Hi :)

Hello! My name is Tatianna Malee, aka Miss Malee, and I am a queer POC artist living in my head. Welcome to my world.

I was 6 years old when I discovered magic was real. I saw my grandmother draw a mermaid perched on a rock on a yellow legal pad of paper with a ballpoint pen- and it was life changing. I watched in awe as she drew each tiny detail as if she had been to that exact spot and sat herself perched on that rock. I had never seen something come to life out of thin air like that before, and I knew from that moment on that I was going to learn how to do magic too. I would spend the next 10 plus years teaching myself to draw, and began winning awards early on in my high school art career. Unfortunately due to changing schools and art programs my focus on building my skills and winning awards turned to submitting work for grades and simply to get it done (s.o. to all my shitty art teacher survivors). I felt so burnt out by the end that I denounced a creative career path for myself, feeling as though I had lost the magic somewhere and wouldn’t find it again. 

It would take a battle with depression to get me back to drawing and painting post college graduation; but it was alone at my dining room table, two weeks into what would turn into almost 6 months of solitude due to the pandemic, where I realized the magic had never left me. Now more than ever I have a desire to experiment and challenge myself further within and beyond the 2-dimensional realm I started with. From writing, set design, to installation work, I want to be comfortable being vulnerable in my creation, and sharing the parts of myself that I have buried the deepest with my audience. My open approach invites my audience to process their own feelings along with me, or at the very least get into that uncomfortable space of acknowledging them. Beyond that initial fear of vulnerability is strength and power that will surprise you.

By creating missmalee.com, I am finally taking this whole artist thing back into my own hands, rather than expecting someone to tell me I’m allowed to do it. One day soon you (yes you!) will be walking through a space designed by yours truly. For now though I hope you enjoy this one!