Petra Maliah

Artist & Creative Producer · Europe and beyond


maliahpetra@gmail.com

I'm an independent artist working primarily through photography. The work is about attention — what reveals itself when you stop hurrying, the quiet thing others walk past, the image that holds a story without raising its voice.

Photography is where it started and where the instinct lives — years of moving through. Learning to read light, atmosphere, and the details that carry the most weight. Not chasing the obvious shot, but waiting for the one that holds something real. Over time it has settled into two bodies of work: a fine-art practice built on the human figure in vast, quiet space, made through subtraction; and a documentary practice that turns outward, meeting everyday life on its own ground.

In parallel, I work as a creative producer — building the structures that let ambitious visual work actually happen. On-site coordination, experience design, and visual consistency across immersive retreats, brand events, and cultural projects. Holding the creative vision and making it execute, without losing the atmosphere that makes an experience worth having.

Two tracks, one instinct: to make something feel considered, coherent, and alive.

Selected Exhibitions & Publications

Exhibitions

Mythography VI, shortlisted (29 from 800+ submissions). Curated by Prof. Enrico Medda, University of Pisa. To be presented at Trieste Photo Days 2026, Magazzino 26, Italy, with special guest Christopher Morris (VII Photo Agency)

IDENTITY Project, Musa International — Insa Art Center, Seoul, 2025

MSV Group Exhibition — Artàporter temporary spaces, Barcelona, 2025

Arrival Gallery Brooklyn — Meadow 35, New York, 2025

Publications

FotoDoc 2025 — Selected for official publication, international documentary photography contest, São Paulo

Frayme Magazine — Featured photographer

Artells Magazine — Featured artist, fashion & art

Artio Magazine — Featured photographer

Visual Poetry Journal — Featured photographer; Times Square digital showcase, New York