MAITE WAS BORN IN MEXICO CITY, WHERE SHE NOW LIVES AND WORKS.

HER WORK IS BASED ON THE EXPLORATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE USE OF COLOUR AS A TOOL TO CREATE A STRONGER CONNECTION BETWEEN THE VIEWER AND THE WORK DISPLAYED. HAVING HER INTEREST IN COLOUR ARISE FROM THE COMMON GROUND THAT EXISTS BETWEEN HER PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WITH THE USE OF COLOUR WITHIN THE MEXICAN CULTURE AND THE EFFECTS OF COLOUR SHE PERCEIVES FROM HER PERSONAL ARTISTIC PRACTICE, SHE TRIES TO USE HER WORK AS A WAY TO GET FAMILIAR WITH BOTH THE FAR-REACHING CAPABILITIES OF COLOUR AND ITS RESOURCEFULNESS WHEN TRANSFORMING EVERYDAY SCENARIOS INTO DESIRABLE REALITIES. AS HER PRACTICE HAS BEEN DEVELOPING, SHE HAS CONTINUALLY INCORPORATED AND SIMPLIFIED THE IDEA OF ARCHITECTURAL SHAPES. THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OBJECTS TO BE DEFINED BY THE SIMPLE OUTLINE OF THE FLAT COLOURS THAT FILL THEM PAIRED WITH ANGULAR GEOMETRIC DEVICES HAS BECOME INTEGRAL TO HER PRACTICE. SHE HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY CAPTIVATED BY THE INTENSIFIED SENSATION OF PLACELESSNESS THAT FLOODS THE COMPOSITIONS AND TRANSFORMS AN EVERYDAY SCENE INTO A PUZZLING SIGHT THAT STOPS THE IMAGE FROM BEING SIMPLY AN ADMIRABLE IMAGE INTO A VISUALLY ENGROSSING EXPERIENCE.