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Maïa Nunes (they/them) is an Irish-Trinidadian performance artist whose inter-disciplinary practice explores legacies of colonialism, the transformative and world-conjuring potential of performance, and song as a liberation and healing practice.

In 2021 Maïa’s video performance work Arima was purchased by the Irish Museum of Modern Art for their permanent collection and they had the first international showing of their work Crossings in Silver Tongued Seas exhibition, at Jupiter Woods Gallery, London. Maïa is also a 2021-22 Arts Council Next Generation Artist.

Maïa is co-founder of Origins Eile, a grassroots organisation centring Queer Black people & People of Colour in Ireland.