Maya Shi

I believe that our self-liberation begins when we are honest with ourselves. We live inside a dream. The life you see around is just a refraction in your eyes, interpreted by your mind.
This is what my art is about.
I am the eye, helping you see the world the way only I see it.

I create Magic Realism, immersing you in the state between past, future and the present, between dream or reality. It is subtle, fragile, elusive and vanishing. And irrational.

My camera is a medium for a visual dialogue. Certain elements are consistently present throughout my practice: translucency, layering, attention to light, the use of blur versus sharp.
My photographic approach is based on a constant light technique, that understands light as a living medium. Negative space and air in an image invite you to introspection.

I am an explorer. The paradoxical encounter between sublime and disturbing showcases the richness of existence through human states, be they mental, emotional or physical.
Exploring the boundaries between divine and infernal I seek the fine line between light and darkness. Somewhere beyond it, I believe, there is complete freedom.

Having challenged our hidden or unknown parts, having faced them head- on and having accepted them, we drive through the labyrinth of dreams, to our true selves.