MAYA WILD BLOG

POWER POWER II EXHIBITION GLASGOW

2012-02-28T09:12:00.016Z

My Power Power exhibition is going on tour! First stop Glasgow then London. It will be at the Recoat Gallery, 323 North Woodside Road, G20 6ND Glasgow. The Opening night is Friday the 9th of March. There will be music, beer and a raffle where people can win prints, T shirts and stickers and badges. Heres some blurb about the show below.

POWER POWER II is an exhibition by London based artist and illustrator Maya Wild. It opens 7-10pm on the 9th March 2012 and then runs till the 8th April Tues to Sun.

The exhibition was first shown at the Nooworks gallery in San Francisco in May 2011 and now travels with additional new work to Glasgow. Maya specialises in portraits mainly of musicians and the exhibition includes drawings of M.I.A, Patti Smith, Die Antwoord, Prince, Grace Jones, Dizzee Rascal, Devlin and many more. The show also has 2 limited edition Power Power T shirt designs and 2 Power packs which contain postcards, stickers and badges.

All of Maya's work is hand made using pencils, coloured pencils, paint and collage. Her clients have included Dazed & Confused, Nylon Magazine, EMI, Adidas and The Rolling Stones. She has previously exhibited in Paris, New York, Tokyo, London and San Francisco.

Click HERE to see more work from this show...

HAPPY 2012 COOL CATS

2012-01-05T12:06:00.004Z

BRAND NEW WEBSITE COMING SOON!!!.....

YOLANDI ROCKIN MY DRAWING 2012

2011-11-02T12:27:00.029Z

Yolandi wearing my T shirt design in Die Antwoord's new youtube vid.... It can be bought here.

RHONDA DRAKEFORD / JULIE VERHOEVEN X SUSIE BUBBLE

2011-10-21T13:01:00.019+01:00

David David presents Darkroom and African design from David David on Vimeo.

Inspiring talk at the DAVID DAVID popup shop from Rhonda Drakeford... Checkout her and Lulu's amazing shop DARKROOM.

Rhonda Drakeford, graphic designer and partner of Darkroom, presents a selection of her favourite textiles and beadworks from Africa, and reveals how African pattern and processes have influenced her own work and that of some of her favourite designers.

David David presents Susie Bubble in conversation with Julie Verhoeven from David David on Vimeo.

A candid and interesting interview with the very modest and incredible Julie Verhoeven about the relevance of fashion illustration, her career highs and lows and how she became the artist she is today. This interview is from a series of talks and events at the DAVID DAVID pop up shop in Covent Garden, 37 Monmouth Street, London.

INTERVIEW

2011-10-06T11:41:00.006+01:00

This months Elle Girl Magazine in Korea has a little interview with me.

PRESS

2011-09-01T22:14:00.030+01:00

I recently did a few interviews so I thought I'd put some images and links to them on here. The image below is from an interview I did for the Russian magazine Hooligan. If you can read Russian click on the image to enlarge it. The photos of me are by the photographer by Cat Stevens. Check out more of her photography here.

Heres a link to an interview with me in English and Japanese for the Japanese company GAS on their Atmosphere blog - click here.

I did a telephone interview for my friend David's blog. David is also know as the artist and designer David David. Check out this interview plus his work and blog here.

I also got a nice little post about me over at URBAN OUTFITTERS blog - click here.

UNCLE ED BY ALICE NEEL

2011-09-01T21:32:00.012+01:00

In 1963 the artist Alice Neel painted a portrait of my uncle Ed. I recently got a chance to see it in real life at the Victoria Miro Gallery as part of the Alice Neel exhibition 'Men Only'. Ed was a friend of Alice and her sons and often stayed at their house. Below is some of Ed's memory's of this time.

'It was the first painting Alice did in her kitchen. I was seated at the dining table. All the other paintings were done in the living room! She asked me not to shave before the sittings. I knew Alice and her sons, Hartley and Richard, very well and I recall vividly sitting for Alice. I was a student with Hartley at Columbia, which was just up the road, and was a frequent visitor in their home. She used to store her paintings on a rack in a small bedroom near the entrance to her apartment. When I visited from Princeton, I used to sleep in that room, with dozens of her canvases facing me. The apartment was on the third floor, just at the level of the street lights. So I viewed her work by this eerie illumination'.
- Ed Ziff.

PRINTED TEXTILE DESIGN BOOK

2011-08-27T18:14:00.011+01:00

I have some work in this book published last month by AVA Academia.

THE FUNDAMENTALS OF PRINTED TEXTILE DESIGN
The Fundamentals of Printed Textile Design explores contemporary practice in printed textile design. It provides an introduction to the creative skills, techniques and processes required by designers in order to produce a professional, creative and commercially aware portfolio. This book outlines the process of creating designs, looking at the vital role played by drawing, colour, style and content. It also analyses how to contextualise and communicate effectively in order to build a professional portfolio, whether through traditional design staples or via a more original approach.

NOW AND FOREVER

2011-06-06T13:54:00.007+01:00

Here's some photos and sketches from a new project Im working on.. More from this project soon.

DIE ANTWOORD FACEBOOK

2011-06-06T10:57:00.012+01:00

A while ago Die Antwoord put my drawing of them on their Facebook page. Its now got over a thousand likes!! and loads of nice comments too.

POWER PACK AND POWER T SHIRTS

2011-05-25T02:16:00.039+01:00

POWER PACK - 1 double sided postcard, 5 Badges and 2 stickers.

UK £10.00 - USA $14.00 - EURO 11.00 - YEN 1,185.00 -

Plus postage and packing.

Contact - info@mayawild.com

T SHIRTS - Power Power and Peace Power T designs. Both designs are limited edition hand screen printed on American Apparel unisex fine jersey T shirt. Available to ship worldwide.

Price - £28.00

Sizes available - XS - S - M - L -

Unisex size - women may prefer to order one size smaller.

Postage and packing - UK £2.50 - Europe £7.00 - Rest of world £8.00

All packages sent Royal Mail and include signed for secure delivery.

Contact - info@mayawild.com

PRINTS - To buy prints from this show contact - prints@mayawild.com

See prints on sale from the show HERE and HERE.

POWER POWER PICS

2011-05-25T02:07:00.005+01:00

Photos from my show in San Francisco. Above is my Power Team - Jennifer D'Angelo who runs Nooworks, Noo Noo (the amazing dog) me and power pro Philip Manley.

SAN FRANCISCO.. WHATS THAT ALL ABOUT?

2011-05-25T00:11:00.026+01:00

I met a whole bunch of nice people while I was in San Francisco.. Heres some pics and links to some of the artists I met -

Paul Wingert draws and takes rad photos.. Ferris Ploc and Kelly Tunstall (above right) work separately and also together under the name Kefe... and the artists Aiyana Udesen and Matt Furie (below) both do amazing drawings and make books and fanzines... and lastly the lovely Jennifer D'Angelo artist/designer and founder of Nooworks (above left) and not forgetting Noo Noo the dog.

BIG MASSIVE THANKS to everyone for being so helpful with the show, making me feel welcome and showing me San Francisco.

One of the highlights of my trip was visiting the shop/gallery Vermillion Graham and meeting one of the owners Tony Vermillion (above). The shop has the best display of 70's and 80's avant garde pottery and sculture. Including the biggest collection of original Memphis group ceramics I have ever seen in real life. My favourite was a whole table full of Dorothy Hafner 1980's ceramics (pictured above) and shelves of original Nathalie Du Pasquier's sculptural ceramics. The shop also sells rare vintage designer clothes and many other collections of curiosities. It explodes with colour and rare design and is well worth visiting if your in San Francisco.

POWER POWER EXHIBITION OPENING THIS SATURDAY

2011-05-03T16:37:00.045+01:00

My POWER POWER exhibition's opening night is this Saturday May 7th at Nooworks 395 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA, 5pm - 10pm. There will be bands playing, Power T shirts and prints for sale and also some of my stickers and badges will be given away free. The show runs until the 30th of July. Here's some of the work from the exhibition.

BUY PRINTS - Contact - prints@mayawild.com

All prints are signed limited editions and printed on Giclee on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308 gsm paper.

UK rapper Devlin.

POWER T SHIRTS

2011-05-03T15:20:00.013+01:00

Heres 2 new T designs.. Hot off the screen printing press today! Especially made for my Power Power exhibition. Printed by the amazing Rael Razor (www.raelts.com) in San Francisco.

BUY T SHIRTS - Power Power and Peace Power T designs. Both designs are limited edition hand screen printed on American Apparel unisex fine jersey T shirt. Available to ship worldwide.

Price - £30.00 each

Sizes available - XS - S - M - L -

Unisex size - women may prefer to order one size smaller.

Postage and packing - UK £2.50 - Europe £7.00 - Rest of world £8.00

All packages sent Royal Mail and include signed for secure delivery.

Contact - info@mayawild.com

BUY POWER BADGES AND STICKERS

2011-05-03T14:45:00.025+01:00

Pack of two stickers (7cm x 10cm each)

UK £5.00 - USA $8.00 - EURO 6.00 - YEN 592.200 - (plus postage and packing)

Pack of five badges (three 25mm and two 38mm)

UK £5.00 - USA $8.00 - EURO 6.00 - YEN 592.200 - (plus postage and packing)

Contact - info@mayawild.com

ROOOAAR!!

2011-05-03T12:28:00.024+01:00

If you are in San Francisco come and see my exhibition!
Im flying out this Thursday for a week all the way from London.
Here's some of the music that have inspired my work for the show..

BRAZIL BOM BOM!!

2011-03-10T16:25:00.037Z

I just spent 2 weeks in Brazil. The people, colours, weather, music, dancing and general energy was so inspiring and different from any country Ive ever been. Above are some sketches I did while there.. Its was so hot that my crayons actually melted!

Heres a nice mix of Brazilian Baile Funk that Mr Phipson made a few years ago.
DOWNLOAD - Mr Phipson - A Baile Funk porra! Vamos da-da-da-dancar

LOVE FROM DARKROOM

2011-03-05T11:13:00.022Z

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I made this drawing for the exhibition 'Love From Darkroom' which was a Valentine charity exhibition held at the Darkroom concept store on Lamb's Conduit Street in London. It took place 2 weeks before Valentines day and all proceeds of the works sold went to the great Kids Company a charity that works with vulnerable and neglected young people across London.

I did not manage to get a scan of this piece before it sold and the buyer didn't leave their contact details. So if anyone reading this knows who bought it I would be extremely grateful if you could let me know. Contact - info@mayawild.com

SAN FRANCISCO EXHIBITION

2010-12-21T14:03:00.026Z

'POWER POWER' an exhibition of work by Maya Wild will be opening on the 7th of May 2011 in San Francisco. Nooworks Gallery, 395 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.

BUY PRINTS - contact - prints@mayawild.com

(All prints are Giclee on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308 gsm paper)

See more work from the show HERE.

Above is some of the new work for my POWER POWER exhibition in San Francisco this April. The top 3 pieces are all A2 in size which is a much larger scale than any of my previous work.
(The bottom drawing of the band Die Antwoord will be in the show but not for sale)

BUY PRINTS - contact - prints@mayawild.com

(All prints are Giclee on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308 gsm paper)

See more work from the show HERE.

FABRIC PATTERNS

2010-12-21T13:57:00.002Z

This top image is one of the fabric patterns that I have just finished for Nooworks Spring Summer 2011 clothing range. The same company that are putting on my exhibition in San Francisco have a clothing and product range too. The Fresh image is part of big project that I have also just finished, but I cant say who its for or post the full images until they come out later in 2011.

EPOS VISA DESIGN CARD PROJECT

2010-12-21T13:54:00.001Z

I recently made some designs for the Epos Visa design card project. Epos brought together 46 international artists to make 101 Visa card designs. You can see all the designs here-
EPOS DESIGN CARD WEBSITE

BOY RAVERS

2010-12-21T13:51:00.009Z

LIMITED EDITION SIGNED PRINTS FOR SALE
These drawing's and all of the work in the personal section of my website are available to buy as prints. To enquire about these email - prints@mayawild.com

(All prints are signed limited editions printed on Giclee on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308 gsm paper)

BOOKS

2010-12-21T13:42:00.005Z

Over and Over: A Catalog of Hand-Drawn Patterns. Published by Princeton Architectural Press.

I have six pages of my hand drawn patterns in this extraordinary book made by Mike Perry.

Review of the book-
"Over and Over: A Catalog of Hand-Drawn Patterns collects groundbreaking work from fifty of today's most talented designers who create patterns by hand and use them in their work in inventive and innovative ways. The examples in this book push the boundaries of the traditional concept of what a pattern is. The selected works are often not an end result but the beginning of something else, of something bigger and broader. Featuring more than 250 vibrant and exciting patterns, Over and Over explores this magic on every single page."

"Drawing a pattern is not the easiest way of doing it, but, when the time is spent, something magical happens." - Mike Perry

Play: The NYLON Book of Music. Published by Universe and made by Nylon Magazine.
I have a 2 page feature in this book by Nylon Magazine.

I drew this self portrait way back in 2004 for a book that Cheap Date Magazine were making at the time.. For some reason that book was never made. I ended up putting it in my exhibition at Surface to Air and now many years later Nylon magazine asked if they could put it in this book. So it managed to get published in the end!

Both of these books came out a while ago and are available to buy on Amazon and all good bookshops.

PLANET MAGAZINE EARTH BY PROJECT USA

2010-12-21T13:39:00.003Z

Planet Magazine's EARTH BY is an art and charity project that has the simple concept to invite contemporary artists to create an art piece that portrays their personal interpretation of Earth. The artwork is then sold and ten percent of all proceeds are donated to the charity's Water, which provides safe and clean drinking water to thousands of people in developing nations and 350.org, a non-profit dedicated to raising awareness about climate change and inspiring communities and governments to take action.

H.A.K JAPAN

2010-12-21T13:37:00.020Z

I made a some T shirt, fabric pattern and cup! designs for H.A.K Spring Summer range 2010. They are a fashion company based in Japan. See all the designs on my website. They asked for photo's of me wearing the designs that I made. Here is one of me rocking one of the designs three times! (I wish they had made trousers too!) Photo by Cat Stevens.

BURTON WOMENS SNOWBOARD 2010

2010-12-21T13:34:00.000Z

My snowboard design for Burton women's 2010 collection was called The Social. Burton took top honors at the 2010 Transworld Good Wood Test with 7 boards earning the “Good Wood” Badge. My design was one of the seven that were chosen.

SPIN MAGAZINE USA

2010-12-21T13:32:00.006Z

I drew the comedians Zach Galifianakis and Eugene Mirman for Spin Magazines Summer festival guide issue.

THE ROLLING STONES

2010-12-21T13:30:00.015Z

Heres some of the T shirt design's I did for The Rolling Stones. They were for a special 'Ladies Rock T Project' with 4 other artists. We were all asked to redesign their lips logo. The design was used on a T shirt and sold in 2009 and then released again on a hoody in 2010. See more images from this project on my website.

CUT IT OUT EXHIBITION

2010-12-21T13:27:00.003Z

CUT IT OUT! was a group art exhibition of things made with scissors. I made 2 new pieces of work for the show. The exhibition was curated by Mike Perry and was held back in March 2009 at the Open Space Gallery, Beacon NY USA.

OPEN SPACE GALLERY
www.openspacebeacon.com
510 Main Street
Beacon NY 12508
USA

CUT IT OUT contributors:
MAYA WILD, GLUEKIT, OWEN GILDERSLEEVE, ASHKAHN SHAHPARNIA, WYETH HANSEN, RACHEL DOMM, DEMO DESIGN, MARIO HUGO & CHARLIE BROKATE, DAN FUNDERBURGH, GARRETT MORIN, DAMIEN CORRELL, BRIGITTE SIRE, LUKE RAMSEY, ANDREAS SAMUELSSON, ANNA WOLF, ANTHONY SHERET, DAN BLACK, ED BROGNA, HEARDLAND HEART LAND, JEREMY DEAN, JIM DATZ, JIM STOTEN, KEETRE DEAN DIXON, LUNG, MARCO CIBOLA, MICAH LIDBERG, MICHAEL COLEMAN, MICHAEL WORFUL, NAMDEV HARDISTY, NAOMI REIS, PAUL CLARK, PIETARI POSTI, RT PETERS, STEPHAN MARX, TRAVIS STERN & ZACH GIBSON.

My painting/collage above 'Girl with Wolf' was inspired by a photograph by the amazing 16 year old photographer Elijah James. See his photography HERE...

ADIDAS STYLE ESSENTIALS

2010-12-21T13:24:00.008Z

Set design and illustrations I did for Adidas Style Essentials advertising their Summer 2009 range in Hong Kong.

FADER MAGAZINE LIMITED EDITION 7"

2010-12-21T13:16:00.007Z

Above is the artwork I did for a limited edition record cover for Fader Magazine and Southern Comfort 7" series. The A side is Little Boots and the B side is the Brooklyn band Wild Yaks.

MUSIC + COVERS AND EDITORIALS

2010-12-21T13:13:00.014Z

Below is a little review of some of my favourite music illustrations that I have done over the years. The bottom one was my 3rd ever proper commission of the band The Fiery Furnaces for Dazed & Confused Magazine way back in 2004! See more of my music illustrations on my website.

COVERS AND EDITORIALS

Below is a selection of some of my favourite covers and editorials for Dazed & Confused UK, Nylon Magazine USA and Japan and Désirs Magazine Luxembourg. See more on my website.

SLY JAPAN CLOTHING RANGE + AD CAMPAIGN

2010-12-21T13:11:00.027Z

These are some of the images that I made for SLY Spring Summer 2008 and Autumn Winter 08/09 advertising campaign's. SLY is a fashion chain store in Japan. I made 8 images/set designs altogether. Which they used as adverts in magazines, billboards and as shop displays.

Maya Wild X SLY clothing range.

I also made ten T shirt and fabric pattern designs for SLY's Spring Summer and Autumn Winter 08/09 Maya Wild range. My designs went on leggings, T shirts, vests, cushion covers, make up bags, hoodies, shoes and jeans. Below are some of my favourites from the collection.