Maja Quille

Originally from Copenhagen, Denmark, I am currently based in London.

Continually moving between sculptural forms, printmaking and drawing, my practice explores ways of breaking, dissecting, uncovering and redefining objects and patterns. Driven by curiosity, I have a strong interest in the intersection between art and science, particularly looking at the edges, the places where discourse and disciplines overlap. Many of my projects are developed through collaborations and dialogues with other professions and institutions such as physicists from CERN, Geneva; chemists, engineers and mathematicians from University of Edinburgh, archaeologists from Museum of London Archaeology and Soil Scientists from Cranfield University.

Recent works look at the legacy of enlightenment and industrialisation and how entrenched patterns of thinking shape social value systems. Utilising the inherent magic and poetry in the unseen systems that underpin our world, I explore the edge between chaos and order, looking for patterns of how things interrelate culturally, geologically, politically and geographically. My work examines the overlooked and undervalued; domesticity, the idea of waste or inferior materials and how materials and objects are sha...

I hold a BA Hons in Sculpture from University of Edinburgh and an MA in Drawing from UAL Camberwell.

My recent exhibitions include work shown at Saatchi Gallery, London; 101Space, Zhengzou; Engramme Gallery, Quebec; Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh; Pier Arts Centre, Orkney and State Museum for Urban Sculpture, St Petersburg.