Born in Sydney/Eoura, Australia
Resides and works in Sydney

NG Malla (Nicole Gurran Malla) is a multidisciplinary artist/researcher whose work focuses on urban and domestic space. She works across media, from oil paints to inks, aerosol and airbrushing, using canvas, linen, wood, hessian, and metal surfaces. Her paintings combine techniques of layering and erasure, figuration and abstraction, and vary between muted monotones and intense colour palettes. Many of her works appear hazy and ethereal, the image dissolving in close proximity but appearing almost photographic at distance. 

Home and the residential landscape are a consistent throughline across her practice. She explores both the physical and emotional dimensions of dwelling – houses and the experience of residence; as well as the wider ‘homescape’ – from interior spaces to streets and neighbourhoods. Whilst evoking memory her works avoid nostalgic readings of home. Recognising that homes and housing histories can signify great comfort but may also be sites of trauma and injustice, her ambiguous rendering of architectural details and atmospheric blurring of boundaries invite manifold personal and political interpretations.

NG Malla is completing an MFA at the National Art School, Sydney, recommitting to her art practice after rearing her four children. She has been a finalist in numerous art prizes including the Paddington Art Prize (2025), the Kedumba Drawing Prize (2024), Meroogal Women’s Art Prize (2024, 2026), Fisher Ghost (2024, 2025) and the Hawkesbury Art Prize (2024). She has exhibited with Michael Reid (Northern Beaches), David Rex-Livingston (Katoomba), and the Toowoomba Gallery. Her ongoing academic research across urbanism and housing deeply informs her creative practice.