Maria Donnai lives in Hull, East Yorkshire. She graduated from Hull College with a BA(Hons) in Fine Art in 2022 and went on to complete an MA in Creative Practice in September 2024.

Maria works with a variety of different media, currently focusing on combining porcelain, glass and taxidermy to create collections consisting of multiple fragments. Influenced by natural history museums, she aims to encourage people to think about the fragility of life and the ongoing concerns about species extinction.