About the Artist
Originally born and raised in Saint Louis, Missouri, Maria Esswein is a multidisciplinary artist living in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
She received her MFA in Intermedia in 2023 from the University of Texas at Arlington, and her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture in 2020 from Southeast Missouri State University.
Esswein’s interdisciplinary work focuses on the exploration of gender, art, and religion through a feminist perspective. Her current body of work is a further analysis and challenge of the set ideals and expectations she was indoctrinated through soft sculpture, photography, ceramics, and performance.