Maya Schueller-Elmes

Maya is an interdisciplinary artist from London, UK, whose work employs drawing, printmaking, photography, performance and installation to explore themes relating to their experience of and curiosity in the world around them. Maya currently lives as an uninvited guest on the unceded territories of of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations – otherwise known as Vancouver, Canada.

Maya’s practice centers on elevating intimate moments, self care, and quiet reflection, as well as an exploration into the meaning of home both within the body and in place. In recent years, Maya’s work has come to directly examine the push and pull inherent in unravelling and re-weaving oneself within the contexts of queerness, neurodivergence, grief, trauma recovery and the immigrant experience.

Maya received their BA(Hons) in Fine Art from Kingston University, London and has completed a number of artist residencies in the UK. Maya’s work has been exhibited in the UK, USA, Canada, India, Cypress and Japan, with works held in both private and public collections. Maya has taught printmaking, bookbinding, photography and visual arts classes at various universities, art schools and print studios in Vancouver and the lower mainland, and is currently a Photography Technician at Emily Carr University of Art and Design, as well as an instructor at Arts Umbrella – teaching darkroom photography as well as running classes at BC Children’s Hospital through their community outreach program.

Headshot taken by Arts Umbrella Darkroom Photography student, Jax.