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Maria Maea (1988) is a multidisciplinary artist working in sculpture, installation, sound, performance, and film, and is best known for her figurative installations made of palm leaves and other natural materials found throughout Los Angeles.[1]
Biography[edit]
Maea was born in Long Beach, California in 1988.[2] She is a first generation Los Angeles native with mixed Samoan-Mexican heritage.[3] She continues to live and work in Long Beach,[2] and sees her art practice as a love letter to her family, community, and city.[1] Maea grew up in the DIY and punk scenes in Los Angeles, and began her professional career as a sound artist[4] and a fashion, set, costume, and prop designer for many clients including Beyonce, Earl Sweatshirt, and Nike.[3] During the pandemic, she taught herself how to weave palm leaves through videos on Youtube.[4] While her current works are influenced by her earlier involvement in DIY scenes and her technical experience on sets, she says that these newer weaving works have allowed her to shift her lifestyle and working pace.[2]
Notable works[edit]
Maea constructs her works in collaboration with her family members, sculpting and weaving palm leaves and other natural materials found in her garden and the broader LA.[4] Through her installations, Maea builds worlds that explore cycles of life and death, celebrate past and future ancestors, and strengthen her connection to land.[1] In using organic materials, Maea attempts to reframe traditional notions of collectability.[2] She incorporates live plants, embraces evolving forms, and utilizes literal seeds, creating works that, as she says, “can go on forever.”[2] Maea describes these pieces as multigeneration, and even incorporates elements of older sculptures into newer sculptures.[1] Notable works from Maea include Lē Gata Fa'avavau (Infinity Forever), Tina Madre, Untitled (Nephew), and The Jade.[1]
Maea has shown work or performed at the following venues: The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2023); Palm Springs Art Museum, California (2022); Orange County Museum of Art, Costa Mesa, California (2022); and Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson, Arizona (2021).[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e An Expanded Legacy of Assemblage with Maria Maea, Sula Bermúdez Silverman, and Chiffon Thomas, retrieved 2023-12-08
- ^ a b c d e Mundo Makers: Maria Maea for Cultured Magazine, retrieved 2023-12-08
- ^ a b "Ours by Maria Maea". LaPau Gallery. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ a b c "Maria Maea Connects Geographical Histories Through Natural Materials". www.culturedmag.com. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ "Maria Maea". Hammer Museum. October 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
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