Maya Portner grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii. She earned a BFA in Sculpture from Washington University School of Art in St. Louis and an MFA in Art at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Maya has exhibited nationally in St. Louis, MO, and Brooklyn, NY. As part of her graduate research, Maya spent time at the Museum of Natural History ‘La Specola’ in Florence, Italy, where her work has since been exhibited. Her sculptures were included in the Holland Paper Biennial of 2008 in Den Haag, The Netherlands. Maya has been artist-in-residence internationally: at “Waaw” Residency in Senegal in 2015 and at CHHAAP Baroda Printmaking Studio in Gujurat, India, in 2011. Portner is the 13th recipient of the prestigious “Catherine E. B. Cox Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts, awarded biannually by the Honolulu Museum of Art. She lives in Honolulu, where she lectures in Art and Humanities.
You May Also Like
Maya Portner cresceu em Honolulu, no Hawai. Detém um BFA em Escultura pela Washington University School of Art em St. Louis e um MFA em Arte pela University of Hawaii em Manoa.
Maya expôs em St. Louis, MO, e Brooklyn, NY. Como parte da sua pesquisa enquanto estudante, Maya passou uma temporada no Museum of Natural History ‘La Specola’ em Florence, Itália, onde o seu trabalho é desde então exibido. As suas esculturas foram incluídas na Holland Paper Biennial de 2008 em Haia, Holanda.
Residências: “Waaw” Residency, Senegal, 2015; CHHAAP Baroda Printmaking Studio em Gujurat, India, 2011.
Portner é a 13ª galardoada com o prestigiado prémio “Catherine E. B. Cox Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts, atribuído bianualmente pelo Honolulu Museum of Art. Maya vive em Honolulu, onde lecciona artes e Humanidades.
