About Maya Florence Brittain -Sakuma

A quick biography:

Maya Florence Brittain-Sakuma is a multi media visual artist. She is of Japanese and American parentage however was born and raised in Rome Italy. After having lived in Japan, the USA and northern Italy, she has now returned to Rome. In her youth she was surrounded by an artistically inclined family. Maya’s father was a writer, producer and film director. While her mother on the other hand was an art historian specialised in the history of Rome. Naturally, her inherited passion for the arts lead her to study music at the Rome conservatory in addition to traditional japanese dance and shodo (the art of calligraphy) in Fukushima, Japan. In 2006  she earns a degree in Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology of Chicago. The international background and her early diversified education gave her the possibility to live multiple cultures in her youth which are now profoundly embedded in her.

About her work:

As a citizen of the world she is fascinated by her personal search for identity.  Above all the oblique precarious manner in which she views existence has determined her style and interest in mental health.  Her work allows her to communicate, acknowledge and document the emotional side of this journey.
She is an existential artist.

Education:
Illinois Institute of Technology, Bachelors of Architecture
Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia, Diploma di pianoforte

Exhibitions:
Selection of Shows to date:
Solo Exhibition, Galleria La Griff, Bassano, a cura di Federico Rigoni
Solo Exhibition, Ristorante d’Arte Cris, Jesolo, a cura di Linda de Piccoli
Solo Exhibition, Antico Cafe’ Scrigni, Vicenza, a cura di Maya F. Brittain
Group Exhibition, La Fenice, Galleria M. Mazzocato, Asolo, a cura di Linda de Piccoli
Group Exhibition, Palazzo Moroni, Padova, a cura di Roberto Rossi
Group Exhibition, Chiostro di San Lorenzo, Vicenza, a cura di Roberto Rossi
Group Exhibition, “Galleria Piccola”, Padova, a cura di Alberto Franceschi
Group Exhibition, “Art42”, Palazzo Bomben, Treviso, a cura di Linda de Piccoli
Group Exhibition, “Stranimaneto”, Studio Iroko, Milano, a cura di Daniel Buso
Group Exhibition, “Dinamiche A-temporanee”, Roma, a cura di D. Buso e B. Vincenzi
Group Exhibition, “Rassegna di Arte Contemporanea”, Ca’ dei Carraresi, Treviso, a cura di B. Buso
Group Exhibition, 94 Tele Art Gallery, Roma, a cura di Happening Cult