Maya is an artist // printmaker // illustrator from South London, UK.
She // they are currently living // working // teaching on the unceded
territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish),
and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations - otherwise known as
Vancouver, Canada. I would like to express my gratitude to these nations
on whose traditional territories I have been able to settle and make a life.
Residencies
Printmaking residency
Central St. Martins, University of the Arts London, UK (2015-17)
Future Shapes residency
Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston upon Thames, UK (2011)
Professional Experience
Photography Technician
Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada (Dec 2019 - present)
Printmedia Technician
University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, Canada (Dec 2020 - present)
Printmedia Technician
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (Jan 2020 - July 2020 - 6 month cover contract)
Visual Arts Instructor
Mobil Art School, Vancouver, Canada (April 2019 - present)
Printmaking Instructor
Malaspina Printmakers, Vancouver, Canada (Jan 2019 - present)
Dundarave Print Workshop, Vancouver, Canada (Sept 2018 - present)
Visual Arts Facilitator
Arts Umbrella, Vancouver, Canada (September 2018 - present)
GI campus and community outreach in Strathcona and at BCCH
Solo Exhibitions
2023
Worth Eye Teeth Slice of Life, Vancouver2020/21
Solo Wall Dundarave Print Workshop, VancouverGroup Exhibitions
2024Prints by Post Malaspina Printmakers Society, VancouverQAF Community Show James Black Gallery, Vancouver Beyond the Visible Zone 4 Gallery, ECUAD, Vancouver A Bloom at the Locus Dundarave Print Workshop, Vancouver The Big Instant Rivian Space, Vancouver Point & Shoot Lil McGill Gallery, Vancouver 2023Spooky Postcard Show Tangible Interaction, VancouverQueer Printmakers Malaspina Printmakers Society, Vancouver Sticky Show (#2) Burnout Cafe, Vancouver Home Dundarave Print Workshop, Vancouver Leave Quietly Cyprus 2022Relief Conspiracy SGCI, Madison WILeave Quietly Mirabo Press, Buffalo NY Leave Quietly Bolivar Art Gallery, University of Kentucky KY 2021Strange Gifts Dundarave Print Workshop, Vancouve2019Awagami International Print Exhibition JapanSummer Show Dundarave Print Workshop, Vancouver, Canada green(e)scapes Dundarave Print Workshop, Vancouver, Canada Sticky The Arts Factory, Vancouver, Canada Water Dundarave Print Workshop, Vancouver, Canada 2018Winter Show Dundarave Print Workshop, Vancouver, CanadaSummer Show Dundarave Print Workshop, Vancouver, Canada Foreign Lands Dundarave Print Workshop, Vancouver, Canada 2017Day 2 Day Print Exchange Arts Center of the Capital Region, NY, USA2016Studio 315 R.K.Burt Gallery, London, UKPrint 5 The Bomb Factory Art Foundation, London, UK Camberwell Open London, UK Prescriptions Beaney House of Art and Knowledge, Canterbury, UK Visions of the Future Constellations, Liverpool, UK Finding 50 Frida's East End Prints, London, UK 2015Our Road Loughborough Hotel Gallery, London, UKCamberwell Open London, UK 2014Loughborough Creatives 198 Gallery, London, UK2013Pop-up Vibe Gallery, London, UKPop-up Exhibition Balham Bowls Club, London, UK Curious Exchange Dulwich Leisure Centre, London, UK Out of the Blue : Art of the Stroke Morley College Gallery, London, UK 2012Papergirl London Freespace Gallery, London, UK2011Open House Elmgreen School, London, UKPapergirl Manchester The Soup Kitchen, Manchester, UK Future Shape Stanley Picker Gallery, London, UK Degree Show Kingston University and Stanley Picker Gallery, London, UK Everybody Talks About The Weather... We Don't Market House Kingston, UK For What It's Worth Meanwhile Whitechapel, London, UK Rory Beard : A Retrospective [aka 'Making & Showing']Kingston Uni Project space, London, UK 2010Photo-Show Kingston University, London, UKSend Me a Postcard Darling the Red Gate Gallery, London, UK History Was No Longer Real… The Toilet Gallery, London, UK End of 2nd Year Show Kingston University, London, UK Consortium Kingston University, London, UK 2009End of 1st Year Show Kingston University, London, UKNew Things That I Would Like To Tell You Stanley Picker Gallery, London, UK |
Exchanges
Printmakers Connect - Leave Quietly (2021)
Organised by Gregory Santos (Mixed Grit) amongst others. 34 printmakers from the USA, Canada, India and Cyprus
Relief Conspiracy (2021)
Group 24
Day to Day Print Exchange (2017)
One set of prints auctioned off with profits going to The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Collections
-ectomy (2016)
Single edition book comprising of 5 collagraphs, exhibited as part of Prescribtions at Beany House of Art and Knowledge in 2016.
This artist book is now in the collection at the University of Kent.
Maya has works in private collections in the UK, USA and Canada.
Publications // Zines
Swampcone #5 Missing (2018)
EDNA cookbook zine put together by Emily Prentice
Prescriptions book to accompany the exhibition at the Beany House of Art and Knowledge (pub. 2017)
Orange is the New Black zine put together by Ryan Humphreys (2014)
Heizineberg zine put together by Ryan Humphreys (2014, pg18)
My Miley zine put together by Ryan Humphreys (2013, pg33)
Rory Beard: A Retrospective folded poster/publication to accompany the exhibition at Kingston Uni's Project Space (2011, limited to 143 editions)
History Was No Longer Real... book to accompany the exhibition at The Toilet Gallery (2010, limited to 50 editions)
New Things That I Would Like To Tell You book to accompany the exhibition at Stanley Picker Gallery (2009, limited to 50 editions, also a piece of book art - each copy was unique)
Grants // Funding
Grant for Materials awarded by the Philological Foundation, 2010 & 2011
Travel Grant awarded by Kingston University, 2010
Grant for Course Materials awarded by the Walcot Foundation, 2009