Artist Registry
The White Columns Curated Artist Registry is an online platform for emerging and under-recognized artists to share images and information about their respective practices. The Registry seeks to create a context for artists who have yet to benefit from wider critical, curatorial or commercial support. To be eligible, artists cannot be affiliated with a commercial gallery in New York City.
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STATEMENT OF WORK
Maya Davis's artistic practice explores the interconnected concepts of care, preservation, and
resilience through diverse media and processes. They examine care as both an intimate act and a
collective responsibility, drawing parallels between human experiences and natural systems.
Central to their work is an investigation of transformation and endurance, particularly through
materials that embody cyclical patterns of damage and repair.
Through research-based approaches, Davis cultivates and transforms organic materials, creating works that embody
histories of adaptation and survival. Their practice examines complex relationships between
colonization, displacement, and belonging that shape both communities and ecosystems. By
interweaving biological, historical, and personal narratives, Davis invites reflection on our
collective responsibility to nurture shared environments and the human capacity for adaptation
within a world marked by both trauma and healing.