Maia Gambis is a French-Venezuelan artist, clinical psychologist, and researcher working between Europe and South America. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Bard College, New York (1999), and master’s degrees in Psychopathology and Psychoanalytic Studies from Université Paris 7, Denis Diderot (2008).

 

Her visual language explores human nature as both construct and organism, often staging dialogues between the human and the natural worlds. Working across photography, sculpture, painting, video/sound, and installation, her multidisciplinary practice bridges creative expression with ecological and social engagement.

 

In 2008, Maia founded Museo del Niño y del Niño en el Adulto (MNNA), a space for children—and the “child within”—dedicated to strengthening communities through the arts and self-expression. In 2010, she developed Ecuador visto por los niños (“Ecuador Seen Through the Children”), a photographic project with HIAS Ecuador and refugee youth. Most recently, she established Altavoz historias migrantes, a platform amplifying immigrant stories. She also led La Casa Escucha, a psychosocial initiative supporting early parent-child bonds at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE), where she taught from 2015 to 2025.

 

She is currently pursuing a PhD at Université Paris Cité, investigating the shared ground between the forest and the baby (FR) at the intersection of psychoanalysis, anthropology, and art. Within this context, she collaborates with Babylab Cerep-Phymentin in Paris.

 

Her artwork has been exhibited internationally and is held in public and private collections.