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Maya Davis is a multi-media artist and educator based in Detroit Michigan, through her work she interrogates the ideas of maintenance and care for and of the body through the abstract concept and materiality of skin and protective layers, discussing how one cares, harms, heals, and maintains. With a focus on bio-materials and textiles, Davis has a focus on a series of unconventional portraits, through the concept of sustainability of practice, lifestyle, and material. These portraits each portray a different embodiment of skin as armor for what lies inside.

 

The line between when care becomes harm is thin and wavering. There is a time and place to let go and to consciously neglect just as much as there is a time to hover and to tend.

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Maya Davis is a Detroit-based multimedia artist and educator whose work investigates themes of care through the use of bio-materials and textiles. Davis has exhibited throughout the Midwest and participated in residencies and programs such as Independent Curators International, MdW Collective, Modern Ancient Brown, and are currently the eco artist in residence at Sidewalk Detroit. Davis’ work has been supported by Red Bull Arts, Culture Source, Petty Propolis, MdW Collective and Allied Media Projects. Maya is a graduate of the College for Creative Studies holding a Bachelors of Fine Arts Fine Arts and a certificate in K-12 Arts Education.