Orlee Malka is an interdisciplinary artist based in New York. Her conceptual and collaborative work considers the possibilities of art making within forms of collapse. In fieldwork to the unconsoled (2018) Malka examines issues of excavation practices and museum restitution. This ongoing project consists of objects, replicas, readings and experiments that are informed by practices of remembering and witnessing. In empty museum (2019), Malka redefines museum floor plans and places them as propositions for rethinking the museum’s function. Akudim (2022) is a collaboration with artist M’barek Bouhchichi that traces the literary work of writer Albert Suissa, titled Akud (Bound). 

Malka has participated in discussions and has presented her work at: Project for Empty Space, Newark, NJ; The Clemente, New York; Protocinema, New York; ArteEast, New York; The Alliance for Historical Dialogue and Accountability program at Columbia University; Artists House, Jerusalem; Leslie-Lohman Museum, New York; Mom’s Gallery, New York and Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York among others.

Malka received her MFA from Columbia University in 2018, and was among the inaugural fellows of the 2018-2019 Interdisciplinary Art and Theory Program in New York. Malka is a professor in the Visual Arts Program, Columbia University.

IG: @orleemalka