Maya Davis is a Fine Artist and Arts Educator from Lansing, Michigan, and is currently based in Detroit, MI. Currently Davis is completing a BFA from the College for Creative Studies majoring in Art Practice and the K-12 Art Education Certification program. Maya is currently represented by Spaysky Fine Art Gallery LLC (Detroit, MI) and has exhibited through Bulk Space (Detroit, MI), Holding House (Detroit, MI), Art Mile Detroit (Virtual) and curated multiple exhibitions through the U245 Gallery (Detroit, MI). Davis has been published by The Studio Museum of Harlem, Anhelo Anhelo Press (Detroit, MI), and worked in education and programming at The Studio Museum (Harlem, NY), Wasserman Projects (Detroit, MI), Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (Detroit, MI), and Project Art USA (Detroit, MI). Maya Davis is a recent recipient of the Bulk Space Micro Grant Program (Detroit, MI).
EDUCATION
2021 BFA College for Creative Studies - Detroit, MI
2021 K-12 Art Teaching Certification College for Creative Studies - Detroit, MI
2020 & 2021 Museum Professional Seminar - Harlem, NY
EXHIBITIONS AND CURATORIAL WORK
2022 Volume I, Good Weather LLC - Chicago, IL
2021 I Touched It, U245 Gallery - Detroit, MI
The Group Show, Spaysky Fine Art Gallery LLC - Detroit, MI
Breathe, Art Mile Detroit - Virtual Opening
Project Art Resident Exhibition - Virtual Opening
2020 Project Art Resident Exhibition - Virtual Opening
The Preservation of Personage, U245 Gallery - Detroit, MI
Space and Bodies With Considerations To Intimacy, U245 Gallery - Detroit, MI [Curator]
Soularium, U245 Gallery - Detroit, MI [Curator]
Winter Select: Open Studies, College for Creative Studies -Detroit MI
2019 Oculus Opulence: A Wearable Art Show, U245 Gallery - Detroit, MI [Curator]
Risograph: Under Blacklight, U245 Gallery - Detroit, MI [Curator]
Optical Action, The Hub Gallery -Detroit, MI
Cash and Carry, U245 Gallery - Detroit, MI [Curator]
Student Exhibition Opening, College for Creative Studies - Detroit, MI
Wayne County SAFE Voices Survivor’s Art Show, Holding House, Detroit, MI
2018 Student Exhibition Opening, College for Creative Studies -Detroit, MI
2017 SOULFIRE Gala for Survivors of Childhood Sexual - Firecracker Foundation,
Lansing, MI
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2022 Student Teaching, International Academy East - Troy, MI
2021 Student Teaching, Bates Academy - Detroit, MI
2021-Present Teaching Artist, Community Arts Partnership Detroit - Detroit, MI
2019-2021 Teaching Artist in Residence, Project Art USA - Detroit,
MI
2019-2021 Teaching Assistant in the Fine Art Department, College for Creative Studies -
Detroit, MI
2019 Classroom Aide, Wing Lake Developmental Center - Bloomfield Hills, MI
2017-2019 Teaching Assistant, Precollege and Continuing Studies Department
of the College for Creative Studies - Detroit Michigan
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2021 Visitor Services Associate, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit - Detroit, MI
Gallery Assistant, Playground Detroit - Detroit, MI
Education and Public Programs Intern, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit -
Detroit, MI
Education Department Intern, Studio Museum in Harlem - Harlem, NY
2020 Curatorial and Public Programs Intern at Wasserman Projects - Detroit, MI
2019-2020 Gallery Manager and Curator at the U245 Student Gallery of College for Creative
Studies - Detroit, MI
2018-2020 Gallery Assistant, Scarab Club Detroit - Detroit, MI
2018-2019 Studio Technician, Sculpture Department of the College for Creative
Studies - Detroit, MI
Student Ambassador, College for Creative Studies - Detroit, MI
Contemporary Critical Development Club Administrator, College for Creative Studies - Detroit, MI
2017-2019 Studio Technician, printmaking Department of the College for Creative
Studies - Detroit, MI
2015-2017 Studio Technician, Sunset Clay Studios - Detroit, MI
AWARDS / HONORS / COLLECTIONS
2022 Bulk Space Micro-Grant Recipient - Detroit, MI
2020 Beth and Edith Ford Scholarship - Detroit, MI
2020 DeSalle Scholarship - Detroit, MI
2019 Artwork Acquired into the Collection of Kevin Beasley - New York, NY
2019 Mathilda Wilson Scholarship - Detroit, MI
2017 Michael J. Swancutt Scholarship - Detroit, MI
2017 College for Creative Studies Merit Scholarship - Detroit, MI