Manisha Malcolm (she/her) is a poet and mixed media visual artist. The mediums seen throughout her artwork are charcoal, ink, paint, and plants. Manisha shares her experiences of grief, illness, love and relationships as a means to keep going and connect with others. She has been professionally showcasing from 2022, and since then her poems have been locally and internationally published, including the self-publication of her debut anthology “Lengthy Stints of Admirable Blue".

Manisha has been a judge on the panel for the NSW Poetry Prize, raised money for the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia with the distribution of her poems, and has featured in a number of group shows, collaborations and solo exhibitions displaying illustrations, painting, photography, and poetry. Soon, Manisha will be attending the Hub Feenix Residency in Finland and The Mothership Residency in NYC to work on her second book, “Keep Going".

You can connect with and find more of Manisha’s words and creative progress on Instagram @mku_m, based in Naarm/ Melbourne.