Nyakallo Maleke is a Johannesburg-based interdisciplinary artist and writer, and the 2025 Standard Bank Young Artist Award winner for visual arts. Her work explores space, movement, and identity through drawing, installation, performance, and sculpture-often combining traditional media with unconventional materials like wax paper and stitching.

She holds a Master of Arts in Public Sphere from edhea in Switzerland,where her research focused on migration and public space, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Wits University. Instagram · Twitter