Maya Sunflower CV

They/Them

Multi-Disciplinary Artist

Contact: toughpuppystudios@gmail.com

Located: Kansas City, Missouri

Education

High School Diploma at Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School
- 2021
- Joplin, Missouri
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting at Kansas City Art Institute
- 2025
- Kansas City, Missouri

Young Artist Award, Spiva Center for the Arts
- Joplin, Missouri
- 2016
$79,000 scholarship from Kansas City Art Institute
- 2021
$52,000 scholarship from School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- 2021
Graduated with Academic Honors and awarded President’s List from Kansas City Art Institute
- 2025

Youth Advocate Organization Program Illustrator/Graphic Designer
- Show Me “a Healthy” State
- Spring-Fall 2020
Employee at Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
- Server Management position
- Spring-Winter 2022
Employee at Joe’s KC BBQ
- Server
- Spring 2024-Spring 2025
Pet Groomer at PetSmart
- Dog bather/groomer
- Spring 2025-present

Lester-Goldman Gallery, With Admiration
- Kansas City, Missouri
- Fall 2022
Lester-Goldman Gallery, Between Death and Dreaming
- Kansas City, Missouri
- Spring 2023
Lester-Goldman Gallery, Now I Know Something You Don’t
- Kansas City, Missouri
- Fall 2023
Kansas City Artist Coalition, 29th Annual Undergraduate Student Juried Exhibition
- Kansas City, Missouri
- Spring 2024
Lester-Goldman Gallery, The Creaturely Life
- Kansas City, Missouri
- Fall 2024
Multnomah Arts Center, Center Gallery, Shift Work: Queer Artists in Tectonic Times
- Portland, Oregon
- April 4 – May 10, 2025
KCAI Gallery, BFA Exhibition
- Kansas City, Missouri
- April 19 – April 20, 2025
Lester-Goldman Gallery, North Stars
- Kansas City, Missouri
- May 2025

Animal care and grooming
Illustration
- Digital and traditional
Painting
- Acrylic and oil
Fibers
- Experienced in natural animal fiber collecting, spinning, knitting, crocheting, and sewing
Well-traveled
10 years of experience piano and flute
Team/group management experience
Customer service experience