Artist Malaika Favorite's work is known for its use of color.

Her work is both figurative and abstract and has been featured in shows throughout the Baton Rouge area. Her most recent exhibit,  "I am Everything, Everything is Me," showed through September at Baton Rouge Gallery. Next up are October shows in the Southern University Visual Arts Gallery and the Southern University Museum of Art.

Favorite creates her art in her studio in Geismar, which is also home to her past work. Walking into the studio is like walking into an explosion of color, which not only offers a retrospective of her artwork but the story of her life's journey.

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Artist Malaika Favorite in her Geismar studio.

Some of Malaika Favorite's paintings expand past their frames. This one is stored in her Geismar studio.

A mixed media piece incorporating a guitar stands on a shelf in Malaika Favorite's Geismar studio.

The storage area in Malaika Favorite's Geismar studio. The studio houses work in different media from Favorite's past shows.

Some of Malaika Favorite's paintings tend to escape from their frames. This one is stored in her Geismar studio.

Artist Malaika Favorite works in her studio, which stands behind her house in Geismar. Staff photo by Robin Miller

Work from past shows fill the storage area in Malaika Favorite's Geismar studio.

Artist Malaika Favorite created a series of paintings that are escaping from their frames. In this one, she says her painting depicts stained glass that has escaped the frame.

Work from past art shows create an explosion of color in the storage area of Malaika Favorite's Geismar studio.  

Malaika Favorite also creates sculptural pieces. These stand on a shelf in her Geismar studio.

Malaika Favorite holds up one of the painted washboards that appeared in her 2018 show, 'Washboard City,' at West Baton Rouge Museum.

Paintings from past shows fill the storage area in Malaika Favorite's Geismar studio.

Malaika Favorite opens a drawer to reveal a collection of drawings and sketches for new art ideas in her Geismar studio.

This painted washboard was featured in Malaika Favorite's 2018 show, 'Washboard City,' at Baton Rouge Gallery.

Artist Malaika Favorite's mixed media piece, 'Self Portrait as the Mississippi,' was featured in her September 2022 show at Baton Rouge Gallery. Staff video by Robin Miller

A sketchbook offers the possibility of new ideas in the work area of Malaika Favorite's Geismar studio.

Paintings and mixed media pieces from past shows fill the storage area of Malaika Favorite's Geismar studio.

Malaika Favorite opens a drawer to reveal a collection of drawings and sketches for new art ideas in her Geismar studio.

This painted washboard was featured in Malaika Favorite's 2018 show, 'Washboard City,' at Baton Rouge Gallery.

Paintings and mixed media pieces from past shows fill the storage area in Malaika Favorite's Geismar studio.

Paints and paint brushes are arranged in an orderly fashion in Malaika Favorite's Geismar studio.

Malaika Favorite shows a panel featuring the design for a glass window in a former Episcopal church in Donaldsville, which now serves as part of the campus for the River Road African American Museum. The panel is stored in her Geismar studio.

Malaika Favorite works on a collage in her Geismar studio. Her next two shows will be in October at the Southern University Visual Arts Gallery in Frank Hayden Hall and the Southern University Museum of Art.

Malaika Favorite's work table is filled with small paintings and sketches in her Geismar studio. Some of the sketches may inspire a new art series.  

A mixed media piece featuring a rocking chair in Malaika Favorite's Geismar studio.

Malaika Favorite opens a drawer filled with sketches for new artistic ideas in her Geismar studio.

Malaika Favorite also creates sculptural pieces filled with color. These stands on a shelf in her Geismar studio.

Malaika Favorite hangs this painting in a prominent spot in her Geismar studio because it reminds her of autumn.

This multi-media piece, 'Dragon Teeth Plowing,' is featured in Malaika Favorite's September exhibit, 'I am Everything, Everything is Me,' at Baton Rouge Gallery.

This painting, 'Her Many Faces,' is featured in Malaika Favorite's September exhibit, 'I am Everything, Everything is Me' at Baton Rouge Gallery.

Malaika Favorite's mixed media pieces 'Swimmers' (top) and 'Self Portrait as the Mississippi (bottom) are featured in her September exhibit, 'I am Everything, Everything is Me' at Baton Rouge Gallery.

A painting in the series, 'Eight portraits of Missing Women,' showing in Malaika Favorite's September exhibit, 'I am Everything, Everything is Me,' at Baton Rouge Gallery. 

Artist Malaika Favorite's mixed media piece, "Swimmers," was featured in her September 2022 exhibit at Baton Rouge Gallery. Staff video by Robin Miller

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