Maria McStay (b. 2002) is an artist and maker currently based in Strangford, Northern Ireland. She recently graduated from Edinburgh College of Art with First Class BA (Hons) in Sculpture and is continuing her practice part-time. 

She is the recent recipient of the Lyon & Turnbull Graduate Prize (2025) and the Astaire Prize (2025). Her work will be featured in Earth Matters at the Royal Botanic Gardens from March to October 2026, and in the Lyon & Turnbull Showcase at the Edinburgh Saleroom in August 2026.

She is partaking in week long residencies at The Tyrone Gutherie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, and at Sweeney's Bothy on the Isle of Eigg in the upcoming year of 2026.