Borders & Boundaries: Artist Talk Series // Maya Rose Edwards

Following the success of the 2025 artist talk series, Meadow Arts and Hereford College of Arts present Borders & Boundaries. In this second series, the new programme invites five artists whose practices explore borders, boundaries and marginal spaces, to offer their critical perspectives on identity, place and belonging.

In 2023, Maya completed the Mount Stuart Artists Residency. Their project TWOFOLD explored the connection between queer/rural identities on the Isle of Bute, resulting in a series of permanent works. 

A recipient of the RSA New Contemporaries Selection 2023 for which they received the Chalmers Award, Maya was also a member of the 2023/24 cohort of The School of the Damned and Maya has shown work at over 20 locations across the UK.

Their practice spans participatory public sculpture, intervention, text, and a range of visual output with a specific focus on accessible arts and everyday culture.

Meadow Arts have commissioned Maya for their BorderLands project. Working with communities in the border towns, Maya will create a sculptural work, film, soundscape and maps which will be shown in the BorderLands exhibition at Hay Castle in May 2026.

Recent projects have seen them curate a public show on London's Sloane St for Frieze Studios - and collaborate with sailors in Stranraer harbour empowering protest around changes to their waterfront.

Recent solo exhibitions include:

2025

Solo —
   Of Us & Others, Civic House, Glasgow
   Highland Boundary Fault Stile, Permanent Installation, Argyll, Scotland
Group —
   Forever Moving, Outpost Gallery, Norwich
   Modern Nature, Frieze Art Fair, London

2024

Solo —
   Raise The Sails, Stranraer, Scotland
   Unconformity, Marchmont House, Scottish Borders
Group —
   Blanket Bog, Glasgow (collaboration)
   Kissing Gate, Sculpture in the City, London

2023

Solo —
   TWOFOLD, Permanent Public Sculpture, Isle of Bute, Scotland
   Trans(Plant), Permanent Installation, Mount Stuart, Scotland
Group —
   Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh
   RSA New Contemporaries, Edinburgh

This talk series follows an incredible 2024 line-up that saw the likes of Hetain Patel and Bobby Baker visit our campus.

Funded in part by the Arts Council, and curated and delivered in partnership with the wonderful contemporary visual arts charity Meadow Arts, the series is proud to bring some of the leading voices in UK contemporary art to Hereford.

The series is free to attend - although advanced booking is always recommended due to high demand. We hope to see you at an event soon.