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Maya Kim

Class Year
2022
Disciplines(s)
Arts Award Type
Proposal Outcome
Faculty Advisor
Akemi Ohira
Department
Studio Art
Grant Description
In this project, I intend to use color reduction linoleum prints to create a series of still-lifes intended to represent people’s identities through their objects.
Original Proposal
Title
Objects as Portraits

Maya Kneebone Kim is a Sociology and Studio Art double major from San Diego, CA. She spent most of her life in New Hampshire, the place she would say she is really from. She always was interested in art, but sophomore year of high school was when she took the drawing class that made her realize how art could be a way to process the world around her. High school was when she was introduced to curation through the Lamont Art Gallery and began writing about art for the exhibits “Representing Feminism(s)” and “Queer Kids.” Her first work was also shown in this gallery as a high school student. Now, she mainly focuses on printmaking and painting as well as museum work with the Fralin Museum of Art as a docent. In her free time, she dedicates a lot of her time to playing music from electric bass to classical bassoon. Much of her work stems from her experiences as they were influenced by a childhood in New Hampshire and followed her to Singapore, Virginia, and California. Her interests in Sociology and Studio Art stem from the same place of curiosity about the world and the systems that constitute our daily experience. She hopes that one day she can use her interests to create a world of art that is more accessible and welcoming to all people.

2022