Maryann was born in England. Of her time spent there she retains grace and delicateness, which are fundamental to her practice. Her life for the past thirty-three years has occurred here, in Mauritius. It is on the tiny speck of land that she began painting twenty-five years ago. At a party she meets Serge Constantin who invites her to join his group of artist-friends who paint together in Port-Louis, quotidian scenes. She discovers Mauritius from a whole new angle. There, she spends hours painting with Constantin, David and the others. Her early life presages her phenomenal artistic career. At her boarding school, the asthmatic child is often found in the Art classroom. When evoking her métier, she explains, “c’est quelque chose que je ressens, quelque chose que je sais faire.” It is something she feels, that she knows how to do, like others can hear a melody without having learned solfège. She participates in several group installations and exposes for the first time alone in the nineties at the Hélène de Senneville gallery.  Maryann Maingard is frequently commissioned locally, which means that she does not have the time to put on her own shows. Her works are everywhere, from private collections to public institutions. She understands and adapts herself to the spaces she works in, relying often on large formats. Since 2010, she exhibits her work in England, as part of the permanent collection at the Josie Eastwood gallery. Her artwork can be found throughout the world, from Australia to the United-States, from England to the Indian Ocean.