_{Maiko is a Brazilian emerging artist currently based in Tio'tia:ke/Montréal whose work explores memory, myth, and materiality through tactile processes of analogue photography Working primarily with darkroom-based techniques, he creates images and sculptures using light-sensitive materials. Maiko layers 20th-century printing methods with experimental techniques to create new mythologies. Currently, Maiko is developing a new series that investigates the physicality of traditional analogue photography, examining the darkroom as both a sacred space and laboratory.}