[3] He is currently 47 years old (2024) Maluka's work has appeared in several international exhibitions such as the 27th São Paulo Bienal[4] in Brazil,"World Histories" at Des Moines Art Centre,[5] Iowa and "Flow" at the Studio Museum[6] in Harlem.
[10] His portraits of pop-culture icons as well as imaginary people are painted an unusual color palette that alludes to ambiguous or "indeterminate race" or ethnicity.
Most recently his painting entitled "I can't believe you think that of me"[18] appeared on the cover of the Harper Collins book South African Art Now[19] and one of his photographs on the cover of the social science book "The new media nation: indigenous peoples and global communication".
[20] A still from a 2001 interactive piece was used as the cover for the book "Africa and its significant others: forty years of intercultural entanglement".
[21] The novel by Doreen Baingana called "Tropical Fish: Stories Out of Entebbe"[22] was also adorned with 3 covers featuring different works by the artist.