Maya Stovall

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Maya Stovall (b. 1982, Detroit, MI) lives and works in Los Angeles. Stovall is Assistant Professor in Liberal Studies at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.  She received a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and a BBA from Howard University, Washington, D.C.

Stovall’s work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions including: The Whitney Biennial 2017, Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY); Atlanta Contemporary Art Center (Atlanta, GA); Museum of Contemporary Art Canada (Toronto, CA); The Studio Museum in Harlem (New York, NY); Newbridge Projects (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK); Contemporary Art Museum (St. Louis, MO); Cranbrook Art Museum (Detroit, MI); Maryland Institute College of Art (Baltimore, MD); AKA Artist Run (Saskatoon, CA); Jessica Silverman Gallery (San Francisco, CA); Reyes | Finn Gallery (Detroit, MI); Library Street Collective (Detroit, MI); and POP Montréal (Montreal, CA). She was an artist in residence in Aarhus, Denmark, and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Stovall’s work resides in permanent collections including: Cranbrook Art Museum, (Detroit, MI); Kalamazoo Art Institute (Kalamazoo, MI); Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, CA); The Studio Museum in Harlem (Harlem, NY) and Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY). Her book, Liquor Store Theatre (Duke University Press, 2020) takes readers behind the scenes of the six-year-running video project of the same name in her hometown of Detroit. Stovall is represented by parrasch heijnen, Los Angeles.

Stovall’s first exhibition with the gallery, A something = x.

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2022
Boshier, Rosa. “Redefining Anthropology as a Site of Creativity.” Hyperallergic, March, 2022.
“Maya Stovall: Razón / Reason.” The Blaffer Art Museum, February, 2022.

2021   
Huzenis, Ella. “Dances for the Death of Anthropology: Maya Stovall’s “Liquor Store Theatre”.” Interview Magazine. January 12, 2021.
“2021 AHAN: Studio Forum Acquisitions.” Unframed, August, 2021.
Loos, Ted. “An Art Fair Meets a Pent-Up Demand.” The New York Times, November, 2021.

2020   
Stovall, Maya. “A Retelling of American History–in Neon.” The New York Times Style Magazine. July 20, 2020.
Bucknell, Alice. “Interview: Artist-Anthropologist Maya Stovall on Detroit Urbanis, and Liquor Store Theatre.” Pin-Up. 2020.
Kaptownwala, Nafisa. “Artist Maya Stovall Talks Exploring Detroit and Other Cities Through Her Work.” Vice. 2020.
Harrison, Will. “Maya Stovall Illuminates Black American Regional Histories.” Frieze, 1 December 2020.

2019
Mitter, Siddartha. “Detroit’s Artistic Renaissance: Meet the Creatives Leading the Way.” W Magazine, November, 2019.

2018
“Artist engages passers-by and customers outside Detroit liquor stores.” Michigan Radio | NPR. February 15, 2018.
Hodges, Michael H. “Liquor stores create frame for Detroit artist.” The Detroit News, February, 2018.

2017   
Cotter, Holland. “From the Personal to the Political, 19 Artists to Watch Next Year.” The New York Times, Art Review. December 27, 2017.
Piper, Matthew. “73 Maya Stovall.” Essay’d. July 11, 2017.
Swartz, Anne. “The Multifarious Feminism of the Whitney Biennial.” Hyperallergic. May 12, 2017.
Young, Allison. “The Whitney Biennial In Counterpoint.” Apollo. April 12, 2017.
Smith, Roberta. “Why the Whitney’s Humanist, Pro-Diversity Biennial Is a Revelation.” The New York Times, May, 2017.
Rogers, Lisa. “Maya Stovall.” Artforum, September, 2017.

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