Maya Hayuk Lecture 9/30

Maya Hayuk creates bright and colorful paintings that mimic Native American tribal art. Hayuk's mom was kicked out of the Catholic church after marrying Hayuk's father, who was Orthodox Jewish. As a result, she has a fascination with religious iconography and cultural pieces, such as tribal art. She incorporates "Sacred Geometry" into a lot of her work, however she doesn't use rulers to measure out placement of even draw straight lines. Her work is freehanded and rarely planned out beforehand. While she was researching Native American art, she came upon an interesting discovery. She found that, right around the same time Native American art was at its peak, Ukraine artists were creating stunningly similar work, and neither was purposely in reference to the other.

Hayuk, also a part of the group "Barn Stormers", did a stint of graffiti painting. Her graffiti, however, was not in reference to hip-hop and urban culture. Instead it referenced cave paintings. A lot of her work is also based off of music. She creates pieces inspired by specific songs, and likes to recreate album art. She currently supports her art through music photography, mainly rock and alternative music.