2017, 12”W x 16.5”H x 4.5”D, Media: Stoneware, Firing Process: Oxidation, Surface: Unglazed
2017, 10"W x 14"H x 4.5"D, Media: Stoneware, Firing Process: Oxidation, Surface: Unglazed
2019, 5.5×6×7inches, Media: Porcelain, Stoneware, Firing Process: Oxidation, Surface: Unglazed
2017, 14" x 9" x 14", Media: Porcelain, Firing Process: Oxidation, Surface: Lustre, Unglazed
2017, 13" x 7" x 13", Media: Porcelain, Firing Process: Oxidation, Surface: Lustre, Unglazed
2017, 14" x 7" x 14", Media: Porcelain, Firing Process: Oxidation, Surface: Lustre, Unglazed
2019, N/A, Media: Stoneware, Firing Process: Unfired
A performance piece in which Maya Vivas engages in dialog with 1000lbs of un-fired white stoneware.
2018, N/A, Media: Stoneware, Firing Process: Unfired
A performance piece in which Maya Vivas engages in dialog with 800lbs of un-fired white stoneware.
2018, 3×4.5×3.5in , Media: Porcelain, Stoneware, Firing Process: Oxidation, Surface: Unglazed
2018, 4.5 × 4 × 2.75 in, Media: Porcelain, Stoneware, Firing Process: Oxidation, Surface: Unglazed
Artist Statement
Through sculptural gesture, absurdity, carnality, speculative fiction, and body horror, I navigate questions of diasporic body memory and space as filtered through the senses.
-- Maya Vivas
Bio
Maya Vivas is a multidisciplinary artist working in a variety of mediums such as ceramic, performance, painting, social practice and installation. Maya has exhibited work, spoken on panels and hosted workshops throughout the United States including venues and institutions such as Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Louisiana State University and Yale. Vivas is also co-founder of Ori Gallery. Whose mission is to redefine “the white cube” through amplifying the voices of Queer and Trans Artists of color, community organizing and mobilization through the arts.