Maya Hodge

Maya Hodge is a Lardil writer and curator. Raised in Mildura and currently based on Wurundjeri Country, her multidisciplinary practice centres on First Peoples storytelling, sovereignty, and care. Maya’s writing spans exhibition catalogues, arts magazines, and creative projects, with work published in Meanjin, Kill Your Darlings, Un Magazine, Art Monthly Australasia, Art Guide, Hardie Grant, and Australian Poetry. In 2023, she was awarded the Varuna Residency Fellowship and named the inaugural MARION Fellow. Her poem Bidngen was also included in the VCE English and EAL, English Language, and Literature Guide.

Maya has co-edited and contributed to key publications, including Collective Movements: First Nations Collectives, Collaborations and Creative Practices from across Victoria (2022) and Ernabella Arts: Ceramic Warka Wiru 20 Years–Kutu (2024), and has edited online issues for West Space and Runway Journal. Her poetry manuscript was Highly Commended for the Copyright Agency First Nations Fellowship, she was runner-up for the SBS Emerging Writers’ Award, and her poem was longlisted for the Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers.

Maya has held curatorial roles with the Koorie Heritage Trust and Blak Dot Gallery and continues to create projects grounded in community, collaboration, and cultural storytelling. She holds a Bachelor of Art History and Curating from Monash University and currently works as Communications Coordinator at the Koorie Youth Council (KYC).

Photo by Peta Duncan