is a queer visual artist working with abstract, experimental mixed-media painting. Her practice is guided by intuition, color, and texture. Rather than beginning with a fixed concept, Maike allows each work to unfold through material exploration — following her love of layered surfaces, diverse textures, and the emotional language of color. Her paintings carry a sense of openness and play. Within these abstract compositions, subtle traces of sapphic symbolism sometimes appear, quietly becoming part of the work’s emotional and visual world.