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romantic hoe solo exhibition
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MAIA DEL ESTAL PAINTING
Views from 'Romantic Hoe' exhibition. 
‘The only place I wanna sit is on your face’

57 x 67in - 170 x 145cm 

Spray-paint, charcoal, ink, acrylic on canvas.
2025

AFTER TWO YEARS OF NAVIGATING THE COMPLEXITY OF BEING IN LOVE, HEARTBROKEN, AND HORNY AT THE SAME TIME, I CREATED ROMANTIC HOE - AN EXPLORATION OF FEMALE SEXUALITY, MENTAL HEALTH, AND THE PROCESS OF HEALING THROUGH HUMOR AND VULNERABILITY. ROMANTIC HOE ISN'T ABOUT ROMANTICIZING PAIN OR "THE DICK".

IT'S ABOUT PUTTING THE FEMALE EXPERIENCE AND EMOTION AT THE CENTER - WITH ALL ITS TRAUMAS, CONTRADICTIONS, AND INTENSITY. IT'S ABOUT TRANSMUTING PAIN INTO STRENGTH, AND QUESTIONING THE STIGMAS AND DEPENDENCIES WOMEN ARE TAUGHT TO LIVE WITH.

THIS WORK IS ABOUT FREEDOM - ABOUT EMBRACING YOUR RAGE AND YOUR TENDERNESS.

IT'S BEING A SLUT WITHOUT SHAME. IT'S BEING CRAZY WITHOUT SHAME. BEING A ROMANTIC HOE IS RADICAL VULNERABILITY. IT'S BEING IN LOVE WITHOUT FEAR. BECAUSE WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A GODDESS AND A WHORE?

WE ARE BOTH.

MAIA DEL ESTAL PAINTING
Views from 'Romantic Hoe' exhibition. 
‘Deep water, deep blue, deep penetration in my ass’

57 x 67in - 170 x 145cm 

Spray-paint, pastel, oil-stick, acrylic on canvas.
2025

Romantic Hoe selection of drawings on paper (2023-2025)

Romantic Hoe was a pop-up exhibition held on October 11–12, 2025, at 22 Dobbin Street, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY, hosted by The Convent, a nonprofit space, in collaboration with Moody Magazine and Algeria Community. The show was open to the public for the weekend, with a private viewing available for a month.

The exhibition featured five large-scale paintings and twenty-five drawings on paper. All works where made from live model sessions (2023-2025) which I selected five of my favorite sketches and translated them into raw large canvases preserving the same materials as in the originals drawings.

The gallery was bathed in red light, with red roses scattered on the floor and the 'Pussy' audio playing through the space from time to time.

I also released the ROMANTIC HOE BOOK, a collection of typewriter poems, handwritten phrases, and scanned drawings, sold during the show.

MAIA DEL ESTAL PAINTING

'Sadness is similar to an orgasm' 

Pastel, spray-paint, acrylic and ink on canvas.

57 x 67in - 145 x 170cm 

2025

'Sadness is similar to an orgasm' (2025)
MAIA DEL ESTAL PAINTING

'You told me to make a painting every time I masturbate' 

Pastel, spray-paint, charcoal and marker on canvas.

57 x 67in - 145 x 170cm 

2025

'You told me to make a painting everytime I masturbate' (2025)
MAIA DEL ESTAL PAINTING

‘Dulce chocolate blanco con saliva’

57 x 67in - 145 x 170cm  

Spray-paint, graffito, charcoal, ink, acrylic on canvas.

2025

Romantic Hoe selection of drawings on paper (2023-2025)

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