ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

Maya Chachava was born in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia (former USSR). In 1993 she moved to United States.

 Maya has BFA in English Language from Tbilisi Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages in Tbilisi and BFA in Spanish from CWU. She did her graduate work at the University of Washington with an MFA degree in Painting in 2000.

Maya Chachava’s work has been featured in over 40 group exhibitions including Henry Art Gallery in Seattle, Affif Gallery in Philadelphia, Modern One Gallery in SLC, Stewart Gallery in Boise and New American Paintings in Open Press Studios in MA.

Her work has also been shown in solo exhibitions at Sarah Spurgeon Gallery at CWU, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Allied Arts Center In Richland, Gallery One and Linda Hodges Gallery In Seattle.

Maya Chachava has numerous awards including Dee Research Grant, Utah Arts Council Artist Grant, Marsh Fellowship, Farrell Merit Scholarship and Allied Arts Scholarship.

Maya Chachava was an Assistant Professor at the U of Utah from 2001-2005. She has accepted a position at CWU in 2005 and is currently teaching Painting and Drawing at the Art Department.