Maida Branch

Maida Branch was born and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico and is of Pueblo, Ute, Genízara descent ( P ‘ æ ‘ kilâ, Pecos Pueblo, Dilia, NM) - her family has been living on Pueblo Territory since time immemorial. 

Inspired by her family and the land from which they came, she founded MAIDA in 2017 - a collective of Indigenous and Indo-hispano artists.

Artists stories are told by Maida Branch via thoughtfully, collaboratively curated products/objects, photography, and short films about community, place, and re-matriation. Storytelling is also shared and told with / shed project, run by her partner Johnny Ortiz - together they have a farm in Northern New Mexico, where they live in a 200 yr-old adobe home and raise criollo cattle, and churro sheep.

Maida has an MFA from the New School. Her work has been featured in Vogue, Architectural Digest, Form & Concept Gallery, Elle Decor, Santa Fe Arts Institute, Botanical Colors, and RISD Nature Lab ‘Regeneration Series’, and most recently the first Re/WORKED circular design summit supported in partnership with the United Nations (https://www.reworked.fashion/)