MAYA HAYUKBorn in Baltimore, MD. Lives and works in Brooklyn, NYSELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS2016FORTHCOMING: BRUSSELS AND NEW YORK2014
LIGHT HEAVY, Cinders Gallery, New York, NYALLES KLAR, Die Kunstagentin Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2013
HAMMER PROJECTS: MAYA HAYUK, Curated by Corrina Peipon, Hammer Museum, LA
HEAD LIGHT, ALICE Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
ONE ROOM RESIDENCY, Clocktower Gallery, New York, NYPMA, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Canada
ALL ACCESS, AF Gallery, Cologne, Germany
FRIENDSHIP BRACELET, FLA Gallery, Gainesville, FL2012
HEAVY LIGHTS, Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, The Netherlands
MULTI VERSUS, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, Canada
APOCABLISS, Anonymous Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
2011
ZONE, Space Gallery, Portland, ME
2010
HEAVY LIGHT, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NYULTRA, ULTRA DEEP FIELDS, MU, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
FEELING SPACE, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA2009
A PATH FOR THE LIGHT, ALICE Gallery, Brussels, BE
SEXY GAZEBO: BELIEVING IS BELIEVING, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY2008
DO ME A SOLID, Mahan Gallery, Columbus, OH
2007
FOREVERS, Upper Playground, San Francisco, CA2005
SUMMER OF LOVE BATTLES, Brooklyn Fireproof Project room, Brooklyn, NYWHERE HAVE ALL THE HEADSHOPS GONE?, 555 Soul, Brooklyn, NY

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2015
GROW TO THE SUN, BERLIN, Berlin, Germany
THEY’LL KNOW WE’RE HERE, COPENHAGEN, Copenhagen, Denmark
CONEY ISLAND MEGA WALL, Curated by Jeffrey Deitch, Brooklyn, New YorkALL FLAGS AND GATEWAY, Rabat, Morocco
CHEMTRAILS FACEBOOK KITE, Menlo Park, CACHEMTRAILS HAWAII, Honolulu, Hawaii
2014
CHEM TRAILS TORONTO, Toronto, Canada
CHEM TRAILS NYC, The Bowery Wall, New York, NYHOMELESS SHELTER AND CURVED WALL, Perth, Australia
ASPHALT #1: URBAN ART BIENNALE, Curated By ALICE Gallery, Charelroi, Belgium
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MILLER THEATRE, New York, NY
CHEM TRAILS TORONTO, Curated by Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, Canada
CHEM TRAILS LONDON, Longchamp, London, UK2013
WYNWOOD WALLS, Miami, FLLIBRARY STREET COLLECTIVE PARKING GARAGE, Detroit, MI
DOUBLE, Esconcesa, Barcelona, Spain
PARKING GARAGE, Cologne, Germany
PICTURES ON WALLS, London, U.K.
DEATH BY AUDIO, Brooklyn, NY2012
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING, North Adams, MAWOVEN, Mexico City, Mexico
BALL MORE, Baltimore, MD
2011
STRENGTH IN NUMBERS, Skowhegan 2011, SCOPE Art Fair, Miami, FL
TELE-PAINTER, collaboration with Jef Scharf, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY
PAINT POUR, Monster Island, Brooklyn, NY
SKOWHEGAN TOWN MURAL, mural collaboration with Andrew ross, Skowhegan, ME
THE WOMB, mural commissioned by Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips, Oklahoma City, OK
MURALS FOR SEUN KUTI “RISE” VIDEO, by The WIlderness, NY, New YorkWEAVES, Musee E.A.V., Rio De Janiero, Brazil
2010
MURAL FOR RYE RYE/ M.I.A. “SUNSHINE” VIDEO, Directed by Jess Holzworth, Brooklyn,NYWE ARE JUNKANOO, Nassau, The Bahamas
THE EYE OF THE EYER, Bonarroo Music Festival, Manchester, TN
FINGERS, Beijing, China
2009
AKRON FAMILY, TV ON THE RADIO, DAN DEACON, Stage Sets
EXPLOSION!, Matucana Artspace, Santiago, Chile

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GIANT CORRUGATED METAL WAREHOUSE, Braddock, PA
HERE IS NOW, Manifest Hope/ Democratic National Convention, Denver, CO2007RAISING THE SPARKS VOL II, Showcase Nightclub, Paris, FR
2005 - 2011THIS WALL COULD BE YOUR LIFE, curator of evolving mural project, Brooklyn, NY
2002 - 2011
BARNSTORMERS COLLECTIVE, various public and private works
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS2015
RADIATE, Circle Culture Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2014
NEO Vol. #1, Die Kunstagentin Gallery, Cologne, Germany
CRUEL SUMMER, Jonathan Levine Gallery, NY, New YorkJUST BEFORE BRAZIL, ALICE Gallery, Brussels, BE2013
ART IN THE STREETS 2: WYNWOOD WALLS, Curated by Jeffrey Deitch, Miami, FLPOTSE 68, Circle Culture Gallery, Berlin, Germany
HEADSCAPES, Collaboration with Morgan Blair, Long Island CIty, NYAND I FEEL FINE, Athens Institute of Contemporary Art, Athens, GA
2012
DOMESTICATED SOULS, ALICE Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
WAIT AND WATCH A WHILE GO BY, With Paul Wackers, ALICE Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
B-OUT, Curated by Scott Hug, Andrew Edlin Gallery, NY, New York
YES!, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
STREETOPIA, Curated by Chris Johanson, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CAHIGH FIVE, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CAIT’S A SMALL, SMALL, WORLD, Curated by Hennessy Youngman, Family Business, NY2011
DOUBLE RAINBOW RAINBOW, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, Canada
RESURRECTION, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY2010
ROJO NOVA, Museum of Image and Sound, Sao Paolo, Brazil
LET THERE BE GEO, A+D Gallery, Chicago, ILLE SALON DU CERCLE DE LA CULTURE A BERLIN, CircleCulture Gallery, Berlin
CONTEMPORARY ART 2010, Ukrainian Institute of America, New York, NYKNOW NEW YORK, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY2009
UNTITLED ENEMIES, Apostrophe Gallery, Hong Kong, China
HAIR FOLLIES, FOFA Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
UNITED STATES OF COLOR VS GRAND THEFT AUTO, Seminal Projects, San Diego, CA2008
*REQUIRED FIELDS, Transmission Gallery, Richmond, VA
MANIFEST HOPE, Curated by Shepard Fairey, Democratic National Convention, Denver, CODON’T PAINT WITH YOUR TEETH, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NYBLISS, Holala Gallery, Barcelona, SPTINY, Curated by Tokion Magazine, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY2007
KOLN SHOW II, Galerie Schmidt Maczollek, Cologne, Germany
OFF THE WALL, Patricia Low Contemporary, Rental Gallery, New York, NYGAME OVER, Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris, FR
SOUS L’ES BOMBES, Musee International des Arts Modeste (MIAM), Sete, FRTHESE BAGELS ARE GNARLY, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NYPAPER TRAILS, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006
THE REST IS TOTAL SILENCE, Curated by Taka Kawachi, ATM Gallery, New York, NYTHANK YOU FOR THE DAYS, Bucketrider Gallery, Chicago, IL2005
THE ZINE UNBOUND:KULTS WEREWOLVES AND SARCASTIC HIPPIES, Yerba Buena
Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CASERENDIB SRI LANKIN RELIEF, White Box Gallery, New York, NYGOD IS BORED WITH US, Fast Moving Consumer Goods, London, UK2004
BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE, Curator, Transport Gallery, Los Angeles, CABARNSTORMERS, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), Winston Salem, NCCAN YOU FEEL THE LIGHTSHINE, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2003
ORIGIN, Rocket Gallery, Tokyo, JapanHEAVY, Alife, New York, NY/ Collette, Paris, FR/ Agnes b, Los Angeles, CA
DIRT WIZARDS, Curated by Kathy Grayson, Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, NYFOUR WALLS, Curated by Shepard Fairey, Black Market Gallery, LA, CA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS2014
MAYA HAYUK: RAINBOW WARRIOR, cover feature, Graffiti Art Magazine, issue #21
Le Guide De l’art contemporain urbain 2014, Graffiti Art Magazine
2014 - New American Painters issue #110 - cover feature
2012
Le Guide De l’art contemporain urbain 2012, Graffiti Art Magazine
EDUCATION/ TEACHING/ FELLOWSHIPS2015 Massachusetts College of Art, Visiting Artist
2014 Ox Bow School of Painting and Sculpture, Visiting Artist
2013 Clocktower Gallery Artist in Resident (Andy Warhol Foundation Recipient)2012 The Lighthouse Works Fellowship, Fishers Island, NY2011 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Visiting Artist
2011 Illinois State University School of Art, Visiting Artist Faculty Residency
2011 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Fellowship2008 Virginia Commonwealth University, Visiting Artist
1991 BFA Studio For Interrelated Media, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA1989 University of Odessa, Ukraine, Johns Hopkins University Exchange Program
COLLECTIONSThe Embassy of the United States of America, Sanaa, Yemen
Millennium Iconoclast Museum of Art (M.I.M.A.), Brussels, Belgium
Ullens Foundation, Brussels, Belgium
The Embassy of the United States of America Residence, Costa Rica