Born in 1977 in Jerusalem, Maya Schindler earned a BFA at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem (2000) and an MFA from Yale University (2002). She has had solo exhibitions at the Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles (2010), University Art Museum, Long Beach State University (2008); Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston (2007) and Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles (2006).