kyle malanda

MY BEAUTY IS POISON, Ongoing

MY BEAUTY IS POISON is an ongoing series of hand-tufted surrealist self-portrait textile works inspired by and featuring the flame lily, a toxic climbing plant native to Malawi. Exploring power, sensuality, femininity, and myth-making, MY BEAUTY IS POISON depicts nighttime portraits and scenes, carrying the viewer through a journey of violence, vengeance, and a return to the self.


Chidyamaloto, 2024
(The Dream Eater)

91 x 122 cm / 36 x 48 in

Acrylic yarn, merino wool, cotton, polyester, and alpaca wool on monk's cloth

Chidyamaloto, 2024
(The Dream Eater)

91 x 122 cm / 36 x 48 in

Acrylic yarn, merino wool, cotton, polyester, and alpaca wool on monk's cloth

Chidyamaloto, 2024
(The Dream Eater)
Detail Shot

Chidyamaloto, 2024
(The Dream Eater)
Detail Shot

M'mwazi Wanga, 2024
(In My Blood)

107x137 cm | 42x54 in

Acrylic and metallic yarn, cotton, alpaca wool, merino wool, bamboo viscose on monks cloth

M'mwazi Wanga, 2024
(In My Blood)

107x137 cm | 42x54 in

Acrylic and metallic yarn, cotton, alpaca wool, merino wool, bamboo viscose on monks cloth

M'mwazi Wanga, 2024
(In My Blood)
Detail Shot

M'mwazi Wanga, 2024
(In My Blood)
Detail Shot

Ndilambilile Pansi Pa Mwezi, 2024

(Worship Me Under the Moon)

96 x 145 cm | 38 x 57 in

Acrylic and metallic yarn on monk's cloth

Ndilambilile Pansi Pa Mwezi, 2024

(Worship Me Under the Moon)

96 x 145 cm | 38 x 57 in

Acrylic and metallic yarn on monk's cloth

Ndilambilile Pansi Pa Mwezi, 2024
(Worship Me Under the Moon)
Detail Shot

Ndilambilile Pansi Pa Mwezi, 2024
(Worship Me Under the Moon)
Detail Shot

Chinaphadi Dzuwa, 2024

(She Really Killed the Sun)

122 x 145 cm | 48 x 57 in

Acrylic and metallic yarn on monk's cloth

Chinaphadi Dzuwa, 2024

(She Really Killed the Sun)

122 x 145 cm | 48 x 57 in

Acrylic and metallic yarn on monk's cloth

Chinaphadi Dzuwa, 2024
(She Really Killed the Sun)
Detail Shot

Chinaphadi Dzuwa, 2024
(She Really Killed the Sun)
Detail Shot

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