Malik McKoy

Ajax, Ont.-based multimedia artist Malik McKoy is an up-and-comer in Canada’s art scene. Not only did the painter and digital artist recently graduate from OCAD University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the prestigious school’s Drawing and Painting program, but he also graduated from Seneca College’s Art and Animation program. “Straddling the line between analog and digital, McKoy attempts to create a visual world that lives across both practices,” says his website, malikmckoy.com. He has an eclectic portfolio that features plenty of colour and texture, and he points to Devan Shimoyama, Jonathan Lyndon Chase, Boldtron and Tahnee Lonsdale as fellow artists he’s paying close attention to. So far this year, McKoy has shown in two exhibitions: One concluding a solo residency at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa and a group exhibition at Toronto’s Ignite Gallery.