Mali Kouanchao

Mali Kounchao also known as Malichansouk Kouanchao is a visual artist and interactive designer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was born in Savannakhet, Laos on July 27th, 1970.
Her multi-disciplinary works explore the relationship between art, transformation, and communal healing.
She serves on the national steering committee for Legacies of War, a national project established to raise awareness of the Secret War in Laos, as well as to advocate for further U.S. support toward the removal of cluster bombs and increased aid for bomb survivors.
Other current projects include: Displacement Series and is the subject of a children’s book about her called "Mali Under the Night Sky," by Youme Landowne.
She is the recent recipient of a 2010 Bush Artist Fellowship and a 2010 Asian Pacific American Leadership Award from the Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans.
Achievements & Awards
- Bush Artist Fellowship, 2010
- Bush Artist Fellowship Finalist, 2008
- Minnesota State Arts Board, Artist Initiative Grants, 2007
- "Self-portrait" used as cover art for an anthology "Feminist Waves, Feminist Generations: Life Stories from the Academy, 1964-2000," U of M Press 2007
- B-Girl Be: A Celebration of Women in Hop Hop, Group show @ Intermedia Arts, 2006
- HOME House Project: The Future of Affordable Housing, Group show @ Weisman Museum, 2006
- Heritage Park Community, permanent collection, 2005
- Minnesota State Arts Board, Cultural Collaboration Grant, 2004/05
- Franconia Sculpture Park/Jerome Fellowship, 2004
- Family Housing Fund, permanent collection, 2004
- Jerome Travel and Study Grant Program 2002/2003, 2004
- Mural Global book, 2002, Germany
- AAR Career Development Grant, 2001
- Jerome Travel and Study Grant Program, 1999/2000
- Headwaters Fund - Special Opportunity Grant, 1997

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