Maya Koenig

Born 1989, Skokie, Illinois, USA

Immigrated 2024

Lives and works in Ramat Gan, Israel

Education
2013–2015 MFA in Figurative Painting, New York Academy of Art, New York, USA
2008–2012 BFA in Painting and Art Education (ESL), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
2011      Cortona Studies Abroad Program, University of Georgia - Athens, Cortona, Italy
2006      School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Continuing Studies, Chicago, USA

Solo Exhibitions

2011  Women's Studies, Women’s Resources Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

2012  Depth of Field, Café Paradiso, Urbana, USA

Group Exhibitions

2024  Temple Beth Israel Artists’ Fair, Skokie, USA

2017  Art x Resist, Online fundraiser for ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)

2016  Describing the Indescribable, Flux Factory, New York, USA

     Pop-Up Garden Art Show, Women of Culture, New York, USA

2015  Take Home a Nude, Sotheby’s, New York, USA

     9th Annual MFA Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, Flowers Gallery, New York, USA

     De•Con•Struct, NOoSPHERE Arts, New York, USA

     Tribeca Ball, New York Academy of Art, New York, USA

2014  Deck The Walls, New York Academy of Art, New York, USA

     Tribeca Ball, New York Academy of Art, New York, USA

     Brushes With Cancer, Chez Gallery, Chicago, USA

2013  Deck The Walls, New York Academy of Art, New York, USA

     North Shore Chamber Music Festival, Village Presbyterian Church, Northbrook, USA

     Brushes With Cancer, Chez Gallery, Chicago, USA

2012  2012 National Juried Art Exhibition, juror Eric Fischl, Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, USA

     BFA Graduation Exhibition, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

     Cortona Student Exhibition, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, USA

2011  Mostra, Palazzo Vagnotti, Cortona, Italy

     How Late Were You Here Last Night? BFA Painting, Link Gallery, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

2009  Faculty/Staff Exhibition, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Dow Gallery, Interlochen, USA

     Painting and Design, First-Year Student Work, Link Gallery, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

2008  Student Art Show at Illini Union, Illini Union Art Gallery, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Guest Lectures

2016–2018 Adjunct Professor for Color Theory, Typography and Communications Design, Hostos and City Tech, City University of New York, New York, USA

2017      Assistant Professor to Dik Liu, MFA Theory & Composition Seminar, New York Academy of Art, New York, USA

2013      Museum Education Intern, Museum of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA

2013       Permanent Substitute Art Instructor, North Shore Country Day School (Primary), Winnetka, USA

Publications

2015  Purple DIARY, Tribeca Ball in honor of Peter Brant at the New York Academy of Art

2012  Portraits of Memory and Story, BFA Painting Thesis, Maya Koenig

2010  Montage, Journal of Literature and the Arts

Commissioned Works

2025 A Week in August, Album cover by Niv Harnam and Nimrod Katz

2025 Bird, EP single cover for a song by Niv Harnam and Nimrod Katz

2017-2025 Consultant to Mili Avital on various projects (children's books, Off-Broadway show Next Stop The Show, script translations)