Maria De Los Angeles is a Mexican-born, American artist who addresses ideas of migration, belonging, and identity through her drawing, painting, printmaking, and wearable sculptures. She holds an MFA from Yale School of Art (2015), a BFA from Pratt Institute (2013), and an Associate Degree from Santa Rosa Junior College (2010). 

  Maria was awarded the Blair Dickinson Memorial Prize by the Yale School of Art in 2015 and the William Aguilar Cultural Award in 2023, by the AHHE American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Inc. for her artwork and her role within her communities.

  She has been an Artist in Residence at the Sun Valley Museum of Art, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, MASS MOCA, El Museo del Barrio, LACMA, and Monira Foundation, among others. She has had solo exhibitions at Schneider Museum of Art (2018 & 2019), the Museum of Sonoma County (2019), and Goggleworks (2022).

  She is currently a Critic and Assistant Director of Graduate Studies for the Painting/Printmaking Program at the Yale School of Art. Her work will be on view in 2025 at the Sun Valley Museum of Art, in 2026 at the Fairfield University Art Museum, CT, and the Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR. De Los Angeles is based in Jersey City, NJ, Santa Rosa, CA, and New Haven, CT. Her work has been featured in Hyperallergic, Artnet, New York Magazine, HelloGiggles, and The Observer. IG @delosangelesart  mariadelosangelesart.com