Artist Statement
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Growing up on Maui, I learned about the history under my feet. As I painted and wandered, I found that culture, ecology, and memory layer together in how we know a place. I paint on site with watercolor and ink to record this connection to the natural environment and a moment in time.
These explorations took me to Canada, the Pacific Northwest, and throughout Southeast Asia. Nonetheless, Maui always pulls me home. Each valley, each piece of coastline has meaning. As I return to locations, I uncover stories. The artworks weave into an evolving meditation on a connection to place. To join in on this story and make one of these paintings yours, contact me at (808) 283-0109 or at maggiesutrov(at)gmail.com |
Select Exhibitions and Projects
Malama Wao Akua Exhibit Hui No'eau Aug 2019
Two paintings, created on site in Haleakala National Park exhibited
Art Maui Exhibit March 2019
Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Wailuku, Maui
Hui No’eau Juried Members’ Show January 2019
Malama Wao Akua at the Hui No'eau August 2018
Three paintings selected for this juried art show at the Hui No’eau, featuring Maui’s endemic species
Inland Northwest Aug 2015-2018
My ongoing personal project is painting plein air throughout Spokane and the Inland Northwest.
TEDx Maui, October 2014
October 2014 TEDxMaui Art Installation
Live-created art installation during TEDx Maui of paintings of the speakers and events. See pictures here.
Maggie Paints The World
2012-2014
This travelogue in comic form, published online, illustrated the adventures of my boyfriend and I as we left Maui and traveled through Southeast Asia.
Plein Air Abroad
2012-2014
Subject matter ranged from exploring Malaysian neighborhoods to wandering Angkor Wat, to spending a year drawing and painting people on Taiwan busses and trains.
Reverse Origami
Jan 2009-Jan 2011
Creativity and Art Community Events, including film festival, creativity workshops, Pecha Kucha-style events, and art classes
Sutrov Gallery
2005-2011 Sutrov Gallery, Pa’ia Maui
Owner, artist, curator, and head of marketing and sales.
Art Maui
2011, 2001 Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Wailuku, Maui
Malama Wao O Akua Art Show
2005, 2009 Viewpoints Gallery, Makawao, Maui
Hui No’eau Juried Members’ Shows
2002, 2005, 2010
Teaching and Outreach:
Haleakala National Park Arts in the Parks Painting Workshop 2019
Painting workshop led as a national park volunteer at the rim of Haleakala Crater
Art Teacher Pomaika'i Elementary School K-5th 2019-2020
I collaborate with classroom teachers to create art projects that reinforce their classroom learning here at the only arts integrated elementary school in the state.
Pride Prep Art Teacher 2016-2018
I teach art to grades 6-8 with an interdisciplinary and social justice emphasis. As part of my role, I guide other teachers in the design and curation of student work for our school Exhibitions.
Bibliography:
Blackford, Mansel G. Pathways to the Present U.S. Development and Its Consequences in the Pacific. University of Hawai'i Press, 2007. (cover of book)
University of Hawaii Press Publishing Catalog 2008, cover.
Perkins, John. (2002). Mansel G. Blackford. Fragile Paradise: The Impact of Tourism on Maui, 1959–2000. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 2001
Education:
Bachelors of Fine Arts, Creative Writing
University of Victoria, BC, Canada 2004
Teaching credential
Teach Now, 2015
Malama Wao Akua Exhibit Hui No'eau Aug 2019
Two paintings, created on site in Haleakala National Park exhibited
Art Maui Exhibit March 2019
Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Wailuku, Maui
Hui No’eau Juried Members’ Show January 2019
Malama Wao Akua at the Hui No'eau August 2018
Three paintings selected for this juried art show at the Hui No’eau, featuring Maui’s endemic species
Inland Northwest Aug 2015-2018
My ongoing personal project is painting plein air throughout Spokane and the Inland Northwest.
TEDx Maui, October 2014
October 2014 TEDxMaui Art Installation
Live-created art installation during TEDx Maui of paintings of the speakers and events. See pictures here.
Maggie Paints The World
2012-2014
This travelogue in comic form, published online, illustrated the adventures of my boyfriend and I as we left Maui and traveled through Southeast Asia.
Plein Air Abroad
2012-2014
Subject matter ranged from exploring Malaysian neighborhoods to wandering Angkor Wat, to spending a year drawing and painting people on Taiwan busses and trains.
Reverse Origami
Jan 2009-Jan 2011
Creativity and Art Community Events, including film festival, creativity workshops, Pecha Kucha-style events, and art classes
Sutrov Gallery
2005-2011 Sutrov Gallery, Pa’ia Maui
Owner, artist, curator, and head of marketing and sales.
Art Maui
2011, 2001 Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Wailuku, Maui
Malama Wao O Akua Art Show
2005, 2009 Viewpoints Gallery, Makawao, Maui
Hui No’eau Juried Members’ Shows
2002, 2005, 2010
Teaching and Outreach:
Haleakala National Park Arts in the Parks Painting Workshop 2019
Painting workshop led as a national park volunteer at the rim of Haleakala Crater
Art Teacher Pomaika'i Elementary School K-5th 2019-2020
I collaborate with classroom teachers to create art projects that reinforce their classroom learning here at the only arts integrated elementary school in the state.
Pride Prep Art Teacher 2016-2018
I teach art to grades 6-8 with an interdisciplinary and social justice emphasis. As part of my role, I guide other teachers in the design and curation of student work for our school Exhibitions.
Bibliography:
Blackford, Mansel G. Pathways to the Present U.S. Development and Its Consequences in the Pacific. University of Hawai'i Press, 2007. (cover of book)
University of Hawaii Press Publishing Catalog 2008, cover.
Perkins, John. (2002). Mansel G. Blackford. Fragile Paradise: The Impact of Tourism on Maui, 1959–2000. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 2001
Education:
Bachelors of Fine Arts, Creative Writing
University of Victoria, BC, Canada 2004
Teaching credential
Teach Now, 2015