2025 PhD, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney.
The Shape of a Knot: The Space Between—Thought Forms and Symbolic Systems of the Visual Tactile in Art as Research
Supervisors: Dr Stuart Bailey (SCA), Professor Julie Rrap, Dr Lee Stickells (School of Architecture)
2011 Masters of Arts, Communication Art & Design, Royal College of Art, London.
‘Visions of Plenty: Entoptic Phenomena and its Manifestations in Navajo Rug Designs’. Supervisors: Henrik Kubel, Monika Parrinder and Adrian O’Shaunessy
1997 BA (Hons) Design, Exchange to Central St Martins School of Art, London.
1998 BA (Hons) Design (Visual Communications), University of Technology, Sydney.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
As Artist
2024 Topos: The Collective Consciousness of Crowds, Syrup Contemporary, June 2024.
2023 Omega/Cost Below, with Jacqueline Larcombe at Prop Gallery, Sydney, October 2023.
2023 Cut and Curl: A Non-Systems Handbook, various works: screen print, ceramic, brass, thread, paper, wheat paste, 11-22 February, Laila Gallery, Sydney.
As Curator
2022 Sydney Buries its Past, (14 July – 20 August), Tin Sheds Gallery, School of Architecture, University of Sydney. Stuart Bailey, Mitchell Cumming, Alex Gawronski, John Hughes & Peter Kennedy, Zoe Marni Robertson, Maya Stocks & Jack Wotton + works from University of Sydney Archives.
2018 02: Annexes, Ultra Violet, Sydney: Conor O’Shea, Margaret Brink, Dylan Batty, Jana Hawkins- Anderson, Maya Stocks
2016 01: Catalog, Ultra Violet, Sydney: Margaret Brink, Seamus Heidenreich, Livia Lima, Rene Vale, Maya Stocks
Selected Group Exhibitions
As Artist
2025 Tapestry, Martin Browne Contemporary, September
2025 Malevolent Strains, SCA Gallery curated by Stuart Bailey. Artist included: Marco Fusinato, Bridget Stehli, Justin Andrews, Andriana Carney, Tony Garifalakis, Stuart Bailey, Karina Utomo, Joschua Yeshni Arnault.
2023 Fridge Magnet Art Show, Damien Minton Presents, Gerry’s Second Hand Fridge Shop, Cleveland Street, Redfern.
2023 End-to-End, George Fraser Gallery, Elam School of Fine Arts and Design, Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, facilitated by Alex Gawronski (SCA), Sean Kerr and James Cousins (ELAM). Alex Gawronski, Stuart Bailey, Jesse Hogan, Zoë Marni Robertson, Maya Stocks, IAI (co. William Meadley)
2023 50 Skies, Annandale Galleries, Sydney
2023 Creative at Blenheim House, Blenheim House, Randwick, (17 February–17 March), Group Show
2022 Gefångnisinsel, Stiege, Vienna, Curated by Seamus Heidenreich. Mary MacDougall, Henry Curchod, Maya Stocks, Connor O’Shea, Andre Piguet, Thomas Kursturin, Seamus Heidenriech, Travis John Ficarra.
2022 Sydney Buries its Past, (14 July – 20 August), Tin Sheds Gallery, School of Architecture, University of Sydney. Stuart Bailey, Mitchell Cumming, Alex Gawronski, John Hughes & Peter Kennedy, Zoe Marni Robertson, Maya Stocks & Jack Wotton + works from University of Sydney Archives.
2019 Art for the Wilderness, Queen Street Galleries.
2018 02: Annexes, Ultra Violet, Sydney: Conor O’Shea, Margaret Brink, Dylan Batty, Jana Hawkins-Anderson, Maya Stocks
2017 01: Catalog, Ultra Violet, Sydney: Margaret Brink, Seamus Heidenreich, Livia Lima, Rene Vale, Maya Stocks
2015 Director, Studio Ultra Violet, Sydney. (2015-2018) Artist-run gallery and space with residencies: Izabella Pluta, Conor O’Shea, Livia Lima, Sarina Masukor, Cherine Fahd, Maya Stocks, Margaret Brink, Seamus Heidenreich.
2011 Instance of Passages, curated by Carmen Billows, Space Fifty Four, London. Catalogue Raisonné, Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, London. Slow Cherries, Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, London. ‘Cosmos Posters’, Graduate Show, Time Shop curated by Livia Lima, Royal College of Art, London.
2011 ‘Slow Cherries’, Acoustic Images, Graduate Films from the Royal College of Art, BFI London. 2010 A Door Opens, Guggenheim Museum, New York Guggenheim/ YouTube Play Awards. An Oceanic Mass, MKII 1st Anniversary, MKII, London.
2009 I Want You, Il Labirinto Di Cristallo, Bubblebyte, Italy and London.
2009 Totemology Sketchbook, Work in Progress Show, Henry Moore Galleries, Royal College of Art,London.
As Curator
2018 02: Annexes, Ultra Violet, Sydney: Conor O’Shea, Margaret Brink, Dylan Batty, Jana Hawkins- Anderson, Maya Stocks
2017 01: Catalog, Ultra Violet, Sydney: Margaret Brink, Seamus Heidenreich, Livia Lima, Rene Vale, Maya Stocks
Selected Published works
2022 Stocks, Maya, A Handweaver’s Patternbook: Adaptation to Electronic Devices and Digital Control, Printed banner, netted nylon thread, aluminium, 1700 x 2600mm, in Sydney Buries its Past, 14 July – 20 August, Tin Sheds Gallery, School of Architecture, University of Sydney. Stocks, Maya, Social Fabric, Printed banner, netted nylon thread, aluminium frame, Tin Sheds Gallery, School of Architecture, University of Sydney.
2022 Stocks, Maya, Social Apparatus, screen print on silk chiffon, gold cord, Gefångnisinsel, Curated by Seamus Heidenreich, Stiege, Vienna,
2022 Stocks, Maya, Sydney Buries its Past, Orientation, CIRCA Journal, Issue 01, School of Architecture, University of Sydney. P 142-149
2022 Stocks, Maya, ‘The Sydney Vernacular’, catalogue essay Sydney Buries its Past, Maya Stocks, Terry Smith, Vanessa Berry.
2020 ‘A4: The Square Root of All Evil’, Conference Panel: Measuring the Immeasurable, AAANZ, Dr Alex Gawronski, Maya Stocks and Zoe Marni Robertson.
2011 Slow Cherries, film installation, Graduation Show, David Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, London.
2011 ‘Psychedelic Visionaries: Entoptic Phenomena and its manifestation in Navajo rug designs’ Iconograph Magazine, Them Thangs #2.
2011 ‘Oh No! We are all going to die!’ Under/Current Magazine Words by Rory Rowan / Images by Maya Stocks
2010 Roman Cieślewicz: A Retrospective, Henry Moore Gallery, Royal College of Art, London. A major retrospective exhibition of work by one of the most influential graphic designers of the 20th Century.
2010 A Door Opens, Guggenheim/ YouTube Play Awards, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
2010 ‘Cosmimesis’, The Final Word by David Gibson, Livia Lima, Susanne Stahl, Jigna Chauhan, Vanessa Boni.
2009 I Want You, Il Labirinto Di Cristallo, Bubblebyte, Italy and London.
2009 ‘Totemology Sketchbook’, Work in Progress Show, Henry Moore Galleries, Royal College of Art, London.
Awards
Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Travel Scholarship, 2025 Arthur Macquarie Travelling Scholarship, 2022
David Harold Tribe Sculpture Fellowship, 2022 & 2023 Residency British School in Rome, 2023 (Non-official) University of Sydney Chancellors Committee Grant, 2022 Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Travel Scholarship, 2022 City of Sydney Creative Spaces Program 2016–19 Shortlist, Guggenheim/YouTube Play Awards, 2011 Royal College of Art Postgraduate Bursary, 2009
Selected Professional Experience
2015–19 Director, Studio Ultraviolet, an artist-run studio and gallery space made possible with the City of Sydney Creative Spaces Programme, in partnership with fellow Royal College of Art Alumni Livia Lima. Collaborations and Client Included: Romance Was Born, Young Henry’s, Dan Tobin Smith, City of Sydney.
2013–15 Lecturer and Tutor, Visual Communications, UTS Sydney.
2004 –14 Creative Director: London, New York, Paris, San Francisco & Sydney
Clients included: Marc Newson Ltd, Farrow design, Qantas, Apple USA, Wieden+Kennedy, Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Smeg Italy, Qantas, Gulfstream , Aerospace, Lawrence King, Visual Artists, Lanvin, Commes des Garçons, Topshop, Mulberry, Vera Wang, Nokia UK, Nike, David Jones, Jurlique.
2007 Packaging designer, Apple USA.
1999-2006 Art Director, Marc Newson Ltd, London.
1997-2004 Book & Exhibition designer, Clients included: Fondation Cartier pour l’art Contemporain Paris, Design Museum London, Serpentine Gallery London, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Marc Newson, Richard Hollis, Stephen Wolstenholme & Ronnie Cook Newhouse and Bridget Riley.