Image 1 of 1
Image 1 of 1
Image 1 of 1
Image 1 of 1
DESCRIPTION
Mixed media on postcard
5 x 7 in
2025
These works stem from my ongoing practice of taking images from the news of destruction and conflict, and working over them, into them, abstracting them, and/or bringing them into relation with other sources and histories. They address my Jewish (Mizrahi, Ashkenazi & Sephardic) cultural identity and family histories of diaspora, intergenerational trauma, and resilience. Collapsing past and present suffering, the works point to our twined capacities for violence and repair.
BIO
Maya Pindyck’s work explores cultural belonging, memory, kinship, and ordinary violence. Her practice includes writing, mixed media, drawing, and teaching. She is the author of three books of poetry, most recently Impossible Belonging (2023), winner of the Philip Levine Prize for a Poetry and a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. She is also co-author of A Poetry Pedagogy for Teachers (2022), shortlisted for the UKLA Academic Book Award. Her visual, collaborative, and community-based work has been exhibited at The Clemente (New York, NY), Milton Art Bank (Milton, PA), the Art in Odd Places Public Festival (New York, NY), and elsewhere. She is an associate professor and director of Writing at Moore College of Art & Design in Philadelphia.
DESCRIPTION
Mixed media on postcard
5 x 7 in
2025
These works stem from my ongoing practice of taking images from the news of destruction and conflict, and working over them, into them, abstracting them, and/or bringing them into relation with other sources and histories. They address my Jewish (Mizrahi, Ashkenazi & Sephardic) cultural identity and family histories of diaspora, intergenerational trauma, and resilience. Collapsing past and present suffering, the works point to our twined capacities for violence and repair.
BIO
Maya Pindyck’s work explores cultural belonging, memory, kinship, and ordinary violence. Her practice includes writing, mixed media, drawing, and teaching. She is the author of three books of poetry, most recently Impossible Belonging (2023), winner of the Philip Levine Prize for a Poetry and a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. She is also co-author of A Poetry Pedagogy for Teachers (2022), shortlisted for the UKLA Academic Book Award. Her visual, collaborative, and community-based work has been exhibited at The Clemente (New York, NY), Milton Art Bank (Milton, PA), the Art in Odd Places Public Festival (New York, NY), and elsewhere. She is an associate professor and director of Writing at Moore College of Art & Design in Philadelphia.