Estelle Maisonett

Estelle Maisonett (b. 1991, Bronx, NY) is an interdisciplinary artist whose work spans photography, printmaking, sculpture, painting, and video. She holds an MFA in Painting and Drawing from Yale University and a BFA from SUNY Purchase College. Central to her practice is the exploration of found objects and materials, which she recontextualizes to examine established notions of identity, history, and memory. Through life-size collages and sculptural installations, Maisonett uses discarded garments and urban detritus to create compositions that reflect on the relationship between personal and collective narratives. Her work engages with themes of cultural fragmentation, and the complex intersection of Nuyorican and Mexican-American identity, examining how materials preserve and alter our understanding of the past and present.