Maria Than

Maria Than is an Adobe Creative Resident at the V&A embedded in the Schools and Colleges team and focussing on her practice in AI and the Digital World. Maria is a Viet-British-French creative technologist, educator, and co-founder of Ricebox Studio. Based in London, she explores fragmented identity, Buddhism, and digital culture through AR, AI, and illustration. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (2021), she teaches at UAL, Central Saint Martins, and Greenwich University.

Maria Than will be speaking at the Museum AI Summit 2026 :

When Students Know More Than Teachers: AI in Museum Learning

How can museums meaningfully bring AI into learning programmes without the hype? This double-speaker case study from the V&A shares what happens when an AI creative technologist and a museum learning team design real education experiences together. Through programme examples, we’ll show how AI practice, pedagogy, and museum collections intersect in delivery: including what worked, what surprised us, and what we’re still figuring out. Expect practical insight, tested methods, and transferable approaches. Not promises, but real-world learning.