Education
University of California, San Diego, 2016 – 2019
Master of Fine Arts
University of San Diego, 2016
BA in Art History and Visual Arts, magna cum laude, with honors
Queen Mary University, London 2014
C.E.A. Study Abroad, Paris 2014
Solo Exhibitions
2019
Soft Wave, Electric Soul, May 16-24, 2019, Main Gallery, University of California, San Diego
2018
Uncircle, Bend, While it’s Hot, November 2018, Commons Gallery, University of California, San Diego
Cetacea, re-performed, July 8th, 2018, collaboration with Aurora Lagattuta, Aratoi Gallery: Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, New Zealand
Shallow Hold, Falling Low, May 18th, Performance Space, University of California, San Diego (with Aurora Lagattuta and Kevin Zhang)
Subtle Paradise, March 2018, Main Gallery, University of California, San Diego
Cetacea, collaboration with Aurora Lagattuta and Kevin Zhang, part of IDEAS:: Initiative for Digital Exploration of Arts + Sciences, 2018, Qualcomm Institute, Calit2
2017
opaque body // liquid space, translucent world, April 17- April 21, 2017, Commons Gallery, University of California, San Diego
Benthic Light, March 17-20, 2017 Commons Gallery, University of California, San Diego
Liquid Liminal(ity), Feb 1-3rd, 2017 Commons Gallery, University of California, San Diego
2016 – Prior
Echoing the Surface, February 2016, Visual Arts Gallery, University of San Diego
Three-channel video projection and installation.
Pixelated Phenomena, September 2015, Sacred Heart Gallery, University of San Diego’s Visual Art’s Center
Multi-media installation created with funding from SURE.
Elution of Consciousness, December 2013, Sacred Heart Gallery, University of San Diego’s
Visual Art’s Center
Multi-media installation and performance.
Group Exhibitions
2021
SD Practice, July – September 2021, Bread & Salt and SDAI, San Diego. More info coming soon.
Campus Creatives: San Diego’s Fine Arts Faculty January 2021, California Center for the Arts, Escondido
2020
Campus Creatives: San Diego’s Fine Arts Faculty April-May 2020, California Center for the Arts, Escondido ****Cancelled / postponed due to COVID-19
2019
Eccentricity has room, April 18, 2019 – May 27, 2018, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
MOXsonic Festival (Missouri Experimental Sonic Arts Festival), March 8-9, 2019, Warrendburg, MO (in collaboration with Kevin Zhang)
MFA Open Studios Film Screening, March 2019, University of California, San Diego
The Last Resort, January 2019, Main Gallery, University of California, San Diego
2018
Nic nacks & Memorabilia, September-November 2018, SME Gallery, University of California, San Diego
Fata Morgana, September 2018, A Ship in The Woods at Felicita County Park
Art and Technology: Art as Insight, August 14-19th, 2018, The Factory, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Art and Technology: Art as Insight, August 24-September 7th, 2018, Heritage Space, Hanoi, Vietnam
High-Key: Southern California Color, June-August 2018, curated by Elizabeth Rooklidge, San Diego Art Institute
Ship in the Woods Festival, June 2018, A Ship in The Woods at Felicita County Park
Film Screening, March 2018, Performance Space, UC San Diego
Open Studios Group Show, Commons Gallery, UC San Diego
2017
Next door Up stairs, December 2017, Main Gallery, University of California, San Diego
Opposites Attract: Alumni Show, October 9-20, 2017, Visual Arts Gallery, University of San Diego
Vacation, September 2017, Visual Arts Gallery, University of California, San Diego
Extra-Ordinary Collusion , May 2017, San Diego Art Institute of Balboa Park
Spring Fest: Immersion, April 9, 2017, Birch Aquarium
Re-inhabiting, March 5, 2017 Arts Aggregate pop-up show
Group Show, curated by Anthony Graham, March 3-10 2017, Visual Arts Gallery, University of California, San Diego
Distance from Dirt, curated by Brianna Rigg, March 3-10 2017, Commons Gallery, University of California, San Diego
MFA Open Studios Film Screening, March 4, 2017, Visual Arts Facility, University of California, San Diego
Boiling Process 5 : Mythodologies February 11-March 26, 2017, San Diego Art Institute of Balboa Park
2016 – 2015
Video Mythodologies, March 3, 2016, SDAI Project Space in Horton Plaza
2016 Southern California/ Baja Biennial, December 10- January 19, 2017, San Diego Art Institute of Balboa Park
To Be or Not Be: Aesthetics in The Age of Extinction(s) December 6, 2016, MFA Exhibition in UCSD’s Visual Arts Facility
Paperweight Biennale II, November 18- December 2, 2016, SME Gallery UCSD
Surfaces, July 2016, Arts Aggregate/IKO Studios in Los Angeles
In Flux, April 9-29th 2016, SLP Gallery, University of San Diego
MAS ATTACK, March 19th 2016, San Diego Art Institute of Balboa Park
Sinking Sinking Sinking, December-January 2015, San Diego Art Institute of Balboa Park
Group Exhibition, 2015, Yorty Space
Collaborations / Projection Design
Collaborative Performance Installation, July 2018, Aratoi Gallery, New Zealand
Gorgoteo (Elisabet Curbelo’s dissertation piece), June 2018, IDEAS festival, Calit2 theatre
Human Body Time Machine, April 2018, The Forum, La Jolla Playhouse, projection design with choreographer Aurora Lagattuta and musician Kevin Zhang
Cetacea, January 2018, IDEAS Festival, Collaborative project and projection/set design with Aurora Lagattuta and Kevin Zhang
St. Francis, December 2017, San Diego Opera, Calit2 Auditorium
Residencies
New Zealand Pacific Studio, July-August, 2018, Wairarapa, New Zealand
***Deferred because of illness
Grants/Awards
2019-2018
Russell Grant, March 2019, University of California, San Diego
Arts and Humanities Dean’s Travel Grant, June 2018, University of California, San Diego
Residency Funding, May 2018, University of California, San Diego
2016 – Prior
USD Dept. of Art, Architecture + Art History Exceptional Performance in Visual Arts Award, April 2016
USD Dept. of Art, Architecture + Art History Exceptional Performance in Art History Award, April 2016
Phi Beta Kappa Society, May 2016, inducted into the nation’s most prestigious honor society
Von Ehrenberg Scholarship, 2016
Scholarship awarded for academic and artistic achievement
Lina Lang Materials Scholarship, 2016
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Grant, 2015
SURE is a highly competitive research grant awarded to undergraduate students and faculty mentors, culminating with a research report and an exhibition.
Associated Students (AS) Grant, 2015
Publications
Friday Fav: Sunrise, Smithsonian Institution’s Bento Blog, September 2015
https://bento.si.edu/author/maya-vanderschuit/
Lecturing
Lecturer in School of Art, Media, Design at California State University, San Marcos, 2020 – present
Teaching Assistantship
Culture of Art and Technology, Sixth College, UCSD 2018-2021
Identity Through Transnational Cinema, Lisa Cartwright, 2018
Art and Technology, Benjamin Bratton, 2018
Intro to Film, Lisa Cartwright, 2017
Introduction to Media, Brian Cross, 2017
Art and Technology , Alena Williams, 2017
Internships/Work Experience
Smithsonian Institution: Freer/Sackler Galleries, Curatorial Intern, Summer 2015
Created acquisition requests and reports based upon matching historical photographs with action records and cross referencing the museum’s TMS system, Conducted artist research, Worked in the archives sourcing photographs.
Smithsonian Institution: Freer/Sackler Galleries, Curatorial Intern, Summer 2014
Updated TMS Catalogues for James McNeill Whistler Prints by cross- Referencing the
University of Glasgow’s Catalogue Raisonnee, Virtually curated an exhibition of the
American Collection using Google’s Cultural Institute, Conducted artist research.
R.B. Stevenson Gallery, Gallery Assistant, 2015
Preparation for Exhibition Openings, Sales Assistance
San Diego Home and Garden Magazine, Editorial Intern, 2012
Wrote articles based on interviewing local businesses, Catalogued information,
Interviewed Architects and designers, and accompanied staff on scouting trips