Maya Hayuk
Maya Hayuk is a muralist, painter, photographer, printmaker, curator, player of records, writer, performer, collector, Barnstormer, video maker, documentarian and lover of life who maintains an independent studio practice in Brooklyn, New York by way of San Francisco, Baltimore, Boston and Toronto. From her large-scale murals to small works on paper her obsession with symmetry and her collection of images of mandalas, playing cards, hexes, totem poles, Ukrainian Easter eggs, quilts and bandanas play out in works that espouse the traditional as well as the innovative. Embracing both sexuality and spirituality via symbolism evocative of radiantly woven geometries to the beckoning parted orifices of the body, her work evokes the process towards continuity and wholeness whose forces seem bent on maintaining the triumph of this love over evil.
Along with her solo work, Hayuk frequently collaborates with other artists and musicians. She’s made album covers, posters, tee shirts, photographs and videos for Devendra Banhardt, Prefuse 73, Awesome Color, Oakley Hall and The Beastie Boys amongst others. In October 2008, she created her first sensory deprivation sound experiment inside a pitch black shipping container called Everywhere Is Nowhere Everywhere. In March, 2009, she was commissioned to create a massive outdoor sculpture for the Scope Fair, which she realized in collaboration with Ben Wolf. Most recently she created a 50 × 40′ sewn quilt totem sculpture as a stage set for TV On The Radio’s current world tour and is in the process of working on video projections for Animal Collective’s 2009 tour. In May 2009 she will be creating a huge installation at the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery with Chris Duncan, Brian Nuda Rosche and Kyle Ranson and in June 2009 she will be mounting a solo show, A Path For The Light, at ALICE gallery in Brussels. Her work has been exhibited and published extensively internationally in galleries, museums, on the streets and in various printed and electronic media.(website: http://mayahayuk.com/)
