Jeanette May’s Lightbox installation, “Tech Time Machine” at the 42nd St/Bryant Park subway station, is included in the Open House New York tour of MTA Arts & Design pubic art. The tour is being held on March 3, 2020 during Armory Arts Week. The tour is sold out, but there is a waitlist. May’s Lightbox installation can be seen any day throughout the year 2020 for the cost of a subway ride.
Public art installation in NYC subway station
Jeanette May’s “Tech Vanitas” photographs are displayed in the Bryant Park/42nd St/6th Ave subway station. As part of the MTA Arts & Design Lightbox Project, the exhibition Tech Time Capsule will be on view for the entire year of 2020!
MTA Arts & Design Lightbox exhibition at 42nd St & 6th Ave, New York City
Large light boxes of this type are most often used for advertising imagery, which is ideal for the “Tech Vanitas” photographs; at first glance they strongly resemble slick product shots. These still lifes address the desire for beautifully designed gadgets and the anxiety around ever changing technology.
This exhibit was generously sponsored by Griffin Editions and Kodak/alaris.
Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Still Life Photography
Jeanette May’s Tech Vanitas series won the 14th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers in the Still Life category. This international competition was juried by Rebecca Robertson, Photography Editor at PDN magazine, and Elizabeth Avedon, Independent Photography Editor and Curator. Prints for the Tech Vanitas series will be included in the award exhibition at the FotoNostrum Gallery in Barcelona, Spain, March 2020.
Photo Fairs - Shanghai 2019
Jeanette May’s “Tech Vanitas: Fiber Optics” greeted visitors to the Photo Fairs Shanghai. Additional photographs from this series could be seen in the Alter Gallery Studio booth at the fair.
Review in Chinese HOKKfabrica
Jeanette May’s “Tech Vanitas” series was featured in the Chinese women’s culture & lifestyle blog HOKKfabrica. Her photographic series referencing 17th Century Dutch vanitas paintings is examined as a contemporary example of artists exploring material possessions, life, death, and happiness.
Solo Exhibition - Hamilton OH
Jeanette May’s solo exhibition of Tech Vanitas at the Fitton Center for Creative Arts in Hamilton, OH, is on view August 10 - October 4, 2019. Opening reception with the artist on Friday, August 16, 5 - 9pm. Free and open to the public.
Jeanette May featured in LENSCRATCH
Lenscratch journal of contemporary photography features an interview with Jeanette May and images from her “Tech Vanitas” series, July 19, 2019.
Alter Gallery, Shanghai China
Jeanette May’s “Tech Vanitas” solo exhibition at Alter Gallery Studio in Shanghai, China. June 1 -30, 2019. https://www.altersh.net
Shanghai: Solo Exhibition of "Tech Vanitas" series
Jeanette May’s “Tech Vanitas” photography series will be on exhibit at Alter Gallery Studio in Shanghai, China, June 1 - 30, 2019. https://www.altersh.net
"Tech Vanitas" exhibition at University of Maine
Photographs from Jeanette May’s Tech Vanitas series are on exhibit at the Mantor Library, University of Maine at Farmington, as part of the University’s Art on Campus Program, January 22 – May 11, 2019.
Tech Vanitas: Dot Matrix
German magazine features "Morbidity & Mortality" photographs
The German women’s magazine, Barbara, features Jeanette May’s “Morbidity & Mortality” photographic series in issue #31, December 2018. The magazine aims to be smarter and funnier than the typical women’s magazine. The theme for this issue is “crime,” so May’s photos of pet toys as murder victims fit perfectly.
Open Studio October 18 - 20, 2018
Visit Jeanette May’s studio during the EFA Open Studio event. All artists in the EFA Studio Program participate by opening their studios to the public for 3 days of art, conversation, and a behind the scene view of art-making.
Oct 18, Thursday 6-10pm
Oct 19, Friday 6-9pm
Oct 20, Saturday 1-6pm
Jeanette’s studio #403
Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts (EFA)
323 W. 39th Street, New York, NY 10018
