Mallika Prakash

Mallika is a multi-disciplinary artist based out of Bangalore, India. A computer engineer by profession, Mallika designed computer circuits in the Silicon Valley for almost 10 years before quitting her tech job to pursue her passion full time.

Mallika launched her art practice in 2010 as a resident studio artist at San Francisco’s renowned CELLspace in the Mission district. She is extremely passionate about riding motorcycles and channels that energy into her paintings. Her favorite medium is a good old brush and acrylic paint on canvas and wood.

As a self-taught artist with a tech background, Mallika's work features clean lines and bold colors which lends a contemporary graphic quality to her work. She has a keen eye for visually soothing compositions with standout negative spaces.

Mallika is presently experimenting with sheets of wood and creating multi-layered pieces that lend an additional depth to each of her pieces. A special feature of some of her larger pieces is the lack of a rectangle enclosing the artwork. She calls them open landscapes that invite the viewer to experience something really unconventional and evocative.

Masters in Computer Engineering
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

Solo Shows

2017 Moto Store & Cafe, Bangalore, India

2014 District, San Francisco, CA

2016-13 Art Explosion Open Studios, San Francisco, CA

2013-11 CellSpace Monthly shows and Open Studios, San Francisco, CA

Group Shows

2018 “Moto Art Show - First of Its Name”, Peepletree Art Gallery, Bangalore, India

2017 “Summer of Love”, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2017 “ArtSPAN Open Studios”, Code and Canvas, San Francisco, CA

2015 "Art for Hornbills", Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore, India

2014 “Art for AIDS Auction”, San Francisco, CA

2013 “Made in the Mission”, Back to the Picture Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2013 “Transported”, Gary Francis Fine Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2013 “Art of Giving Art”, Gary Francis Fine Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2013 “Chillin' Productions 15 Year Anniversary”, Mezzanine, San Francisco, CA

2011 “Pancakes and Booze”, Gallery 4N5, San Francisco, CA

2010-13 “SpaceCraft”, CELLspace Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2012-2013 "Duniya Center for Arts and Education Auction", San Francisco, CA