RITA MAAS
RITA MAAS
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Today I Got Up
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Drawing In Three Easy Steps
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A New Family Album
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Learning Curves uses the familiar language of early education (crayons, pens, notebooks, rulers) to explore a moment where truth feels increasingly unstable. By distorting these tools and lessons, I reflect on the breakdown of shared knowledge, the rise of censorship, and the erosion of meaning that I have witnessed in recent years. Within this body of work, I consider what I’ve been taught and what risks being erased. Read Full Project Statement Here
Composition in CYMK++_v1 (2022)
Monoprint on Archival Inkjet Print
6 unique 17" x 22" prints / installation dimensions variable
Composition in CYMK++_v2 (2022)
Monoprint on Archival Inkjet Print
6 unique 17" x 22" prints / installation dimensions variable
I'm Sorry I'm Sorry I'm Sorry / 2023.02 (2023)
Graphite and Colored Pencil on BFK Rives Paper, push pins
15" x 20"
I'm Sorry I'm Sorry I'm Sorry / 2023.07 (2023)
Graphite and Colored Pencil on BFK Rives Paper, push pins
15" x 20"
I'm Sorry I'm Sorry I'm Sorry / 2023.04 (2023)
Graphite and Colored Pencil on BFK Rives Paper, push pins
15" x 20"
I'm Sorry I'm Sorry I'm Sorry / 2023.03 (2023)
Graphite and Colored Pencil on BFK Rives Paper, push pins
15" x 20"
Words Fail Me (2022)
Monoprint on Archival Inkjet Print, map pins
26 - 8.5"x11" unique prints / installation dimensions 34" x 77"
Words Fail Me Too (2022)
Layered Monoprints, map pins
8 - 8.5"x11" unique prints / installation dimensions 34 x 22"
Every Color in the Box/ Left Hand, Right Hand (2024)
Graphite and Crayola Crayon on BFK Rives Paper
22 x 30"
Every Color in the Box / Left Hand Right Hand / Spectrum 24.29 (2024)
Graphite and Crayola Crayon on BFK Rives Paper
22 x 30"
Every Color in the Box / Melted Shavings 24.21 (2024)
Graphite and Crayola Crayon on BFK Rives Paper
30 x 11"
Every Color in the Box / Melted Shavings / Spectrum 24.25 (2024)
Graphite and Crayola Crayon on BFK Rives Paper
30 x 11"
Every Color in the Box / Melted Stubs 24.07 (2024)
Graphite and Crayola Crayon on BFK Rives Paper
30 x 11"
Every Color in the Box / Melted Shavings / Spectrum 24.23 (2024)
Graphite and Crayola Crayon on BFK Rives Paper
30 x 11"
Every Color in the Box / Melted Shavings / Spectrum 24.19 (2024)
Graphite and Crayola Crayon on BFK Rives Paper
30 x 4"
Every Color in the Box / Fortune Teller / Open 23.30 (2024)
Crayola Crayon on folded paper
22 x 11"
Every Color in the Box 2409/ Lined Up (2024)
Graphite and Crayola Crayon on BFK Rives Paper
30 x 8"
Every Color in the Box 2410/ Lined Up/ Spectrum (2024)
Graphite and Crayola Crayon on BFK Rives Paper
30 x 8"
Cristal Blue, You Gave Me All You Had, 25.01 (2025)
Bic Ballpoint Pen on Paper
18 x 24"
Cristal Blue, You Gave Me All You Had, 25.04 (2025)
Bic Ballpoint Pen on Paper
18 x 24"
Cristal Blue, You Gave Me All You Had, 25.06 (2025)
Bic Ballpoint Pen on Paper
18 x 24"
Cristal Blue, You Gave Me All You Had, 25.09 (2025)
Bic Ballpoint Pen on Paper
18 x 24"
Cristal Blue, You Gave Me All You Had, 25.11 (2025)
Bic Ballpoint Pen on Paper
18 x 24"
Cristal Blue, I Thought You Were Done, 25.14 (2025)
Bic Ballpoint Pen on Paper
18 x 24"
Cristal Blue, I Thought You Were Done, 25.16 (2025)
Bic Ballpoint Pen on Paper
18 x 24"
Cristal Blue, I Thought You Were Done, 25.18 (2025)
Bic Ballpoint Pen on Paper
18 x 24"
Letters To My / Do You Really Believe That, 25.39 (2025)
Graphite and Ink on Paper
8 x 9"
Letters To My Brother, You Gotta Be Kidding, 25.34 (2025)
Graphite and Ink on Paper
8 x 9"
Letters to my Brother / We Should All Be Disturbed By This, 25.40 (2025)
Graphite and Bic Ballpoint Pen on Paper
8 x 9"
Letters To My Brother / Are You For Real, 25.44 (2025)
Graphite and Bic Ballpoint Pen on Paper
8 x 9"
Letters To My Brother / I Can't Even, 25.30 (2025)
Graphite and Ink on Paper
18 x 24"
Letters To My Brother / We Should all Be Outraged, 25.31 (2025)
Graphite and Ink on Paper
18 x 24"
Letters To My Brother / Are You Not Disturbed By This, 25.32 (2025)
Graphite and Ink on Paper
18 x 24"
Letters To My Brother / That's Not How It Works, 25.27 (2025)
Graphite and Bic Ballpoint Pen on Paper
18 x 24"
Letters To My Brother / Give Me A Break, 25.28 (2025)
Graphite and Bic Ballpoint Pen on Paper
18 x 24"
Flash Card Shuffle 24.19 (2024)
Stabilo Crayon on Paper
600
30 x 22"
Flash Card Shuffle 24.07 (2024)
Vinyl Paint, Stabilo Crayon on Flash Cards Collaged on Board
20 x 16"
Flash Card Shuffle 24.22 (2024)
Stabilo Crayon on Paper
600
30 x 22"
Flash Card Shuffle 24.27 (2024)
Vinyl Paint and Stabilo Crayon on Paper
30 x 22"
10,20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90 &100 ThumbTacks (2024)
Graphite on Paper
10 - 19 x 24" drawings
Bubble Answer Sheet
Ink on paper
2023
6 unique 17 x 22 prints
How Do You Measure (up)? 23.01 (2023)
Ballpoint Pen on BFK Rives Paper
15" x 22"
How Do You Measure (up)? 23.05 (2023)
Ballpoint Pen on BFK Rives Paper
15" x 22"
How Do You Measure (up)? 23.04 (2023)
Ballpoint Pen on BFK Rives Paper
15" x 22"
How Do You Measure (up)? 23.07 (2023)
Ballpoint Pen on BFK Rives Paper
7.5" x 22"
How Do You Measure (up)? 23.06 (2023)
Ballpoint Pen on BFK Rives Paper
7.5" x 22"