Kalaija Mallery 

Kalaija Mallery is a multiform visual artist, researcher and community liaison. She works in response to notions of liberation and aesthetic irony, and is interested in the formation of underground religious groups and fringe-communities. She started Third Room in 2017 as a space for experimental exhibitions and diy programming for young and underrepresented artists in Portland, OR. She is co-founder of "You Are Here”, a publication platform that centralizes visual artist’s writing. She has exhibited work in Portland, Seattle, New York and Beijing. Kalaija now lives in St. Louis, where she works as acting manager for The Luminary. She recently collaborated with Prem Krishnamurthy to provide a free, virtual 12-week residency for artists around the globe to define and practice communal-care.