Jeanette May Visual Artist

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Recent Exhibitions

2010

New Image Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, Photography & Literature

2009

ArtPrize 2009, Grand Rapids, MI, Take Care: The Art, Science & Bioethics of Motherhood

A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Solo Exhibition

The Center for Book Arts, Flo: art/text/new media, New York, NY, curated by Rocio Aranda-Alvarado

Marran Gallery, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA, Does Gender Matter? curated by Barbara O'Brien

A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Contemporary Humanism, curated by Rocio Aranda-Alvarado

2008

Heineman-Myers Contemporary Art, Bethesda, MD, Faux/Real, 2-person exhibition with Brady Robinson, gallery talk by Andy Grundberg

Gallery 1401, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Solo Exhibition

Iowa State Memorial Union Gallery, IA State University, Ames, IA, Solo Exhibition

Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts & Sciences, Loveladies, NJ, Works of Art on Paper, juried by Charlotta Kotik

Cal State Northridge Art Galleries, Northridge, CA, Reclaiming the “F” Word, organized by the Center for the Study of Political Graphics

Loranger Gallery of the University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI, Gender Politics

A.I.R. Gallery, NY, NY, Structured Incidents, curated by Charlotta Kotik

ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL, Are We There Yet? 30 Years of Feminism, juried by Mary Ellen Croteau

Rotunda Gallery, Roosevelt University, Schaumburg, IL, Solo Exhibition

A.I.R. Gallery, NY, NY, Generations VI invitational exhibition

2007

Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ, The Feminine Mystique, curated by Rocio Aranda-Alvarado

Williamsburg Art Center, Brooklyn, NY, Sun Pictures to Mega Pixels

Honfleur Gallery, Washington, DC, Girl Machine

Decker and Meyerhoff Galleries, MICA, Baltimore, MD, Artscape Sondheim Prize Semi-Finalists Exhibition, juried by Robert Storr, Becky Smith, and Derrick Adams

Heineman-Myers Contemporary Art, Bethesda, MD, Yummy

Illini Union Art Gallery, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, solo exhibition

Innis Town Hall, University of Toronto, Canada, Subjects of Hybridization

Washington Project for the Arts/Corcoran, Washington, DC, 9 x 10 Exhibition 1

A.I.R. Gallery, NY, NY, Made Out of the Ordinary, National Members Exhibition

2006

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Corcoran Faculty Biennial

Technopolis, Athens, Greece, Stop AIDS poster exhibition

Capitol Hill Arts Center, Washington, DC, Juried Photography Exhibition, juried by Bruce McKaig

Warehouse Gallery, Washington, DC, Art Romp #18

2005

Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, Power:  Sex, Politics, and the Pursuit of Global Domination

Washington Project for the Arts/Corcoran, Washington, DC, Seven, curated by F. Lennox Campello

Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, 8th International Open, juried by Lynne Warren

California State University, Fullerton, CA, Women Hold Up Half the Sky

3 Ten Haustudio, Atlanta, GA, Women's Caucus for the Arts, Gender in Motion, juried by Emma Amos

2004

A Shenere Velt Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Régime Change, juried by Carol Wells, Eric Gordon, and Ursula Kammer-Fox

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Corcoran Faculty Biennial

Runnels Gallery, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM, SNAP ’04, juried by Carol Squiers

2002

Washington Project for the Arts/Corcoran, Washington, DC, Not Yet Titled, juried by Chan Chao

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, Women Hold Up Half the Sky

2001

Sara Meltzer Gallery, NY, NY, Postcards From The Edge Benefit for Visual AIDS

Herndon Gallery, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH, Material Reconsideration

 

Education

MFA Photography, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

BFA  Painting, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL

Fellowships, Grants & Awards

Forward Thinking Museum, JGS Photography Contest, 1st Quarter Finalist, 2010

Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts, Janet & Walter Sondheim Prize, Semi-Finalist, 2007

Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Washington, DC, Juried Photography Exhibition, First Prize, 2006

A Shenere Velt Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Régime Change Exhibition, Best of Show, 2004

Ms. Foundation, Project Grant, Girl Germs Poster Project, 1998

Girl's Best Friend Foundation, Project Grant, Girl Germs Poster Project, 1997, 1998

Illinois Arts Council, Individual Artists' Fellowship Finalist, Photography, 1994

NEA Regional Artists Projects Grant, No More Nice Girls Project, 1992

City of Chicago, Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Visual Arts, C.A.A.P. Grant, 1992

Illinois Arts Council, Individual Artists' Fellowship Award, Photography, 1990

Bibliography

Easy on the Eyes, 2010, catalogue essay "Evocations of Desire," by Elizabeth Dastin

Flo: art, text, new media, 2009, exhibition catalogue essay by Rocío Aranda-Alvarado

Does Gender Matter: He, She, It–Third Person Singular, 2009, exhibition essay by Barbara O'Brien

Contemporary Humanism, 2009, exhibition essay by Rocío Aranda-Alvarado

Take Care: The Art, Science, and Bioethics of Motherhood, 2009, exhibition essay by Veronica Kavass

Faux/Real, 2008, exhibition talk by Andy Grundberg

Structured Incidents, 2008, exhibition essay by Charlotta Kotik

Washington Post, August 24, 2007, “At Area Galleries, Singularly Focused Groups,” exhibition review

The Feminine Mystique:  Contemporary Artists Respond, 2007, “The Problem that had No Name,” catalogue essay by Rocío Aranda-Alvarado

DCist.com, July 18, 2007, “Yummy at Heineman Myers Contemporary Art,” exhibition review

Gender in Motion, 2005, photo reproduced in exhibition catalogue

Women Artists Datebook 2005, Syracuse Cultural Workers, 2005, page illus. Wonder Woman

New Mexico Photography Magazine, Spring 2004, “Snap 2004 Exhibition,” photo reproduced

Actors & Activists: Politics, Performance, and Exchange Among Social Worlds, David Schlossman, Routledge 2002, interview and documentation of activist performance works

Love After 1950, Libby Larsen, Oxford University Press 2001, musical score cover illustration Barbecue

The Middlesex Beat, Groton, MA, April 2000, “Profile of the Month:  Jeanette May”

Women Artists Datebook 2000, Syracuse Cultural Workers, 2000, page illustration Barbecue

Ms. Magazine, August/September 1999, selected Girl Germs posters

Chicago Tribune Magazine, Feb. 1999, “The Art of Collaboration,” feature on Artemisia Gallery included reproduction of Sisterhood is Powerful

New City, Chicago, IL, January 15, 1998, “Tip of the Week:  Jeanette May,” exhibition review

Under the Sign of Hope, Leslie R. Bloom, SUNY Press 1998, book cover illustration Cake Walk

Exquisite Politics, Duhamel & Seaton, Tia Chucha Press 1997, book cover illustration Ballerina Cowgirl

Splice, 1997, “The Missionary Position,” catalogue essay by Matias Viegener

New City, Chicago, IL, December 4, 1997, “Art Break:  Beyond Renoir,” exhibition review including Girl Germs posters