"I love how welcoming the Bay Area arts community is. As a self-taught artist, I didn't have much guidance on how to initiate my work being shown in galleries. I started by showing up at openings hoping to meet and engage with other artists. I've noticed how kind and supportive everyone has been, and I've made genuine friendships along the way,"
"Though she is primarily a painter, Fuji says she enjoys immersing viewers into her shows through additional means. For a showing of a recent body of work at Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles-her primary representative-Fuji created small washi (paper) sculptures that incorporated her personal collection of cicadas alongside a looping sound sample as part of the exhibition. Fuji finds inspiration"
Maya Fuji was born in Kanazawa, Japan, and moved to Berkeley during childhood, attending elementary and middle school in both countries. She lives in the Richmond district of San Francisco. A mostly self-taught artist, Fuji left graduate school while nearing completion of a CPA license to pursue painting. She creates colorful narrative works imbued with ancestral nostalgia and occasional sculptural and sound elements. Exhibitions have included washi paper sculptures incorporating personal cicada collections and looping sound. Influences include Ukiyo-e printmakers Tsukioka Yoshitoshi and Utagawa Kuniyoshi, manga artists Takahashi Rumiko and Araki Hirohiko, and photographer Hosoe Eikoh. The Bay Area arts community has been welcoming and supportive.
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