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Maryam Adib is a 26 year-old multidisciplinary artist that graduated from SUNY Cortland in 2020. She works primarily in oil paint, gauche and screenprinting.
Her art centers around themes of racial and environmental justice, exploration of the self and the unconscious/ conscious mind. Her art has transformative qualities, often examining the ails of society and transforming feelings of despair and anger into hopeful, beautiful art.
In her art practice, Maryam uses a variety of painting and drawing mediums. This act of building imagery from nothing is the nexus of her philosophy in art. Building and creating illusions with paint in order to dispel old illusions such as societal norms, into something fresh and new. The idea of art mimics society itself, society seeks to create its own illusions, standards and practices.
Maryam believes the artist can be the catalyst to creating and manifesting what society needs in order to heal. Whether that means creating beauty, dispelling myths, spreading messages or just creating joy.