Maxie Adler is a Tucson-based artist whose work traces stories held in landscape and vanishing wild places, with an eye towards archiving the ephemeral or unseen.

Maxie was born and raised in the Sonoran Desert and is deeply rooted in its textured and resilient lands. Her work honors the water, plants, and wildlife that call the region home. Through public installations, land-based works, and community engagement, she highlights the threads that bind us to each other and the natural world, bridging environmental consciousness with collective care.

Maxie holds an Honors BFA in Fibers from Arizona State University. Her work has been covered by Arizona Daily Star, KJZZ, and BorderLore.

Her recent works include Landing Place, a temporary installation along the Santa Cruz River supported by MOCA Tucson’s Night Bloom Grant. She currently serves on the organizing councils of both the Santa Cruz River Refuge Coalition and the Tucson Birthplace Open Space Coalition (TBOSC), contributing to local environmental and cultural preservation efforts.

PUBLICATIONS/MEDIA

  • Landing Place, temporary land-based installation, Spring 2025, MOCA Night Bloom Grant Recipient 2024-25, Tucson, AZ

  • You Are Here, mural and sculpture installation, 2025, Dobson Ranch Library, Mesa, AZ

  • Bank Like You Live Here, mural for Vantage West Credit Union, 2025, Tucson, AZ 

  • O:ṣhad Returns, That’s a Wrap Utility Box Public Art, 2024, Tucson, AZ

  • When We Do it Together, mural, 2024 - Mission Garden, Tucson, AZ

  • Tucson Holiday Ice, seasonal mural, 2023 - Tucson Holiday Ice Rink, Tucson, AZ

  • Degrees of Commitment: Climate, Ecosystems, and Society, national juried exhibition, Sept-Dec 2023 - Arrowmont’s Sandra J. Blain Galleries, Gatlinburg, TN 

  • Outside In: From the Streets of Tempe to the Studio, curated exhibit, 2023 – Tempe Public Library, Tempe, AZ

  • The Party Underground, mural, 2022 – Tempe Public Library, Tempe, AZ

  • Pollinators of the Sonoran Desert, mural, 2022 – Blenman/Elm Neighborhood, Tucson, AZ

  • Donde Mueren Los Sueños (Where Dreams Die), curated group exhibit, 2022 – Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, AZ & Hilltop Gallery, Nogales, AZ, Sept 2021

  • Wildlife Know No Borders, Endangered Species Mural Project, 2021 – Jewish History Museum, Tucson, AZ

INSTALLATIONS/EXHIBITIONS

LANDING PLACE, 2025

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Join us this Saturday, May 10th for the closing reception for Landing Place & Santa Cruz River Day celebration! 5pm-sundown at Verdugo Park (902 s Verdugo Ave) -Final day to view LANDING PLACE installation with artists @maxie.adler and @kimieis
opening reception for LANDING PLACE felt really magical. Many people together in the river-some for the first time!- meandering, observing, talking, & learning. Thank you. You can visit #landingplacescr anytime between NOW and May 10th from eit
come see what @kimieisele & I have been making! a collaboration with the Santa Cruz River. opening reception this Saturday, May 3rd, 5pm at Verdugo Park. let’s be outside and together. 🌱 LANDING PLACE: A temporary installation and celebr
Personally, 2024 was by far the hardest year of my life. I spent over 50% of it not being able to walk (after also not being able to walk most of 2023!) and yet, art-wise, 2024 was magical. It’s kinda crazy that my art has taken me farther tha
“O:ṣhad Returns, with Friends” Second utility box with more larger than wild-life. Love these guys ✨ go find them! 📸 @artsfoundtucson
“O:ṣhad Returns“ This is one of two utility boxes I designed this year. This concept came to me after seeing a photo of the new (to us) jaguar who was spotted in the Sky Islands this spring. He was named O:ṣhad Ñu:kudam, which mea
Throughout most of my life, I’ve surrendered to the process. Especially in my art practice… I expect, accept, anticipate, have even grown to love that throughout much of -making- I have no idea what I’m -making- at all. I just trus
It was a glorious morning to visit & finally photograph this completed mural @missiongarden 🌱 this project was a collaboration of many hands, including youth artists from the pascua yaqui boys and girls club. Come to the unveiling April 13th at