Maya Mackrandilal, "Seated Woman", documentation of a 7.5 hour durational performance at the Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia Year, 2013, photo credit: Scott Ellwood
Mackrandilal creates trans-disciplinary work that reclaims and retells history, that treats storytelling (whether as a narrative or visual form) as a radical political action, one that embraces ambiguity, and imagines a more empathetic culture.
She received her BA in Studio Art with a concentration in sculpture from the University of Virginia and her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is the recipient of an Aunspaugh Fellowship from the University of Virginia and a Jacob K. Javits Fellowship from the US Department of Education.
Learn more about Maya Mackrandilal’s HATCH exhibitions Reference Rot, Batten Down the Hatches, and Closer Still.
Resident year:
2014-2015Cohort Group:
Artist Resident
