Selected Exhibitions
2026 Solo Show (Upcoming)
Home of the Brave (Dreamer)
Oak Cliff Cultural Center I Dallas, TX I 10/03-11/13/2026
Recipient of the Nasher Artist Grant in Honor of Jeremy Strick, Claudia Maysen will create a life-sized installation of two dioramas and eighteen paper-doll-like figures exploring immigrants’ rights in Texas. Home of the Brave (Dreamer) reflects on DACA’s instability and the everyday challenges faced in Texas’s colonias, while Beyond Papers, People examines how immigrants are reduced to “papeles”—legal documents or disposable figures—referencing ICE detention practices and the Earle Cabell Federal Building to question how rights are stripped under the guise of law. Using simplified, storybook-inspired imagery and mixed media on paper and foam board, the installation highlights fragility, resilience, and the human stories often lost in polarized immigration debates.
2025 Solo Show
Fabricated Games
Artes de la Rosa I Fort Worth, TX I 03/14-04/12/2025
Fabricated Games examines the social, economic, and political systems that enable gun violence in America, as well as the resilience of the communities that endure it. Featuring installations, paintings, videos, and sculptures begun in 2022 after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, the show builds on Maysen’s ongoing research into AR-15 ammunition—its symbolism, its ubiquity in many American homes, and the haunting way its exploded form resembles a flower. Her investigation extends beyond mass shootings to consider how gun violence disproportionately harms women, people of color, and other historically marginalized communities. Together, the works invite a thought-provoking conversation that is both illuminating and empowering.
2024 Solo Show
Playthings
5 Points Art Gallery I Milwaukee, WI I 09/06-10/27/2024
Through oversized game pieces, still-life paintings of flower-like bullets, neon-hued doll faces, and abstract mixed-media works, Playthings exposes the interconnectedness of power structures, cultural narratives, and individual agency. Interactive elements, including an oversized chessboard and a ceremonial-looking Jenga game, cast viewers as participants in a rigged system, while sculptural and painted works evoke both dehumanization and resilience. Together, the pieces invite reflection, spark dialogue, and encourage a deeper reckoning with one of the nation’s most urgent crises.