Maurer was born in Portsmouth and now lives and works in London. Remembered places, many from the south coast have provided her with subject matter; she now lives on a boat, which also informs the content and visual qualities within her current practice. Maurer studied Visual and performing arts at Brighton University before completing an MA in glass at The Royal College of Art.
Glass and light are materials often employed by the artist to create installations for exhibition and site-specific projects. The ideas and themes often evolve through experimenting with these combined mediums in different ways, for example by placing glass objects placed on top of Overhead projectors. Here she creates miniature three-dimensional glass models, which the light passes through to cast a life-size image of the same scene onto the wall. This has recently been developed through filming the optical effects created during their construction and projecting these along side.
She likes the process of making to 'reconstruction' and a search for something familiar as though the pieces might already exists and the work is to find them.
Maurer has worked on several public commissions, most recently creating a site-specific installation for the Arts Council Offices, London.
She teaches part time at Central Saint Martins School of Art, and was the winner of the 2003 Jerwood Prize for Glass.