Maja Štefančíková creates temporary performative situations. She interested in the role of a spectator as a subject and an object of and artwork. She aims to understand the effort audience members put into the perception and understanding, or lack thereof, of an artwork and the interpretation that ensues. Further, the artist explores social phenomena such as work, institutionalized spaces, and the current art ecosystem, in relation to aesthetic experiences, perception and memory.

Maja Štefančíková has exhibited work at House of Arts Brno, Czech Republic; Ars Electronica Center, Linz, Austria; Kunstverein Eisenstadt, Austria, among others.