Maya U Schueller Elmes is an artist from South London.
She is currently based in Vancouver, Canada and was Artist in Residence at the Central St Martins print studio from 2015-2017.
She teaches visual art and printmaking classes at Dundarave Print Workshop, Malaspina Printmakers and Mobil Art School.
Education:
2008-2011 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Kingston University, London
2007-2008 BTEC Diploma in Art and Design, London Metropolitan University, London
Residencies:
Oct '15 - June '17 Artist in residence at the Central St Martins print studio, London
Exhibitions:
July - Sept '19 Summer Show at Dundarave Print Workshop, Vancouver, Canada
May - June '19 green/e/scapes at Dundarave Print Workshop, Vancouver, Canada
March 2019 Sticky, The Arts Factory, Vancouver, Canada
March - April '19 Water: Prints from the Wet Coast at Dundarave Print Workshop, Vancouver, Canada
Nov '18 - Jan '19 Winter Show at Dundarave Print Workshop, Vancouver, Canada
May - June '18 Foreign Lands at Dundarave Print Workshop, Vancouver, Canada
Jan - Feb ’17 Day 2 Day Print Exchange at the Arts Center of the Capital Region, NY, USA
June 2016 Studio 315 at R.K.Burt Gallery, London
June 2016 Print 5 at The Bomb Factory Art Foundation, London
May - June ’16 Camberwell Open, London
April - Sept ’16 Prescriptions at Beany House of Art and Knowledge, Cantebury
April 2016 Visions of the Future @ Constellations, Liverpool (UK)
March 2016 Finding 50 Frida's @ East End Prints, London
Oct 2015 Our Road @ Loughborough Hotel Gallery, London
June 2015 Camberwell Open, London
Sept 2014 Loughborough Creatives @ 198 Gallery, London
Dec 2013 Pop-up show @ Vibe Gallery, London
May 2013 Pop-up Exhibition @ Balham Bowls Club, London
May 2013 Curious Exchange @ Dulwich Leisure Centre, London
Jan 2013 Out of the Blue:Art of the Stroke @ Morley College Gallery, London
July 2012 Papergirl London @ Freespace Gallery, London
Sept 2011 Open House @ Elmgreen School, London
June-July 2011 Papergirl Manchester @ The Soup Kitchen, Manchester
June 2011 Future Shape @ Stanley Picker Gallery
June 2011 Degree Show @ Kingston University and Stanley Picker Gallery
April 2011 Everybody Talks About The Weather... We Don't @ Market House, Kingston
April 2011 For What It's Worth @ Meanwhile Whitechapel, 3-5 Whitechapel Road
Feb 2011 Rory Beard : A Retrospective [aka 'Making & Showing'] @ Kingston Uni Project space
Dec 2010 Photo-Show @ Kingston Uni
Oct 2010 Send Me A Postcard Darling @ Red Gate Gallery, Brixton, London
May 2010 History Was No Longer Real... @ The Toilet Gallery, Kingston
May 2010 End of 2nd Year Show @Kingston Uni
Feb 2010 Consortium @ Kingston Uni
May 2009 End of 1st Year Show @ Kingston Uni
April 2009 New Things That I Would Like To Tell You @ Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston
June 2008 End of Foundation Show @ London Metropolitan Uni
Curated:
Papergirl London @ Freespace Gallery, London (July 2012)
Publications:
Prescriptions book to accompany the exhibition at the Beany House of Art and Knowledge (published 2017)
Orange is the New Black zine put together by Ryan Humphreys (2 drawings contributed, 2014)
Heizineberg zine put together by Ryan Humphreys (1 drawing contributed, 2014)
My Miley zine put together by Ryan Humphreys (December 2013)
Rory Beard: A Retrospective folded poster/publication to accompany the exhibition at Kingston Uni's Project Space (limited to 143 editions)
History Was No Longer Real... book to accompany the exhibition at The Toilet Gallery (limited to 50 editions)
New Things That I Would Like To Tell You book to accompany the exhibition at Stanley Picker Gallery (limited to 50 editions, also a piece of book art - each copy was unique)
Awards/funding:
Grant for Materials awarded by the Philological Fund, 2010 & 2011
Travel Grant awarded by Kingston University, 2010
Grant for Course Materials awarded by the Walcot Foundation, 2009