b. 1973 California USA
EDUCATION
2020 - 2022 Institute for Art & Olfaction, Los Angeles
2010 MFA, Visual Arts, University of California, Riverside
1994 BA, Critical Film Studies, School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Paul Smith x Captains of the Dead Sea, Copenhagen, Hamburg, London Kings Cross
2019 Paul Smith x Captains of the Dead Sea, Paul Smith Kyoto co-presented by Kyotographie+
2017 Paul Smith x Captains of the Dead Sea, Paul Smith Los Angeles, Amsterdam, Paris
2016 Christmas Eve in Panorama City | Projection for Two Stations, NEA: Our Town at Bergamot Station, Santa Monica CA
2015 Captains of the Dead Sea, Sloan Projects, Los Angeles
2011 A Cavalier in Sight of a Village, Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles
2010 Southland, Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles
2009 Exposition, Phyllis Gill Gallery - UCR, Riverside, CA
2008 These Days, UCR Sweeney Gallery - Project Gallery Three, Riverside, CA
2007 How Soon is Now, Peel, Los Angeles
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Touch the Sun, with Chris McCaw and Roger Ackling, Marshall Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2022 Studio Systems, Leaving Earth scent installation in collaboration with resident Amanda Mears, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2021 - 2022 Golden Hour: California Identity Through Photography, traveling exhibition from the permanent collection of LACMA,
in partnership with the Terra Foundation, curated by Eve Schillo:
Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA
Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
Vincent Price Art Museum, East Los Angeles College, Monterey Park, CA
Art Gallery at California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
2019 In the Sunshine of Neglect, California Museum of Photography / Riverside Art Museum
2016 Recent Findings, Sloan Projects, Los Angeles
2016 Facts Make the Difference, Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles
2016 On Landscape 3, Dorset, UK
2015 Gravity, Sloan Projects, Los Angeles
2015 On Landscape 2, Matèria, Rome, Italy
2014 Superficial LAndscapes, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Norwalk, California
2014 Artists' Books and Cookies, presented by For Your Art, Ooga Booga, and Fundación Alumnos47, Ooga Twooga, Los Angeles
2014 On Landscape 1, Guest Projects, London, UK
2012 Landscape and Perspective, Art Rental and Sales Gallery at LACMA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
2011 Curve, CENTER, Santa Fe, NM
2011 Aground, Photo Center NW, Seattle, WA
2011 Kamikaze, PØST, Los Angeles
2011 Genesis II, Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
2010 Neighborhood, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN
2010 Backyard, Sam Lee Gallery at Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles
2010 Merck-Preis der Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Museum Künsterkolonie, Darmstadt, Germany
2010 MFA Thesis Exhibition, UCR Sweeney Gallery / California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA
2009 Ersatz, SF Cameraworks, San Francisco
2009 CAA Los Angeles MFA Exhibition, Gayle and Ed Roski Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
2009 Sculpting Time, Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
2008 Works on Loan from the 21st Century, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS | COMMUNITY ARTS ENGAGEMENT
2020 - Present Adjunct Assistant Professor, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2016 Visiting Artist - Guest Lecturer, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles
2016 Visiting Artist - Guest Lecturer, California Institute of the Arts - CalArts, Valencia, CA
2015 The Trail Ride, in partnership with Big City Forum, Los Angeles
2011 - 2015 Program Committee Member and Teaching Artist, Shutterbugs Program, Pablove Foundation, Los Angeles
2012 Photography Workshop Leader, Getty Family Festival, in partnership with Community Arts Resources, The Getty Center, Los Angeles
2011 Photography Workshop Instructor, Active Arts at The Music Center, Los Angeles
AWARDS / GRANTS / RESIDENCIES
2019 NES Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland
2016 National Endowment for the Arts x City of Santa Monica Our Town Public Art Project Commission
2015 Field_Notes - HYBRID MATTERs Residency, Kilpisjärvi Biological Station, Lapland, Finland
2013 Arctic Circle Residency, The Farm Foundation for the Arts and Sciences, Spitsbergen, Svalbard
2011 Fundación Botín - Taller de Paul Graham - Residency, Santander, Spain
2011 CENTER Dealer’s Choice Award
2010 Merck Prize, Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Darmstadt, Germany
2009 Gluck Fellowship for the Arts
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Captains of the Dead Sea, Nazraeli Press One Picture Book Two #19, Edition of 500, 2020
Osberg, Annabel "Captains of the Dead Sea" Artillery, Jan 5, 2016
Melrod, George “Captains for the Dead Sea at Sloan Projects” Art Ltd January/February 2016
Smithson, Aline "Alia Malley Captains of the Dead Sea" Lenscratch, Oct 26, 2015
Phelps, Andrew “A Cavalier in Sight of a Village” Buffet June 13, 2012
Bryant, Eric “The Best of the 2011 Pulse Miami Art Fair” Artinfo.com, Dec 3, 2011
A Cavalier in Sight of a Village, artist’s book, edition of 1000
Perello, Ibarionex “Alia Malley” The Candid Frame, Podcast, #117, July 19, 2011
Colberg, Joerg “A Conversation with Alia Malley” Conscientious Extended, June 28, 2011
Beil, Kim “A Lens on the Land.” Art Ltd March/April 2011: 48-52.
Smithson, Aline "Success Stories: Alia Malley" Lenscratch, April 11, 2011
Prodger, Phillip. “Alia Malley in Southland” Prodger.com, January 18, 2011
Southland, Sam Lee Gallery, Exhibition Catalogue, 2010
Colberg, Joerg "Contemporary Photographers - Alia Malley" Conscientious, May 10, 2010
Severo, Fabio "Ground Glass Beauty" Hippolyte Bayard, May 7, 2010
Osterweil, Ara Sculpting Time, Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Exhibition Catalogue , 2009
Frank, Peter “The Virtual Nature.” Exhibition Essay, Works on Loan from the 20th Century, RAM, 2008
Brooks, Amra “Must See Art”, LA Weekly, February 27, 2007
Alia’s work is held in numerous private and public permanent collections, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the UCLA Library Special Collections, and the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection. She lives and works in Los Angeles.