He pursued extensive mentored independent study in gross anatomy at Santa Monica College, completing an anatomical atlas in 2003.
His work has been shown in invitational and juried exhibitions in New York, Washington DC, California,[3] Ohio, Missouri, and Oregon.
The work in his 2012 Manhattan solo show Blue Leah, at Dacia Gallery [5] was reviewed as follows by The Huffington Post:[6] ...we see the subject as a living, breathing human being.
While the depictions of Leah are naturalistic, there is an additional sense of slow, careful looking that brings an extra jolt of radiance to her body, reviving the mysteriousness of flesh...He has produced work in collaboration with installation artist Erika Johnson,[7] author Kathleen Rooney,[8] and actor Martin Donovan.
[11] Maidman’s collectors include Chicago entrepreneur Howard A. Tullman,[12] best-selling novelist China Miéville, and New York Magazine senior critic Jerry Saltz.