about

helloo welcome to my page & thank u for being here!

I'm Maya, I grew up moving back and forth between Texas & California, and now live in Oakland, California. I make mostly linocut prints and also do wheatpasting, film photography, spray painting, and risograph printing. I usually make art inspired by my experiences in life, my Mexican-American & queer cultural communities, and the Chihuahuan desert region where my family is from.

I was introduced to lino printmaking in 2019 through a free workshop for queer youth called Queer Ancestors Project. I'm so thankful because that experience pushed me to make art for pretty much the first time :') Learning art through community spaces inspired me to find more ways to make printmaking and other art forms accessible to artists of all ages. Along with 5 of my friends, I took part in creating Colectiva Libre, a collective that offers free art workshops to the community and encourages people to create as a form of political and self-expression. I'm also a part of Ancestral Dreams Collective, a collective of trans and queer artists who collaborate on art exhibitions and other creative endeavors !!

teaching experience !!

linocut workshops :)

SF AIDS Foundation, 2026

Skyline Community College, 2025-26

San Mateo County Libraries, 2024-26

Crowded Fire Theater, 2025

Tradición Peruana Cultural Center, 2024-25

teaching (kids + adults)

Printmaking Intern, Queer Ancestors Project, San Francisco, CA - 2024-25

Latinx Teaching Artist Fellow, Root Division, San Francisco, CA - 2022-24

Teaching Artist, Museum of Children's Art, Oakland, CA - 2022

Elementary Art Instructor, Young Rembrandts, Oakland, CA - 2021-22

exhibitions & things

curation

2024 Just Another June, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2025 Universal Language Pt. 2, Tradición Peruana Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA

solo show

2024 “I had a chain for you,” Root Division, San Francisco, CA

group shows

2025 Día de los Muertos 2025: We Love You, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA
2025 Queer Ancestors Project, Strut!, San Francisco, CA
2024 Universal Language, Tradicion Peruano Centro Cultural, San Francisco, CA
2024 Colectiva Libre Group Show, El Cafetazo, San Francisco, CA
2024 2024 Latinx Art Now! Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana, San Jose, CA
2024 HUF Skateboard Presents: Made in SF, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
2023 RD Makes, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2023 Queer-ennial: A Story of Armor, Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana, San Jose, CA
2023 El Paso Print Pachanga Juried Exhibition, Moonlight Adobe Hall, El Paso, TX
2023 Golden Legacy Gala, Accion Latina, San Francisco, CA
2023 2023 Latinx Art Now! Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana, San Jose, CA
2022 Annual Art Auction. Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2022 Mix 'N Match Art Show. 2727 California St, Berkeley, CA
2022 Summer Art Show. Sour Cherry Comics, San Francisco, CA
2022 Queer and Still Here. Ingleside Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2019 Queer Ancestors Project. Strut!, San Francisco, CA

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