Maya Edelman is an animator and illustrator who was born in Kiyv, USSR and moved to New York in 1993, where she studied animation and film at Pratt institute and is currently living and working. Her animation work includes collaborations on award winning projects, including the Mushrooms episode of Broad City for which she won an EMMY award for excellence in motion design. She works as a visual development artist and animation director, and teaches at Parsons and Pratt Institute. Her 52 channel installation “Dream City” for MTA's art and design program was recently on view at Fulton Center in lower Manhattan. She was the animation director and designer for the film More Than I Want To Remember which made the 2023 Oscar shortlist. She received an EMMY in the "individual achievement in animation" category for her color design for the film.

contact: maya.edelman@gmail.com