Maya Sofer Sherman is an artist from New York, New York. Growing up, Maya gained a deep appreciation for illustration and fine art and was encouraged to visit local art museums and galleries by her parents.
Maya’s work is heavily influenced by family and health. As a teenager, Maya helped take care of her grandmother after a botched surgery left her bedridden. Her grandmother was left with 3/4 of her skull and little ability to communicate. Every day, from ages 13-16, Maya kept her grandmother company, feeding her and massaging her hands. Despite the few words spoken between them, there was always unconditional love in the apartment. Most of Maya’s artwork is influenced by those three years: the shocking physical change in the powerful woman she once lived with, the helplessness of watching a loved one lose her skull and her ability to speak, write, eat, and walk. Maya’s work is a testament to the last three years of her grandmother’s life, as she begins to understand the impact that such loss has had on her definition of family and love.
Today, Maya is getting her BFA at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. She is working towards showing more of her work in zines, magazines, galleries, and museums. Maya is pursuing a career as an international gallery artist, and her end goal is to eventually run a gallery of her own.
