Maya Graine is a multimedia artist from Morrison, Colorado whose work focuses on disability and chronic illness. Her pseudonym “Maya Graine” comes from the word “migraine,” as she suffers from migraines daily. She uses performance, soft sculpture, and video to confront viewers with the uncanny "other," or the medicalized body. Her work often includes abject and grotesque imagery, which is inspired by the invasive surgeries and treatments she has undergone. Her goal is to grasp the attention of the able-bodied, and challenge their preconceptions about disability.

Graine is a first-year MFA-VA candidate at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. She graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BA in Art from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Her work was recently on display at the European Culture Centre’s Palazzo Mora during the 2024 Venice Biennial. She always has her studio at Sam Fox open to the public, with a rotating display of in-progress and finished works. It is important to her to be open about her experiences with chronic pain in order to de-stigmatize the topic, so she invites questions about her artwork and its connection to disability.