Malcolm Peacock: Of the sacred and eternal blessing

Sikkema Malloy Jenkins is pleased to present ‘Of the sacred and eternal blessing,’ a solo exhibition of new work by Malcolm Peacock on view in the back galleries from September 10 through October 24th, 2026. ‘Of the sacred and eternal blessing’ marks the artist’s first solo presentation at Sikkema Malloy Jenkins and in New York. A public opening reception with the artist will be held on Thursday, September 10, from 6–8pm.

For his exhibition, Peacock will present a range of multimedia installations, incorporating hand-braided synthetic hair throughout. Featuring suspended sculptures, braided reliefs, and other paper-based installations, the works in ‘Of the sacred and eternal blessing’ demonstrate Peacock’s ongoing interest in and reflection on his time spent in the forests of the Pacific Northwest. Often durational in nature, Peacock’s multi-disciplinary works integrate endurance practices such as braiding, running and talking, to explore what the artist describes as: “the different ways that intimacy arises.” By employing endurance-based practices, Peacock asks us to consider time as a material in and of itself. This malleability of time extends through the work and into the experience of viewing it, allowing a moment of communion between the artist and viewing subject.

Malcolm Peacock (born 1994) is an artist and athlete whose art often utilizes and alternates between common physical actions—talking, gazing, braiding, singing, running—to emphasize the possibilities and feelings that accompany being present in proximity to others and to oneself. His art looks closely at ways that intimacy creates emotional spaces occupied by Black subjects. Peacock received his BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University (2016), and his MFA from The Mason Gross School of Arts at Rutgers University (2019). His work will be included in the upcoming Counterpublic triennial in St. Louis, Missouri and was recently included the Whitney Biennial. He has participated in residencies at the Studio Museum in Harlem, 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, New York; Terrault Gallery, Baltimore; the Institute of Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University; the Prospect Triennial, New Orleans; the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; MoMA PS, New York; the Baltimore Museum of Art; and The Whitney Museum of American Art. Peacock is the recipient of the 58th Carnegie International Fine Prize and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Roy Lichtenstein Award.