Unserious Ecocriticism: Humor, Play & Environmental Destruction in Art & Visual Culture. Co-edited by Maria Lux and Jessica Landau, the book includes contributions by 18 scholars and artists. Published by Amherst College Press, Amherst MA, 2026.

Uncertain Times, 2022. To purchase a physical copy, contact the artist. To view a digital version, click here. 

Forward! To the Past, with an essay by Dr. Katharine Mershon, published by Paper Machine at Antenna Projects, New Orleans, LA, 2021. To purchase a physical copy, visit Paper Machine’s site. To view a PDF version, click here:
Forward! To the Past.

Famous Monsters, 4-color Risograph, edition of 200, printed by Work Press & Publication), 2019. Copies of the comic can be purchased at Work Press & Publication You can view the full PDF of the comic here.

Dreambook Catalog - for Peter, part of the exhibition Playing House, 2018

Dreambook Catalog - for Lucy, part of the exhibition Playing House, 2018

Much to Digest, collection of essays and images accompanying exhibition at Upfor gallery, 2016

“Art as a way of knowing (and not knowing) animals”, essay for Animals and Society: An Introduction to Human-Animal Studies, Vol. 2, Ed. by Margo DeMello  |  Columbia University Press, 2021

Burger King essay and images for The Art of the Animal: 14 Women Artists Explore the Sexual Politics of Meat, Lantern Books | New York, 2015

“Magnify” essay and images for Antennae: the Journal of Nature in Visual Culture, Issue 49: Making nature | London, UK, 2020

“Maria Lux Champions Serpentswith Carnation Contemporary ArtShow “Heart and Mind, Blood and Nerves”, by Andrew Jankowski, Willamette Week, published July 8, 2025

Question the Reach, Vicki Krohn Amorose Overlap and Outliers: Essays on Carnation Contemporary's Exhibitions 2020-2021. To view a PDF of the essay, click here. To purchase the print book (which helps support Carnation’s programming) visit here.

Exploring Crossover: As Above, So Below  interivew with Kyle Adam Kalev Peets, Maria Lux, and writer Eden Redmond, 2022

Guest on the Open Call Podcast, hosted by Anne Stagg and Laura Tanner, 2021

Assembling Animal Communication catalogue, curated by Kevin Chua, Landmark Arts, Texas Tech University School of Art, Lubbock, TX, 2019

"Stealing Hearts and Making a Mess: Dominus by Maria Lux at DEMO", Dulcee Boehm, Sixty Inches from Center, published October 10, 2017

“Art Vultures: The Great Indian Vulture Crisis inspired appetizing art in "Eat, Drink, and Be Merry." Jennifer Rabin, Willamette Week, published July 19, 2016

Float (with essay by Ron Broglio), University Galleries, William Paterson University | Wayne, NJ, 2015