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Artist Bio

As an early pioneer of digital art, Marya Triandafellos explores the processes of creation, perception, and play using technologies such as commercial software and generative AI. She is fascinated by the role of art and technology in today’s culture. Her conceptual inspirations include the liberal arts, popular culture, and science—disciplines that explore and reflect our human essence. This interdisciplinary approach allows for deep engagement with the intersections of art, technology, and human experience.

 

These passions were nurtured during her MA in Interdisciplinary Studies from NYU's Gallatin School. For her coursework, she responded with artworks for each of her liberal arts courses instead of tests or papers, terms she negotiated individually with each professor. Mail Art was the focus of her thesis, for which she documented a year-long correspondence with the “father” of Mail Art, Ray Johnson.​ 

 

A recipient of the New York Foundation for the Arts award, Triandafellos created NFT art for a ChaShaMa storefront gallery and an exhibition in the Voxels metaverse. She was also commissioned to create a four-screen video art installation for the reception area of Hilton Times Square. Additionally, she designed a 38-foot digital mural for the lobby of a Brooklyn senior residence and an 80-foot digital mural for the American Museum of Natural History.

 

Her work has been curated for exhibitions such as the MvVo Ad Art Show, Frieze NYC, Superfine Art Fair, and The Other Art Fair.

 

Her art is included in the permanent collections of The College of New Jersey, MoMA Library, and private collections.

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From her work experience in the fields of Design and Tech, Marya has experience managing large teams and large scale digital initiatives for major corporations such as American Express, Marriott and Etsy. She also is an experienced practitioner of Design Thinking and leading brainstorming sessions. These design business skills translate well to managing large scale art installations.

Video documenting my earlier process of utilizing photography

Artist Statement

As an early pioneer of digital art, I explore the processes of transformation and perception. To start my process, I generate images using Gen AI. Then the image is transformed using digital tools. The transformation process is fun, surprising, and empowering and results in an image characterized by vibrant, whimsical color, dynamic compositions, and abstraction.

 

My practice is strongly influenced by the color palette of Pop Art, the science of neuroesthetics, and the boundaries of reality. I love the vibrant colors of Pop Art as they radiate positive engergy.

 

I find the science of neuroesthetics fascinating and consider how viewing my “unfamiliar” art is a challenge for the brain to interpret. Does this “perceptual workout” process train us to interpret other foreign visual situations? (Scientists don’t have all the answers on the complexities of our brain’s processing of visual data.)

 

My work is rooted in the present moment as I work digitally native and wonder about humanity's future. We are predominantly fed dystopian images and messages about an antagonistic relationship with technology and computers. I’m here to evangelize the opposite. We control technology and have the power to utilize it to create positive outcomes. Technology is just a tool – we decide how it can best serve us. How will we navigate between our future worlds IRL and in the metaverse? I vote for the positive advancement of human ingenuity and creativity!

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