ABOUT

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Maja Petric is an award-winning contemporary artist who creates installations and sculptures using custom-developed new media. Since 2001, she has been creating artwork that seamlessly incorporates light and advanced technology such as AI. Her works aim to explore how our existence is interconnected, and she pushes the limits of emerging media to elicit these connections viscerally.

Each of Maja's works starts by depicting the sublime elements of nature, intending to draw people in by evoking a universal and inherent connection with the environment. However, once immersed, the layers of her pieces reveal more challenging themes, encompassing depictions of mortality, interdependence, climate change, and collective action.

EXHIBITIONS: Maja's artwork has been showcased internationally, including exhibitions at the FOR-SITE, Henry Art Gallery, Farol Santander Sao Paulo, MadArt Studio, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Landmark Hong Kong, and others.

COMMISSIONS: She has been commissioned to produce installations for National Geographic, SEATAC Airport, Meta, Google, Microsoft, Landmark Hong Kong, and Amazon, among others.

AWARDS: Maja has received awards such as the Lumen Prize for Art and Technology, the Microsoft Research Award, the Richard Kelly Light Art Award, the Doctoral Fellowship from the National Science Foundation, and others.

SCIENTIFIC RECOGNITION: Maja collaborates with computer scientists to develop custom media. These custom technologies have been recognized in scientific publications and featured in international computer science conferences such as The Conferences on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), The International Conferences on Computer Vision (ICCV), The International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA), etc.

PRESS: Her work has been featured in many international publications, including The New York Times, BBC, Fast Company, FRAME magazine, The Seattle Times, Deutsche Welle, etc.

SPEAKING: Maja's insights into innovative art practices have led her to speak at prestigious venues, including The National Gallery in London, Microsoft Research, IBM, Mexico City Lighting EXPO, and Philips.

TEACHING: She has taught at the University of Washington, Complutense University of Madrid, European Institute of Design, and Technical University of Madrid. In 2016, she designed and directed the first-of-its-kind graduate program “Creative Lighting” at the European Institute of Design in Madrid, Spain. 

EDUCATION: Maja holds a Ph.D. in Digital Arts and Experimental Media from the University of Washington and a Masters in Interactive Telecommunications from New York University.