MFA, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2010
BFA, Arcadia University, 2006

Awards & Grants

• First Prize, Sculpture, Art of the State, PA State Museum, Harrisburg, PA (2023)
• Art of the State Purchase Prize, PA State Museum, Harrisburg, PA (2018)
• First Prize, Sculpture, PA State Museum, Harrisburg, PA (2018)
• First Prize, Painting, Ambler Arts Center, Ambler, PA (2018)
• Kutztown University Outstanding Mentor in Alternative Settings Award (2017)
• Leeway Foundation Art and Change Grant Recipient (2014)
• PA Council on the Arts Grant Recipient (2014–2023)
• The Pollination Project Grant Recipient (2015–2019)

Fellowship

Center for Emerging Visual Artists (CFEVA) Fellow, Philadelphia, PA (2020–2022)

Selected Exhibitions

• Pen & Brush Gallery, Spectalia, New York, NY (2026)
• Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA (2026)
• A Scrutiny Mutiny, Hook Experiment, Oxford, PA (2025)
• Under the Microscope (two-person exhibition), Creative York, York, PA (2025)
• Art of the State (First Prize, Sculpture), State Museum of PA, Harrisburg, PA (2023)
• CFEVA, Philadelphia POST, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA (2021)
• Together We Can Make a Difference, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA (2020)
• Fleisher Wind Challenge (2nd Round), Philadelphia, PA (2019)
• 51st Annual Art of the State, State Museum of PA, Harrisburg, PA (2018)
• The Art of Recovery, Montgomery County Community College, Pottstown, PA (2017)
• The Woman Represented, International House, Philadelphia, PA (2012)

Community Involvement

• Board Member, Public Defenders Advisory Board of Montgomery County, Norristown, PA (Current)
• Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Alumni Council (2018–2021)
• Grant Panelist, PA Council on the Arts / Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance (2015–2018)
• Founder & Director, Brush With the Law (2013–Present)

Professional Experience

• Founder & Director, Brush With the Law — community-based public arts and reentry program, Philadelphia, PA (2013–Present)
• Grant Advisor, The Pollination Project, Arts & Culture Division (2016–2020)
• Mural Arts Restorative Justice Program, Graterford Maximum Security Prison (2017–2018)
• Instructor, University of Pennsylvania Center for Rehabilitation, Philadelphia, PA (2010–2013)

Selected Bibliography

• “Make it more beautiful”: Mural installed at Mattie Dixon Community Cupboard in Ambler — The Reporter (2021)
• PA Art of the State Sculpture Spotlights 5535 — PennLive (2018)
• Maria Maneos on Incarceration and the Opioid Crisis — Paula Cahill Blog (2018)
• Art on Trial — Psychology Today (2015)
• Montco Jail Art Class — The Philadelphia Inquirer (2015)

Speaking Engagements

TEDx Speaker, “The Big Idea,” Arcadia University, Glenside, PA (2017)