Malcolm Peacock, a New York–based artist and athlete whose participatory work captivates audiences with piercing questions about intimacy, power, and loss, is the winner of the 2024 Young Artist Prize. Presented this year by CULTURED in partnership with MZ Wallace, the award offers $30,000 to a promising talent chosen from the magazine’s ninth annual Young Artists list. 

“Through his multidisciplinary practice, Malcolm’s powerful work proposes different ways of being in the world,” say Monica Zwirner and Lucy Wallace Eustice, MZ Wallace’s cofounders and codesigners. “He explores feelings of connections, to others and to ourselves, which makes the work both timely and universal. We are honored to play a part in supporting his artistic journey.” 

Peacock was selected from the 30 artists on this year’s list by a distinguished jury composed of Legacy Russell, executive director and chief curator of the Kitchen; Ruba Katrib, chief curator and director of curatorial affairs at MoMA PS1; and Kelly Taxter, deputy director of Artists Space. 

“Malcolm represents a next generation of thinking and making that puts forward new proposals toward the futurity for Black life and what Blackness can instruct us toward as an agent of liberation,” says Russell. “Malcolm’s work—in performance, sculpture, installation, writing, drawing—resists spectacle or sensationalism,” adds Taxter, “and reaffirms the quiet power of individuals and communities to create the realities they need and deserve.” Katrib concludes, “This is well-deserved support for a wonderful artist who has a lot of vision and isn't afraid to experiment or take chances. I'm very excited for Malcolm and what is to come.”

Read more about Malcolm Peacock's practice here.