Maya U Schueller Elmes is an interdisciplinary artist from London, UK, whose work employs drawing, printmaking, photography, performance and installation to explore themes relating to their experience of and curiosity in the world around them. Schueller Elmes currently lives as a settler on the unceded territories of of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations – otherwise known as Vancouver, Canada. Schueller Elmes’s practice centers on elevating intimate moments, self-care, and quiet reflection, as well as an exploration into the meaning of home both within the body and in place. In recent years, their work has come to directly examine the push and pull inherent in unraveling and re-weaving oneself within the contexts of queerness, neurodivergence, trauma recovery and the immigrant experience. Schueller Elmes received their BA(Hons) in Fine Art from Kingston University, London and has completed a number of artist residencies in the UK. They have taught printmaking, bookbinding and visual arts classes at various universities, art schools and print studios in Vancouver and the lower mainland, and is currently a technician at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Their work has been exhibited in the UK, USA, Canada, India, Cypress and Japan, with works held in both private and public collections.
