Joseph Malham

Joseph Malham is an iconographer, teacher, and author of five books currently living in Chicago. A graduate of Loyola University, Malham studied art history in Rome and for twenty years was artist in residence at St. Gregory the Great Church in Chicago.

As artist in residence, Malham taught icon-painting workshops, gave lectures on the history of sacred art, and facilitated retreats centered on the spirituality of icons. Malham has given talks at The Art Institute of Chicago, Notre Dame University, DePaul University, Holy Name Cathedral (Chicago), Loyola University of Chicago, Catholic Theological Union (Chicago), Quincy Historical Society (Quincy, IL) and the Gilcrease Museum of Western Art (Tulsa, OK). He has written for The Chicago Tribune and was a regular contributor to Liguorian Magazine, Faith & Form Magazine, and U.S. Catholic.  In 2017, Malham was awarded the Bishop Quarter Award by Cardinal Blase Cupich for his services to the Archdiocese of Chicago.

Malham's books include By Fire Into Light: Four Catholic Martyrs of the Nazi Camps (Peeters: 2002), John Ford: Poet in the Desert (LSP: 2014), winner of Best Biography in the Great Southwest Book Festival, Drawing Closer to Christ: A Self-Guided Icon Retreat (Ave Maria Press: 2017), and Holy Celluloid!: The Vatican List of Great Films and Why They Still Matter (Bear Manor Media: 2026). The Hanging Boy is Malham's first novel.