MAI TA (b.1997)
Based in Saigon, Vietnam.
Mai Ta seeks to find truth in her feelings and honor them through her paintings. To her, art is a place where she can safely expresses herself without guilt. To her, artistic expression is a form of freedom.
Currently represented by Pablo’s Birthday Gallery in New York and Ojiri Gallery in London.
EDUCATION
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Illustration
2015 - 2019
PUBLICATION
2018 Heritage In-flight Magazine. Vietnam Airlines. Vietnam.
2018 Sukeban Magazine. United Kingdom.
2018 Nashville Review. Vanderbilt University. United States.
2019 Heritage In-flight Magazine. Vietnam Airlines. Vietnam.
2020 Booooooom Magazine, “I Set the Moon on Fire Because She Wouldn’t Wake Up” by Artist Mai Ta”. Canada.
2020 Elephant Magazine, “These Are the Artists You Need to Watch”. United States.
2021 Colossal Magazine, “Plants, Hair, and Shadows Obscure Women in Introspective Gouache Paintings”. United States.
2021 Tomorrow’s Talents Vol. II. Booooooom Magazine. Canada.
2021 Artsy Editorial, “10 Gen Z Artists around the World Offer a Look inside Their Art Practices”. United States.
2021 Dep Magazine, “Hoạ Sĩ Mai Tạ: Không cần phải tránh nỗi buồn". Vietnam.
2021 L’Officiel Vietnam, “Họa sĩ Mai Tạ: “Tôi thích nấp mình sau những bức tranh!”. Vietnam.
2022 Neocha Magazine, “Defiant Gazes” by Uyen Dinh. China.
2022 L’Officiel Vietnam Jan & Feb 2022 Issue, “Mai Tạ Khi Không Còn Giận Dữ”. Vietnam.
2023 L’Officiel Vietnam, “WOMEN OF OUR TIME 2023: Mai Tạ - Danh tính trong tranh của họa sĩ Gen Z”. Vietnam.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 blue girl, Pablo’s Birthday Gallery, New York, NY, United States.
2023 amygdala, Ojiri Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 The Haves and Have-nots, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY, United States.
2018 Perceptual Coding, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY, United States.
2019 New York Art Book Fair, MoMA PS1, NY, United States.
2020 Untitled Art Fair, San Francisco, CA, United States.
2020 Somebody, Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco, CA, United States.
2020 Memoirs, Pablo’s Birthday Gallery, New York, NY, United States.
2021 WoP, Avant Arte x Woaw Gallery, Woaw Gallery, Hongkong.
2021 London is Burning, Ojiri Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
2022 artgenève, Geneva, Switzerland.
2022 Wonder Women, Curated by Kathy Huang, Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, New York, NY, United States.
2022 Wonder Women, Curated by Kathy Huang, Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
2022 Untitled Art Fair, Miami Beach, FL, United States.
2023 The Midnight Hour, The Hole NYC, New York, NY, United States.
2023 The Feast, River Art Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan.
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
2018 Gilbert Stone Award, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, United States.
2020 Nancy Lee Rhodes Roberts Scholarship Award, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY, United States.
2023 Woman in Art, L’Officiel Vietnam, Vietnam.