EI Studio teamed-up with the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts (EFA) Studio Program to create a video series featuring EFA artists, offering viewers an opportunity to further understand the process of being a contemporary artist.
On October 20, 2022, Jeanette May gave an artist’s talk (via Zoom) at the Giertz Gallery in Urbana, Illinois. Several of her Tech Vanitas and Curious Devices photographs were included in the gallery’s “Family Ties” exhibition. The talk was recorded, and you may watch it on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK_wiLp8vGk.
Biography
Jeanette May is a photo-based artist using a critical, often playful approach to examine visual representation in the form of still lifes, portraiture, and figurative narratives. Her early training as a painter is evident in her careful compositions and rich color palette. Her current photographic projects address the material culture of technology, its planned obsolescence, and possible redemption.
Ms. May received her MFA in Photography from CalArts and her BFA in Painting from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She has been awarded grants, fellowships, and residencies from the NEA Regional Artists’ Projects Fund, Brooklyn Arts Council, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, and Ms. Foundation. Her work is exhibited in galleries and museums internationally, including New York; Washington, DC; Chicago; Los Angeles; Toronto, Canada; Barcelona, Spain; Milan, Italy; Shanghai, China; and Athens, Greece. Ms. May lives in Brooklyn, New York.