
2009


2008





2007

Psychedelic: Optical and Visionary Art since the 1960s, San Antonio                               Museum of Art,  San Antonio, TX

Fire Walkers
, Stux Gallery, New York, NY

Art Chicago
,
P·P·O·W Gallery, New York, NY

PULSE Art Fair
,
P·P·O·W Gallery , New York, NY

Nature Morte
, New Delhi, India

2006

PULSE Art Fair, P·P·O·W, Miami, FL

Adaptation: Survival in the City, Petra Projects, New York, NY

Deluge, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2005

The Most Splendid Apocalypse, curated by Jason Murison, P·P·O·W Gallery, New York, NY
                  
Green to Green and Beyond, curated by Mary Dinaburg, Gallery W 52, New York, NY

Fatal Love: South Asian American Art Now, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY

2004

NextNext Visual Art 2004, curated by Dan Cameron, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY

The Sixth Annual Altoids® Curiously Strong Collection, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY

Open House: Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY

Hello Chelsea, Bellwether Gallery, New York, NY

2003

Escape from New York, curated by Jason Murison, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ

Better Homes & Gardens, curated by Heather Darcy and Ann Tarantino, Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, PA

Escape from New York, curated by Jason Murison, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ

Sustain: Project at Renewable Brooklyn, curated by Sarah Sockit, Prospect Park Tennis House, Brooklyn, NY

Through Customs: South Asian Women’s Creative Collective 6th Annual Visual Arts Show, curated by Shamim Momin and Raina Lampkins-Fielder, Bose Pacia Gallery, New York, NY

Out of Place: Mala Iqbal, Nicole Henning, Markus Weiss, Staub (g*fzk!) - Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Switzerland

2002

Summer Drawings, Mixture Contemporary, Houston, TX

New Narrative Work, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2001

Yellow Brick Road, White Columns, New York, NY

Augusto Arbizo, Mala Iqbal, Kanishka Raja, Bellwether Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

learned America, curated by Jason Murison, P·P·O·W Gallery, New York, NY

The Cat’s Away, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY

Altered Landscape, LFL Gallery, New York, NY

New Artists 3, Delta Axis at Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN

Untouchables, Maxwell Freeman Contemporary Pictures, Houston, TX


Honors
1999-2000

Irene C. Fromer Award, Snug Harbor Cultural Center

Visual Artist Fellowship, Fine Arts Work Center

1998-1999

Visual Artist Fellowship, Fine Arts Work Center


Selected Bibliography
2008

Vali, Murtaza. “Mala Iqbal: Washed Away,” Art Asia Pacific, Mar/April 2008.

Rodriguez, Edel. " Mala Iqbal," The New Yorker, January 3, 2008.

2007

Morrison, Toni "ARTWORKS The Progressive Collection," reproduction: Hot Bricks 2007 p221.

Baker, R.C. "Acid Reign," The Village Voice, December 26, 2007.

Vali, Murtaza. “ Mala Iqbal,” Paper, December 19, 2007. p113.

Risemberg, Rafael. “ Mala Iqbal,” The New York Blade, Dec 14 2007.

2005

“The Most Splendid Apocalypse,” The New Yorker, August 1, 2005.

2004

Bellni, Andra and Sonia Campagnola, “I Nuovissimi di New York,” Flash Art Italia, November 2004.

American Letters & Commentary, Edition 16, cover illustration.

Nagy, Peter. “Through Customs,” Review. Art Asia Pacific, January 2004.

2003

Hrag Vartanian, Hrag. “Mala Iqbal: Misty,” Review. The Brooklyn Rail, December 2003.

Johnson, Ken. Listing. The New York Times. November 28, 2003.

2002

Klaasmeyer, Kelly. Review. “Hello My Name is Simon… And I like to do
drawrings,” Houston Press. August 15, 2002.

2001

Smith, Roberta. Review. “Augusto Arbizo, Mala Iqbal, Kanishka Raja,” The
New York Times, December 14, 2001.

Fressola, Michael. Review. “Mala Iqbal’s Season of the Wolf,” Staten Island
Advance. June 24, 2001.

2000

Parcellin, Paul. Review. retro-rocket.com. June 2000.

Temin, Christine. “Winners in BCA Exhibit Drawn, But Not By Chance,” The
Boston Globe. May 24, 2000.

1999

Juarez, Roberto. “First Proof: Mala Iqbal,” BOMB Magazine. Fall 1999. p.
104-6.

“Portfolio: Mala Iqbal,” Quarter After Eight: A Journal of Prose and
Commentary. 1999. p. 166-171.


Collections

Altoids® Curiously Strong Collection, The New Museum
Queens Museum of Art, NY
Progressive Corporation, Mayfield Village, Ohio