NG Malla

NG Malla explores meanings of home and the domestic landscape through painting, drawing, and material experimentation. Through her ‘dwelling typology’ series, she observes archetypal markers of residential architecture (from the ‘colonial’ cottage or ‘federation’ bungalow to contemporary ‘single family homes’); with their contours and shadows evoking national – and personal housing histories. Her ‘suburban habitat’ series extends to the wider landscape, referencing the tenuous nature of urban settlement and property on unceded Country. In her ‘hauntology’ series, she explores feelings of place attachment, memory, and grief.

NG Malla has been a finalist in numerous awards including: the Kedumba Drawing Prize (2024); the Paddington Prize (2025); Meroogal Womens’ Art Prize (2024); Fisher Ghost (2024, 2025); the National Emerging Art Prize (2024); Lethbridge Landscape Prize (2023, 2024); Hawkesbury Art Prize (2023); Mount Eyre Art Prize (2023); and the Blacktown Art Prize (2023). She has exhibited with Michael Reid Northern Beaches; the Toowoomba Gallery; Rex Livingston Katoomba; Purple Noon; and Saywell Gallery Marrickville.

Her work is held in private collections in Australia, the United States, and Asia.

Education:
N G Malla (Nicole Gurran Malla) is completing her MFA (Drawing) at National Art School. She has a Bachelor of Arts, Masters in Urban & Regional Planning, and a PhD from the University of Sydney (2002). Her ongoing research and writing on urbanism and housing deeply inform her art practice.

Finalist art awards:
•Paddington Art Prize (2025)
•Meroogal Womens’ Art Prize (2024)
•Kedumba Drawing Prize (2024)
•Fisher Ghost (2024, 2025)
•Lethbridge Landscape Prize (2023, 2024)
•Hawkesbury Art Prize (2023)
•Mount Eyre Art Prize (2023)
•Blacktown Art Prize (2023)
•Waverley Woollahra 9x5 competition (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
•Hunters Hill Art Prize (2022, 2023)
•Greenway Art Prize (2021, 2022, 2024).

Exhibitions and Art Fairs:
•Affordable Art Fair Austin, USA (2025) (with the Toowoomba Gallery)
•Rex Livingston Art Gallery Katoomba (Dec 2023, March 2024, Sept 2024; August 2025)
•Purple Noon Gallery (August 2024)
•Affordable Art Fair Brisbane 2024, Sydney 2024 (with the Toowoomba Gallery)
•Michael Reid Northern Beaches (mini release Sept 2023, 2023/2024; June 2024)
•Saywell Gallery Marrickville 'That Place' group exhibition (Sept 2022, 2023)
•Balmain Watch House (July 2023)
•Toowoomba Grammar Art Show (2023, 2024)
•Window Gallery, Chippendale (solo, 1992)
•Green Iguana Café, Newtown (solo, 1992)
•Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal (1991, 1992).