[2] His father Boyd Mallett was a veteran of World War II and was an engineer and electrician who died of a heart attack at the age of 33.
His mother, Dorothy Williams raised Keith, his two brothers Jason and Ronald Mallett, and his sister Eve, alone.
With the worldwide success of "Generations", Mallett started his own company Keith Mallett Studio Inc. A partial list of Keith’s clients include: Random House, Lenox China, Franklin Mint, New York Graphic Society, Springs Industries, Icon Shoes and Canadian Art Prints.
A variety of movies and television shows have featured Mallett's work, including Woody Allen's Mighty Aphrodite, Soul Food, Ben Affleck's Gone Baby Gone, and Disney Channel's The Famous Jett Jackson.
His art has also been featured in books such as Charlotte Watson Sherman's Sister Fire, Jonah Winter's How Jelly Roll Morton Invented Jazz, and Ray Anthony Shepard's Runaway: The Daring Escape of Ona Judge, and has been featured on the covers of Chicken Soup for the African American Soul[3] and Chicken Soup for the African American Woman's Soul.