Maya Stovall Explained

Maya Stovall Dumas is an American conceptual artist and anthropologist. Stovall Dumas is best known for her use of ballet and public space in her art practice.[1] [2] [3] She is associate professor, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and lives and works in Los Angeles.[4] [5]

Life and education

Maya Stovall Dumas was born in Detroit, Michigan.[6] She read her doctorate in anthropology at Wayne State University, supervised by Ph.D. committee chair Andrew D. Newman and dissertation advisors Lee D. Baker, Biba Bell, Stephen Chrisomalis, and Ariel Osterweis.[7] She was born and grew up in Detroit, where she graduated from Cass Technical High School. She graduated from The University Of Chicago, where she studied economics at Chicago Booth, and Howard University.[8] [9]

Exhibitions

Maya Stovall Dumas's work was included in the 2017 Whitney Biennial.[10] [11] Her work was included in the 2017-2018 Studio Museum in Harlem 'F' Series installment, Fictions.[12] [13] [14] Her work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions at Aka Artist Run (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada),[15] Atlanta Contemporary,[16] Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis,[17] Cranbrook Art Museum,[18] Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture,[5] Independent NYC,[19] Jessica Silverman Gallery (San Francisco),[20] Library Street Collective (Detroit),[21] Maryland Institute College of Art,[22] Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto Canada,[23] Newbridge Projects (New Castle Upon Tyne, U.K.),[24] Parrasch Heijnen Gallery, Los Angeles,[25] Pop Montreal,[26] Pulitzer Arts Foundation,[27] Reyes | Finn (Detroit),[28] and the San Francisco Art Institute.[29]

Collections

Maya Stovall Dumas's work is included in the collection of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Los Angeles County Museum of Art,[30] Whitney Museum of American Art[31] [32] and the collection of the Cranbrook Art Museum.[33]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lisa John Rogers on Maya Stovall. www.artforum.com. February 2018 . en-US. 2019-04-12.
  2. Web site: Liquor stores create frame for Detroit artist. Detroit News.
  3. Web site: Artist Maya Stovall Talks Exploring Detroit and Other Cities Through Her Work. Vice. en. 2019-04-11.
  4. Web site: Dr. Maya Stovall. www.cpp.edu. 2019-04-12.
  5. Web site: Maya Stovall: Under New Ownership. Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture. en-US. 2019-04-12.
  6. News: Here Comes the Whitney Biennial, Reflecting the Tumult of the Times. Robin. Pogrebin. The New York Times . 17 November 2016. NYTimes.com.
  7. Liquor Store Theatre: Ethnography and Contemporary Art in Detroit - ProQuest . en . .
  8. Web site: Alumni Connections - No. 149 - January 2017. The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. en. 2019-04-12.
  9. Howard University. 2004-01-01. The Bison: 2004. Howard University Yearbooks. 81 .
  10. Web site: Maya Stovall: MANIFESTO. whitney.org.
  11. News: Why the Whitney's Humanist, Pro-Diversity Biennial Is a Revelation. Roberta. Smith. The New York Times . 16 March 2017. NYTimes.com.
  12. Web site: Fictions Artists Announced. 2017-09-02. The Studio Museum in Harlem. en. 2019-04-12.
  13. News: From the Personal to the Political, 19 Artists to Watch Next Year. Cotter. Holland. 2017-12-27. The New York Times. 2019-04-12. en-US. 0362-4331.
  14. Nkuleko. Nkosi. 2018. Mirror, Mirror: Nkosi Nkuleko after Maya Stovall. Ekphrastic Poetry Reading.
  15. Web site: Maya Stovall: Compulsion and Heart. en-US. 2019-04-12.
  16. Web site: Vivid Memories of a Blurred Past. Studio. Familiar. Atlanta Contemporary. en-us. 2019-04-12.
  17. Web site: Graham Foundation > Grantees > Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. www.grahamfoundation.org. 2019-04-12.
  18. Web site: Maya Stovall: Liquor Store Theatre Performance Films. Cranbrook Art Museum. 16 June 2017 . 2019-04-12.
  19. Web site: Corktown gallery Reyes Finn is latest arts exhibitor working in Detroit. Detroit Free Press. en. 2019-04-12.
  20. Web site: 2017 Jessica Silverman Gallery. jessicasilvermangallery.com. 2019-04-12.
  21. Web site: HOMEMADE. Library Street Collective. en-US. 2019-04-12.
  22. Web site: On Public Display. Art. Maryland Institute College of. 2018-03-07. Maryland Institute College of Art. 2019-04-12.
  23. Web site: MOCA's show Believe rewards our faith and patience The Star. thestar.com. 22 September 2018 . en. 2019-04-12.
  24. Web site: PMP FILM SCREENING Performance in Public / Public in Performance. The Newbridge Project. en-GB. 2019-04-12.
  25. Web site: Maya Stovall: A something = x. 2021-09-23. parrasch heijnen gallery. en-US.
  26. Web site: Maya Stovall - Pop Montreal. www.google.com. 2019-04-12.
  27. Web site: Shell and Glimpse. Pulitzer Arts Foundation. en-US. 2019-04-12.
  28. Web site: AT LARGE (Part 1 and 2) REYES FINN Artsy. www.artsy.net. en. 2019-04-12.
  29. Web site: Maya Stovall: Under New Ownership SFAI. www.sfai.edu. 2019-04-12.
  30. Web site: 2021 AHAN: Studio Forum Acquisitions Unframed. 2021-09-23. unframed.lacma.org. 9 August 2021 .
  31. Web site: Maya Stovall. www.whitney.org.
  32. Web site: Whitney Museum Acquired 417 Works Recently, Faith Ringgold, Derrick Adams, Toyin Ojih Odutola, and Julie Mehretu are Among the Artists Represented. 28 September 2018 . en-US. 2019-04-12.
  33. Web site: November Exhibitions: 18 New Shows Feature African American Artists Nick Cave, Ellen Gallagher, Sam Gilliam, Mark Bradford, Nina Chanel Abney, Kehinde Wiley, and More. en-US. 2019-04-12.