About
Maisy Aykroyd is a Cambridge based botanical artist, recently graduating with a BA in Fine Art from Norwich University of the Arts. Her work features vulnerable and emotive themes including love, grief, commemoration, and personal heritage. Inspired by the ancient Japanese practice of Ikebana, she combines her passion for flower arranging with photography and printmaking to create highly detailed, intricate imagery. Aykroyd uses her practice as a cathartic means of honouring and connecting with her loved ones (especially those she has lost) through their collective appreciation for the natural world. She hopes to provide a quiet space for transient reflection, encouraging mindfulness, healing, and spiritual growth.
Exhibitions
Awards & Prizes
John Innes Centre, Norwich - ‘Growing in Knots’
2024
2025
Undercroft Gallery, Norwich - 'Norwich University of the Arts Fine Art Student and Staff Interim Show'
Norwich University of the Arts St George's building, Norwich - 'GradFest Exhibition'
Truman Brewery, London - 'Free Range Graduate Showcase'
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair Online - 'The Director's Cut'
St Margarets Church, Norwich - '25th Year Norwich Print Fair'
Upcoming Exhibitions
Ironbridge Gallery, Shropshire - 'Ironbridge Fine Arts Printmaking Competition'
2025
Fireworks Factory, Royal Arsenal, London - 'Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair'
East Anglia Art Fund - John Alston Prize for Fine Art
2025
Norwich Print Fair - Inaugural Emerging Printmaker Award
Ironbridge Fine Arts Printmaking Competition- AW Hainsworth Prize
