Two Young Women and Toddler, Members of the Ethiopian Community, 2021, ink, watercolor, gouache on handmade paper made in India, 25” x 19”. From the Portraits of Immigrant Women series.
Sleepwalking, 2015, oil on linen, 48” x 36”. From the Gatherings series.
Drawings of the Ethiopian immigrant community (left), French-speaking West African community (center), and the Indian immigrant community (right) in the Puget Sound region. Part of the 2021 exhibition Present/Tense: Sculpture, Paintings, and Drawings by Tom and Malayka Gormally at the University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art. Malayka’s drawings are made possible, in part, by an Art Projects Grant from 4Culture, King County, Washington. Photo: Mark Woods.
Drawings of immigrants applying for United States citizenship at the International Rescue Center office in Seattle (center wall). Paintings of street protests (left wall) and drawings of immigrants participating in protests against the immigration ban (right wall). Part of the 2021 exhibition Present/Tense: Sculpture, Paintings, and Drawings by Tom and Malayka Gormally at the University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art. Malayka’s drawings are made possible, in part, by an Art Projects Grant from 4Culture, King County, Washington. Photo: Mark Woods.
Drawings of immigrants applying for United States citizenship at the International Rescue Center office in Seattle (detail). Part of the 2021 exhibition Present/Tense: Sculpture, Paintings, and Drawings by Tom and Malayka Gormally at the University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art. Malayka’s drawings are made possible, in part, by an Art Projects Grant from 4Culture, King County, Washington. Photo: Mark Woods.
(Left) Immigrant drawings. (Center) Don’t Tread on Me, 2017, oil on canvas, 48” x 48”. (Right) Signs, 2017, oil on canvas, 40” x 30”. Part of the 2021 exhibition Present/Tense: Sculpture, Paintings, and Drawings by Tom and Malayka Gormally at the University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art. Photo: Mark Woods.
From left to right on the wall, Women/Mujeres, Collaborators, Last Summer, Summer Travels, Young Couple, and Sleepwalking. Part of the 2021 exhibition Present/Tense: Sculpture, Paintings, and Drawings by Tom and Malayka Gormally at the University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art.
Drawings of immigrants participating in protests against the immigration ban. Part of the 2021 exhibition Present/Tense: Sculpture, Paintings, and Drawings by Tom and Malayka Gormally at the University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art. Photo: Mark Woods.
(Left) Barriers, 2017, oil on canvas, 36” x 48”. (Right) May Day, 2017, oil on canvas, 36” x 48”. Part of the 2021 exhibition Present/Tense: Sculpture, Paintings, and Drawings by Tom and Malayka Gormally at the University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art. Photo: Mark Woods.
Now available for purchase: the exhibition catalog for the 2019 two-person exhibit Present / Tense at the Blanden Memorial Art Gallery, Fort Dodge, IA. Click here to purchase the catalog.