Ich bin Maya (sie/ihr) und auf dieser Seite zeige ich mein künstlerisches Portfolio. Ich arbeite hauptsächlich mit dem Medium der Fotografie, wobei ich gerne mit verschiedenen Techniken experimentiere und hin und wieder Ton, Bewegtbild und Zeichnung mit einfließen lasse. Ich bin in einem kleinen Dorf an der polnischen Grenze aufgewachsen und habe mich schon früh für die Fotografie interessiert. Nach der Schulzeit habe ich Visuelle Kommunikation in Weimar an der Bauhaus-Uni studiert. Ich habe herausgefunden, dass ich Geschichten erzählen und herausfinden möchte, wie die Fiktion den Raum der Realität erweitern oder sogar treffender darstellen kann als das klassische dokumentarische Bild. Ich verorte die Geschichten, die ich suche und erzählen möchte, in meiner eigenen Biografie, sowie dem ländlichen Raum im Osten von Deutschland. Nach meinem Bachelor-Abschluss habe ich 2023 noch ein Fotografie Studium an der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig angeschlossen und arbeite seit dem nebenbei als freiberufliche Fotografin in Sachsen, Thüringen und Brandenburg.
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since 23 HGB leipzig (DE), class for "photography and moving image" of tina bara
23 erasmus internship @ISSP in riga (LV)
22 B.A. of arts (visual communication) / bauhaus-university weimar
16-22 "visual communication" @bauhaus-university weimar (DE) and "universitatea de artă şi design" in cluj-napoca (RO)
exhibitions / publications
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Hi, I’m Maya (she/her), and this is where I share my artistic portfolio.
While my main medium is photography, I like to experiment with different techniques and occasionally incorporate sound, moving images, and drawing into my work.
I grew up in a small village near the Polish border and developed an early interest in photography. After finishing school, I studied Visual Communication at the Bauhaus University in Weimar. Over time, I realized that I want to tell stories—and explore how fiction can expand or even more accurately represent reality than traditional documentary imagery. The stories I’m drawn to often come from my own biography and from the rural landscapes of Eastern Germany. After earning my bachelor’s degree, I began studying photography at the Academy of Fine Arts (HGB) in Leipzig in 2023. Alongside my studies, I work as a freelance photographer in Saxony, Thuringia, and Brandenburg.
educationI grew up in a small village near the Polish border and developed an early interest in photography. After finishing school, I studied Visual Communication at the Bauhaus University in Weimar. Over time, I realized that I want to tell stories—and explore how fiction can expand or even more accurately represent reality than traditional documentary imagery. The stories I’m drawn to often come from my own biography and from the rural landscapes of Eastern Germany. After earning my bachelor’s degree, I began studying photography at the Academy of Fine Arts (HGB) in Leipzig in 2023. Alongside my studies, I work as a freelance photographer in Saxony, Thuringia, and Brandenburg.
since 23 HGB leipzig (DE), class for "photography and moving image" of tina bara
23 erasmus internship @ISSP in riga (LV)
22 B.A. of arts (visual communication) / bauhaus-university weimar
16-22 "visual communication" @bauhaus-university weimar (DE) and "universitatea de artă şi design" in cluj-napoca (RO)
exhibitions / publications
upcoming / ongoing –>
06.09.2025 – 10.11.2025, group show "gute aussichten 23/24", Phoxxi, Deichtorhallen Hamburg
15.02.2025 – 10.08.2025, group show "gute aussichten 23/24", SGK Karlsruhe
past –>
15.02.2025 – 10.08.2025, group show "gute aussichten 23/24", SGK Karlsruhe
past –>
25 part of the photo-publication PORTRAIT SETTINGS, lucia verlag
25 group show with klasse bara for "states of uncertain domesticities" HKM, Berlin
24 group show "gute aussichten 23/24", landesmuseum koblenz
24 winner of "gute aussichten – young german photography 23/24"
24 groupshow "and it goes back and forth" rundgang, klasse bara, HGB-leipzig
24 groupshow "paradies -> 50 m", galerie 52, Essen
23 featured by ISSP, (LV)
23 featured by FK magazine, (LV)
23 featured by "PHOTONEWS" (july/august issue)
23 featured by "yogurt-magazine"
23 featured by "postdigitale fotokunst"
23 shortlisted for the kassel dummy-award 23 with my photobook "während wir schlafen, ziehen wölfe um die häuser"
23 group show "dass, du.." spinnerei leipzig (boesner-projektraum), curated by marke.6
23 mini solo show, galerie "goldgelbgeld", weimar
23 solo show, 11m3-projektraum & kulturschaufenster, weimar
22 featured by "TEMA magazine"
21 group show, fotofestival nürnberg "facing reality"
21 featured in "dass blatt" #6"
21 part of the publication „transmediale formen der fotografie“, self-published by photography-students of BUW
21 part of the publication "wie wirklich ist die wirklichkeit?", lucia-verlag
20 group show, kulturquartier, erfurt
IG: myv.jpg
Mail: mail@mayavieth.com
25 group show with klasse bara for "states of uncertain domesticities" HKM, Berlin
24 group show "gute aussichten 23/24", landesmuseum koblenz
24 winner of "gute aussichten – young german photography 23/24"
24 groupshow "and it goes back and forth" rundgang, klasse bara, HGB-leipzig
24 groupshow "paradies -> 50 m", galerie 52, Essen
23 featured by ISSP, (LV)
23 featured by FK magazine, (LV)
23 featured by "PHOTONEWS" (july/august issue)
23 featured by "yogurt-magazine"
23 featured by "postdigitale fotokunst"
23 shortlisted for the kassel dummy-award 23 with my photobook "während wir schlafen, ziehen wölfe um die häuser"
23 group show "dass, du.." spinnerei leipzig (boesner-projektraum), curated by marke.6
23 mini solo show, galerie "goldgelbgeld", weimar
23 solo show, 11m3-projektraum & kulturschaufenster, weimar
22 featured by "TEMA magazine"
21 group show, fotofestival nürnberg "facing reality"
21 featured in "dass blatt" #6"
21 part of the publication „transmediale formen der fotografie“, self-published by photography-students of BUW
21 part of the publication "wie wirklich ist die wirklichkeit?", lucia-verlag
20 group show, kulturquartier, erfurt
IG: myv.jpg
Mail: mail@mayavieth.com
thx!