seattle, wa
malicamalya (at) gmail.com
By shooting through window frames, reworking found footage, constructing alternative viewing apparatuses, and exposing the properties of his media, Malachite Amalya creates passageways in which perceptions shift. Memories are reinterpreted, definitions change between generations, notions of the self realign, and boundaries become permeable.
Amalya holds an MFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a BA from Hampshire College. Amalya’s films have screened across North America, including the TIE Cinema Exposition in Montreal, the Olympia Film Festival in Washington state, and the Takoma Park Film Festival in Maryland. He has also presented his work at Yale University and Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, BC.
In 2009, Amalya received a full fellowship to attend the Vermont Studio Center and worked as a resident artist at Blue Sky Project in Ohio. He also received the Northwest Film Forum’s Out of the Can Filmmaking Grant and Jack Straw Production's Artist Support Award to produce a new film entitled "Drifting" (16mm/2010).
Amalya is the cinematographer for the documentary "Riot Acts," which explores trans and gender variant identity in music. "Riot Acts," directed by Madsen Minax and produced by Actor Slash Model, is touring film festivals throughout 2010. At it's world premier in Chicago's Reeling Film Festival, it won both the Jury Award and the Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary Feature.
malicamalya (at) gmail.com
By shooting through window frames, reworking found footage, constructing alternative viewing apparatuses, and exposing the properties of his media, Malachite Amalya creates passageways in which perceptions shift. Memories are reinterpreted, definitions change between generations, notions of the self realign, and boundaries become permeable.
Amalya holds an MFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a BA from Hampshire College. Amalya’s films have screened across North America, including the TIE Cinema Exposition in Montreal, the Olympia Film Festival in Washington state, and the Takoma Park Film Festival in Maryland. He has also presented his work at Yale University and Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, BC.
In 2009, Amalya received a full fellowship to attend the Vermont Studio Center and worked as a resident artist at Blue Sky Project in Ohio. He also received the Northwest Film Forum’s Out of the Can Filmmaking Grant and Jack Straw Production's Artist Support Award to produce a new film entitled "Drifting" (16mm/2010).
Amalya is the cinematographer for the documentary "Riot Acts," which explores trans and gender variant identity in music. "Riot Acts," directed by Madsen Minax and produced by Actor Slash Model, is touring film festivals throughout 2010. At it's world premier in Chicago's Reeling Film Festival, it won both the Jury Award and the Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary Feature.
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