Maïra Villena is a multidisciplinary visual artist and actress, born to a Belgian mother and a Peruvian father. Working primarily in painting and drawing, her practice is rooted in a desire to awaken memory and explore her relationship with time, emotion, and human connection.
Portraiture—particularly self-portraiture—plays a central role in her work, serving as a lens through which she examines the deeper layers of identity and being. Her subjects, often rendered with striking expressiveness, speak to broader narratives around intimacy, social dynamics, and the emotional traces we leave on one another.