Malick Welli was born in 1990 in Kaffrine, Senegal.
A self-taught visual artist and photographer, he develops a multidisciplinary practice combining photography, installation, video and performance. His work explores the relationships between memory, spirituality, history and power through staged compositions in which the body, objects and symbols occupy a central place.
Drawing from archives, religious references and elements of material culture, Malick Welli creates images that interrogate identity, belonging and postcolonial legacies.
His work has been presented in several international institutions and exhibitions, including the Wereldmuseum in Leiden (Netherlands), the Chazen Museum of Art (United States), the Michael C. Carlos Museum in Atlanta (United States), the Galerie du 19M by Chanel (Paris), the Dakar Biennale and the Cairo Biennale.
His works are part of the permanent collection of the Chazen Museum of Art (United States).
Malick Welli lives and works in Dakar, Senegal.