Malta-based
architect Tom Van Malderen uses his work to probe the intersections of art,
design, and architecture. He draws pleasure from contemplating the ways we
utilize our environments, closely examining the intricate web of cultural
references woven into their objects and materials. In doing so, he prompts
reflection on aspects of utility, value, ambiguity, and accessibility. Van
Malderen invites visitors and users to imagine and experience the fictions and
frictions of our inhabited space—its politics, its history, its materiality,
and other real and unreal constructs
After completing a master’s in architecture at Sint-Lucas -
KU Leuven, Van Malderen worked with Atelier Lucien Kroll in Brussels and AP
Valletta in London and Valletta. In 2018, Tom established his own studio
alongside his position as director of management at AP Valletta, creating space
to deepen his work in visual art and design and to engage with several NGOs.
Don’t hesitate to reach out
tom@tomvanmalderen.com
Selected interviews/articles
Impeached
Valletta
Contemporary
Movimento
Who
controls our access
Good
Conditions
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Mobile Photo Studio, Mulhouse Photo Biennial, 21-22 Sept. 2024
[…] And Nothing Is Forever*, SISU, Estonia, June 2024
Mobile Photo Studio, Malta Biennale public programme, 6-7 April 2024
Malta Biennale, collective show, Malta, March-May 2024
2023 Retrospective at R Gallery, Malta, Jan-Feb 2024
Best Conditions, duo show, Malta-Belgium Oct. 2023
Because every House tells a Story, Duffel, Belgium, Sept. 2023
Far Reach, collective show, Berlin, Germany, Sept. 2023
Walk the Seeds, public artwork, Malta, Sept. 2023
Oikos Logia,
collective exhibition, R Gallery,
Malta, 2023
Das-Dingenen,
collective exhibition, CC Zwaneberg, Belgium, 2021
Debatable
land(s), collective exhibition, Casa Stivala, Malta, 2021
Blink, duo show at Valletta Contemporary, Malta, 2021
No Ordinary Terrain, MUZA, Malta, 2021
Fuse, Valletta Design Cluster, Malta, 2021
Hackable Animals, Unfinished Art Space,
Casino Notabile, Malta, 2019
Contemporary
Istanbul, Blitz, art fair, Turkey, 2019
Good Conditions, duo show at DMW Art Space, Belgium, 2019
Zabbar’s
Calling Citta Hompesch, Mahala
Festival, collective exhibition, Malta, 2018
Except for Access Only,
solo show, Malta
Contemporary Art, Malta, 2018
Conditions and
Opportunities, duo show at DMW Art Space,
Belgium, 2017
Good Walls Make Good
Neighbours, Valletta International Visual Arts Festival, Malta, 2015
I Saw a Light,
Pjazza Teatru Rjal, Valletta, Malta, 2015
Hermetik, collective
exhibition, Fort Tigne, Malta, 2013
SELECTED SET AND EXHIBITION DESIGNS
