Inkjet Print, 2019, 18 x 18 in, edition of 20

Maya Fuhr is a Toronto-based artist whose practice explores various facets of the art, fashion, and design worlds. With a focus on sculpture and photography, specifically analogue film, Fuhr’s dream-like aesthetic illuminates any chosen garment’s lived history and a sense of authenticity in her subjects — fraught with contradictions of beauty, exclusion, opulence, exploitation, and aspiration. Fuhr’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in London, Paris, New York, Tel Aviv, and Toronto at The Art Gallery of Ontario. In 2017, she was awarded the Magenta Foundation Photography Project Award, enabling her to continue her series Malleable Privilege, a timely inward-looking investigation into the artist’s relationship with fashion and its impact on the environment. She is currently nominated for The Canadian Art and Fashion Award - Image Maker of The Year.