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Ares Maia ©

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Ares Maia is a New York City based
multi-disciplinary designer and visual artist.

Adobe Creative Cloud Feature
The New School Feature

Education

Parsons School of Design
BFA in Communication Design

Permanent Collection

Kristine Mann | Carl Jung Library
4 zines archived
2026

Pratt Institute’s Library
2 zines archived
2025

Metropolitan Museum of Art’s
Thomas J Watson Library
7 zines archived
2024

Guest Lectures

Secret Riso Club
4 Classes, Turning the Unseen into Zine, Guest Artist
April, 2026

Parsons Printmaking Club
Guest Lecture | 2-4pm March 11, 2026

Secret Riso Club
4 Classes, Self-Publishing, Guest Artist
June, 2025

Yale University
2 Lectures, Artist’s Books, Guest Artist
2025

Secret Riso Club | 1 Talk
How to Apply to Zine Fairs
with Sarula Bao, Ares Maia, Ryan Vasta
2025

Cornell University
Photobooks Workshop
Guest Artist and Instructor
2024

Cherry on Top Zine-Making Workshop
Guest Artist and Instructor
2024

Columbia University
Zines and Design
Guest Artist
2024

Parsons School of Design
Contemporary Photobooks Talk
Guest Speaker
2023

Highlighted
exhibitions / fairs

Parsons School of Design
Zolberg Institute | Guest Exhibitor
2025

New York Art Book Fair
MoMA PS1
2025

Brooklyn Summer Zine Fest
Secret Riso Club x Endless Editions
2025

Boston Art Book Fair
Boston University
2025

New Jersey Art Book Fair
Mana Contemporary
2025

Valentine’s Day Zine Fair
8-Ball Community
2025

Brooklyn Art Book Fair
Recess Gallery
2024

East Village Zine Fair
Printed Matter St Marks
and 8-Ball Community Zine Fair
2024

Brynn Cartelli’s BLUE Gallery
Two Custom Pieces Exhibited
East Village, NY
2024

Prada Store NYFW Feb. 2024 SoHo Print Feature in front of Prada Store, SoHo NY
2024

“HERE for Urban Justice Center” Gallery Auction | Two pieces up for bidding | East Village, NY
2024

Sunday Zine Fair Copy Machine Manifestos: Artists Who Make Zines
Brooklyn Museum
2023

Lucky Risograph
Lucky & Friends Holiday Market
2023

Rehearsal Art Book Fair
University Settlement Bungee Space x Accent Sisters
2023

Printed Matter / St Marks and 8-Ball Community Zine Fair
2023

Mentorship/ Jury

Advisory Juror
New Jersey Art Book Fair
Mana Contemporary Museum
May 2026

School of Visual Arts (SVA) | Mentor
Illustration MFA Student
September - December 2025

Press

2025 Parsons the New School
2025 Adobe Creative Cloud
2024 Hofstra Chronicle
2022 Allure Magazine
2022 Glamour Magazine
2020 i-D Magazine / VICE
2020 Elephant Art
2020 Blame Magazine
2021 Assemblage
2020 Daily Advent News