CV
Maia Faith Hadaway
Based in Los Angeles, CA and Chicago, IL
2001 Born, Evanston, IL
EDUCATION
2024 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), School of Arts and Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
Bachelor of Arts - Major: Art, Minor: African American Studies
2020 Evanston Township High School
Highest Distinction Graduate
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Hate to See You Go, Love to Watch You Leave, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2024 Made in California, Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
2024 UCLA Juried Student Fine Art Show, First Place Prize, The Dortort Center for Creativity in the Arts at UCLA Hillel, Los Angeles, CA
2024 The Love We Give, Perri + Ren Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Art Against Racism Los Angeles, Black in Mayberry, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Undergraduate Scholarship Award Exhibition, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023 UCLA Juried Student Fine Art Show, First Place Prize, The Dortort Center for Creativity in the Arts at UCLA Hillel, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Undergraduate Scholarship Award Exhibition, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Nominated and Selected to Display Work
HONORS/AWARDS
2024 Phylliss and Lou Mann First Place Prize for Excellence in the Arts, UCLA Juried Student Fine Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
2024 ASUCLA Art in the Union Winner, Artwork selected for ASUCLA's permanent collection, Los Angeles, CA
2022-24 UCLA's Department of Art Undergraduate Equity Award, Los Angeles, CA
2022-24 Hoyt Award for Excellent Work and Talent, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Phylliss and Lou Mann First Place Prize for Excellence in the Arts, UCLA Juried Student Fine Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
2022-23 Elaine Krown Klein Fine Arts Award for Outstanding Undergraduate and Graduate Students, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Selected Artist - Feature Art at UCLA Scholarship Donor Event, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Reparations Youth Art Contest Winner, The Reparations Committee and Evanston Arts Council, Evanston, IL
2021 Selected Artist - Paint Mural in Black Bruin Resource Center at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Louise Goffe Memorial Award for Excellence in Visual Arts, Evanston, IL
SELECT PRESS
MAIA FAITH HADAWAY EMBRACES THE EMOTIONAL JOURNEY OF ARTMAKING (2024), Jessica Wolf
https://arts.ucla.edu/single/maia-faith-hadaway-embraces-the-emotional-journey-of-artmaking/
'A Seat at the Table' Mural Welcomes people to the Black Bruin Resource Center (2022), Madeline Adamo
https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/black-bruin-resource-center-mural-maia-hadaway
Temperance Beer Co. Black History Can Design in Support of Reparations (2021), Emma Rosenbaum
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2021/02/07/city/temperance-beer-co-macks-bike-and-goods-support-evanston-reparations-fund/
Temperance Beer Co. Releases a New Beer supporting Evanston's Reparations Fund (2021), Dear Evanston
https://www.dearevanston.org/post/temperance-beer-co-releases-a-new-beer-supporting-evanston-s-reparations-fund
ETHS Senior Showcase highlights powerful, creative art (2020)
https://www.eths.k12.il.us/site/Default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=4&PageID=1&ViewID=6446ee88-d30c-497e-9316-3f8874b3e108&FlexDataID=6550