Malcolm Peacock (b.1994) is an artist and athlete whose art often utilizes and alternates common physical actions—talking, gazing, braiding, singing, running—to emphasize the stakes and feelings that accompany being present in proximity to others and to one’s self. His art looks closely at ways that intimacy creates emotional spaces occupied by Black folks. He has participated in residencies at the University of Pennsylvania, St. Roch Community Church, the Joan Mitchell Center, Denniston Hill, and the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture. Peacock has exhibited at Artists Space, Terrault Gallery, the Institute of Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University; the Prospect Triennial, and the Carnegie Museum of Art. Peacock is the recipient of the 58th Carnegie International Fine Prize and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Roy Lichtenstein Award. He earned a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2016 and an MFA from the Mason Gross School of Arts at Rutgers University in 2019.

Malcolm Peacock earned a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2016 and an MFA from The Mason Gross School of Arts at Rutgers University in 2019. Peacock is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice explores emotional and psychic spaces of Black subjects. Peacock is particularly interested in art as a site to make and explore different forms of intimacy. Peacock has been a participant in residencies at The University of Pennsylvania, St. Roch Community Church, The Joan Mitchell Center, Denniston Hill, and The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Peacock has exhibited at Artists Space in New York, Terrault Gallery in Baltimore, The Institute of Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University, The Prospect Triennial in New Orleans, Louisiana, and The Carnegie Museum of Art. Peacock is the recipient of the 58th Carnegie International Fine Prize.