I’m Feeling Lucky playfully highlights how individuals can lean onto online content for guidance, inspiration, and personal growth, assuming horoscopes function as daily belief sources in an internet-centric generation. Focusing on notions of luck, Man also draws parallels to the crucial element of chance inherent in generative art practice.
Maya's creative journey began by crafting music videos using iMovie and Photo Booth. Her engagement with the Processing community during her computer science studies guided her towards the world of generative art. Maya contemplates the nuances of self-presentation within the digital landscape. Her artistic approach has evolved to eloquently express these sentiments, seamlessly merging physical installations with digital creations.
Her international exhibitions encompass prestigious venues including bitforms in NYC, SOOT in Tokyo, Vellum in Los Angeles, Power Station of Art in Shanghai, and Feral File in the online sphere. Maya's work has gained recognition from esteemed publications such as Art in America, Forbes, Zora Zine, Outland, and Refinery29.
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About the artist
Maya Man is an artist focused on contemporary identity culture on the internet. Her websites, generative series, installations, textiles, and posts examine dominant narratives around femininity, authenticity, and the performance of self online.
She is the creator of the browser extension Glance Back and the Art Blocks curated collection FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT. She has exhibited internationally at bitforms, NYC; SOOT, Tokyo; Vellum, Los Angeles; Power Station of Art, Shanghai; and Feral File, online. Her work has been featured in Art in America, Forbes, Zora Zine, Outland, Refinery29, and more.
Maya holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in Computer Science and Media Studies from Pomona College and an MFA in Media Art from UCLA.
