Malaika Temba

Malaika Temba (b. 1996, Washington, D.C.) is a New York–based artist who makes painted tapestries, embroideries and installations. Drawing on East African marketplaces, the history of global trade and feminist approaches to craft, her work looks at where care meets capitalism and intimacy meets exploitation, and honors the women whose labor has sustained households and economies. In 2026 her tapestry "Kazi Zetu" was shown in "Fade" at The Studio Museum in Harlem and acquired for the museum's permanent collection. Her first institutional commission, "She Weaves White Gold," opened at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh in 2025 and is on view through spring 2027. Her solo presentation is on view at Make Room in Los Angeles.