Maya Smira

Maya Smira is a multidisciplinary artist who use time based media, photography and installation, usually in simple, abstract and formal ways. Her creative process is deeply involved in larger global and social issues and events, and is effected by her constant travels around the world. Born and raised in Israel, her work sometimes reflect living under a constant state of emergency, while other works refer to media, time & technology. Often these different lines come across, through humor, concept or figurative resemblance. In 2012, she obtained a BA in Arts and Humanities, and a BFA in photography in Tel-Aviv. In 2014 she received an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute New Genres department, along with the Ella King Torrey Award. In 2016 she received The Outset Foundation Award for best video artist at the Fresh Paint Contemporary Art Fair in Tel-Aviv. She exhibit in both California and Israel, as well as several other countries in the world.

2012-2014 MFA, New Genres, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
2008-2012 BFA, Photography, Minshar for Art (with honors), Tel-Aviv, Israel
2008-2012 BA, Art & Humanities, The Open University (with honors), Israel

Solo Exhibitions:
2019 Wilfrid Israel Museum of Asian Art & Studies, Kibbutz Hazoreaa, Israel
2018 Gordon-London City Gallery, Rishon Lezion, Israel
2017 Present Perfect , Artists House Tel-Aviv, Curated by Sharon Toval, Supported by
Outset Contemporary Art Fund
2016 Intervention , Minshar Gallery , Curated by Oded Yedaaya, Supported by Tel-Aviv
City Cultural department & Rabinovich Foundation, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2013 Code Name: Thailand , Paul Sacks Still Lights Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Group Exhibitions:
2018 Group Exhibition, Israel Museum, Jerusalem Israel
2018 Musrara Mix Festival, Jerusalem, Israel
2018 Pillar of Cloud, Hermann Struck Museum, Haifa Israel
2017 International Photography Festival, Tel-Aviv Israel
2017 Empire II, Spektrum Berlin, curated by Vanya Balogh, Germany
2017 Songzhuang Photo Biennale , Beijing, China
2017 LACDA Curated by Anna Katz & Dhyandra Lawson, LA, CA
2017 Empire II, Castello, la Biennale di Venezia, Italy
2017 Saatchi Screen at Saatchi Gallery, London, England
2017 Prime Time, Central Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2017 HerzeLilienbloom Museum, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2017 X is for Xeno...