ABOUT ANTHONY MAY

Anthony May
b. 1965

 

Anthony May finds inspiration in what he feels gives a city its character: the mesh of colors, cultures, graffiti, the effects of eroding signage, and other such varied textures of urban life. His paintings are often a vibrant, action-packed amalgamation of hand-scratched marks and symbols, patchy overpainting, and mixed-and-matched found materials in rich, bright colors. Another source of inspiration for May is the trajectory of child development he observes in the growth of his children.

May begins his paintings from meticulously observed preparatory sketches, but he relies on instinct to carry the work forward from there. As a result of their own developmental stages, the finished works become diaries of a process that maintains an open spontaneity and freshness. Educated at Pratt Institute in New York, Anthony May now lives and works in Alameda, California.

 

 

EDUCATION
1998       BFA, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014       “Anthony May”, Wall Gallery, Oakland, CA
2012       “Piece by Piece,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2007       “The Evolution Will Not Be Televised,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2005       “Synesthesia,” Hang Art Annex, San Francisco, CA
2003       “...and so it goes,” Hang Art Annex, San Francisco, CA
2001       “P’TING,” Hang Art Annex, San Francisco, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017      "Same, Same, But Different 6.0," Hang Art, San Francisco, CA

2017       “Roommates,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA

2015       Aqua Art Fair Miami, Hang Art, Miami, FL

2015       “Ordering,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA

2014       “Same, Same, But Different,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA

2014       “Re|Structure” Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
2013       “Cut and Paste,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2010       “Restructured,” Hang Art Annex, San Francisco, CA
2009       “Time Lapse,” Hang Art Annex, San Francisco, CA
2008       “Hueliday,” Hang Art Annex, San Francisco, CA
2008       “Painterly Painting: The Next Level,” The Art Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA
2006       AAFNYC Contemporary Art Fair, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY
2006       “New Lines: Drawn, Stitched and Sculpted,” Spur Projects, Portola Valley, CA
2006       “Alchemy,” Hang Art Annex, San Francisco, CA
2003       “CAN’T SLEEP,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2003       “FOUND/UNBOUND,” Palo Alto, CA
2003       “SECOND SIGHT,” CGSW, Seattle, WA
2002       “IN JEST, on the subject of toys,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
1999       “URBAN RYTHYMNS,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
1998       “INTRODUCTIONS 98,” Lawrence Hultberg, San Francisco, CA
1997       “ME, MYSELF and I,”Higbee, San Francisco, CA
1997       ColorGraphics, San Francisco, CA
1995       “(ART) word (ART),”Trojanowska Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1995       Art Explosion Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994       First Annual Shooting Gallery, San Francisco, CA

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Finn Gardiner, “The Art of Anthony May,” www.synchchaos.com, August 2010.
Peter Campion, “Painterly Painting: The Next Level” essay in exhibition catalog, 2009.
Samantha Chanse, “Inside City Limits,” TV interview for Time Lapse, group show, 2009.