Maya Schenk is a Swiss and German artist of Transylvanian heritage, living and working in Berlin. She works with oil paint on canvas. She paints alla prima whilst maintaining an interest in traditional techniques of portraiture. Her artistic practice often involves the simultaneous creation of music alongside painting, having worked for ten years in music production. Her work often centres on identity and inner states. First exhibited in 2010, she is currently interested in doppelgängers.