MAYOX PORTFOLIO

Maya Oguz
E-mail: mayatozkoparan3009@gmail.com / maya_oguz@studenti.naba.it Phone number: +90 5332294617 / +39 348-810-7741

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My name is Maya Oğuz, I was born in 2002 in Istanbul, and I am currently a BA first year student in Painting and Visual Arts at NABA (Nuova Academia Di Belle Arti) in Rome. I graduated from “ENKA Schools” in Istanbul. I used to have an interest in street art, but since I started my studies, I explore other fields as much as possible to increase my knowledge in contemporary creativity as well as my practice. I started to get an interest in art in 2015 and attended the Summer School “The Kubert School” in New Jersey, USA. I took coloring, illustration and character design lessons. In September 2016. I was chosen to exhibit at "Büyükada Anadolu Club”. This led me to attend ICAF (Istanbul Comics and Art Fest) and for two years there, I was the youngest ever to benefit a stand. , my comic was nominated as one of the top 45 among 1003, and it was placed 5th at “Fumetto International Comics Festival and Competition”. Later, in 2017, I collaborated with “Büyükada Cultural Foundation” to hold workshops for kids. After years of gathering experiences to find my way, my interest shifted to street art in broader sense. I mainly focused on custom designs, graffiti work, backgrounds for video clips. Few months ago I started to design street wear clothes and created a small business named “ Mayox Street Wear” (https:// www.mayox-street-wear.com/) based in Istanbul. This year I worked with "exhibitor relations" for the "Contemporary Istanbul 17th edition". I am today looking for opportunities to extend my experiences in the art world.