"She is an anthropologist by training, and this becomes abundantly clear in the first few pages"
-(PIN-UP)

“Shot between scenes of her signature sparse and sunglass-clad choreography...She approaches dance as a kind of mapping, rendering new perspectives of these cities, offering portals into their pasts and futures”
-(HYPERALLERGIC)

Her ensemble of vessels made from broken glass found on the streets of Detroit suggest that preciousness and damage are inevitably intertwined”
-(NYTIMES)

Left to right

A_____ That Defies Gravity, no. 50-59 (2022)
Pale blue neon, palest blue neon
95 in x 72 in

A_____ That Defies Gravity, no. 130-139 (2022)
Mascarpone, dust, foam neon
95 in x 120 in

Photo by Clare Gatto
Installation Image from the solo exhibition, Maya Stovall: Sail, Reyes | Finn Detroit
Images © Maya Stovall courtesy Reyes | Finn, Parrasch Heijnen and the artist.

"Her work transcends the impossible definition of place"
-(ARTFORUM)

“For her dance is a means of disruption — taking place in unconventional spaces — as well as exchange, engaging onlookers who ask her questions”
-(HYPERALLERGIC)

"Her work evokes a feeling...as if it were beaming a message of truth into outer space...as prospective human relics"
-(ARTFORUM)

"Her works in the Whitney Biennial vividly juxtapose art and life"
-(NYTIMES)