About
Lana Maytak is a sculptor and visual artist working with marble, photography, textile, and mixed media. She lives and works between the United States, Europe, and Asia, maintaining long-term studio relationships, marble sources, and professional networks across these regions.
Education and Training
Born and raised in Siberia, Russia, Lana has lived in Canada, the Netherlands, and the United States. She studied economics, statistics, and finance, and began her professional career in global development, working with the World Bank and related institutions.
She later transitioned into the technology sector, where she led Artificial Intelligence initiatives at Microsoft and taught graduate-level statistics and economics.
Raised by artistic grandparents, Lana was immersed in art and design from early childhood. She maintained an active artistic practice alongside her professional career until 2025, when she fully transitioned into full-time studio work.
Lana Maytak is a sculptor and visual artist working with marble, photography, textile, and mixed media. She lives and works between the United States, Europe, and Asia, maintaining long-term studio relationships, marble sources, and professional networks across these regions.
Education and Training
- Completed a marble sculpture course with Kyle Ann Smith in Pietrasanta, Italy
- Studied stone carving under Sabah Al-Dhaher at Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle
- Assisted and studied photography under Stuart Dee at Stuart Dee Photography, Vancouver
- Current instructor of Beginning and Continuing Stone Carving at Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle
- Solo sculpture exhibition, The Form Gallery, Seattle, December 19 to February 19 2025
Born and raised in Siberia, Russia, Lana has lived in Canada, the Netherlands, and the United States. She studied economics, statistics, and finance, and began her professional career in global development, working with the World Bank and related institutions.
She later transitioned into the technology sector, where she led Artificial Intelligence initiatives at Microsoft and taught graduate-level statistics and economics.
Raised by artistic grandparents, Lana was immersed in art and design from early childhood. She maintained an active artistic practice alongside her professional career until 2025, when she fully transitioned into full-time studio work.
Marble resists, humbles, and mesmerizes. It teaches patience — and love.
My sculptures begin with a single line — intuitive, unplanned, unsketched. From that first gesture, I search for tactile harmony, refining the form with my hands until the shape feels complete under my touch.
Each piece unfolds in real time, guided not by concept but by sensation, by trust, and by the evolving dialogue between body and stone.
Creation happens in a state of flow, when life slows down and all that remains is me, the marble before me, and the demons that crawl between us — ego, self-doubt, fear of wasting time, fear of not being good enough, fast enough, skilled enough. Sculpture demands presence. Stone does not yield to urgency or fear; it holds its own pace. And if I follow my demons, I lose the flow, and I get hurt.
Every sculpture becomes a choice: the comfort of familiar fears or the joy of creative flow.
Marble is my medium because of its power, not just in strength but in beauty. It resists, humbles, and mesmerizes. I often find myself standing in a cloud of white dust, exhausted after a long day’s work, caught in awe and falling deeper in love with what is slowly, patiently revealed.
When you see my work, I want you to be still — just for a moment — and let the feeling of harmony sink in. Whatever rises from that stillness is yours.
Each piece unfolds in real time, guided not by concept but by sensation, by trust, and by the evolving dialogue between body and stone.
Creation happens in a state of flow, when life slows down and all that remains is me, the marble before me, and the demons that crawl between us — ego, self-doubt, fear of wasting time, fear of not being good enough, fast enough, skilled enough. Sculpture demands presence. Stone does not yield to urgency or fear; it holds its own pace. And if I follow my demons, I lose the flow, and I get hurt.
Every sculpture becomes a choice: the comfort of familiar fears or the joy of creative flow.
Marble is my medium because of its power, not just in strength but in beauty. It resists, humbles, and mesmerizes. I often find myself standing in a cloud of white dust, exhausted after a long day’s work, caught in awe and falling deeper in love with what is slowly, patiently revealed.
When you see my work, I want you to be still — just for a moment — and let the feeling of harmony sink in. Whatever rises from that stillness is yours.