Ashley May

b. 1984 (South Deerfield, MA)

Education

2017 University of California, Riverside CA, MFA, Visual Arts

2007 Wesleyan University, Middletown CT, BA (Honors), Sculpture


Residencies

Shandaken Projects: Governors Island New York NY - Summer 2020

AZ West Work Trade Residency, Joshua Tree CA - December 2018

The Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency by Collar Works, Granville NY - July 2018

Land Arts of the American West A traveling field program investigating the intersection of geomorphology and human construction, at various locations including: Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake, UT; Sun Tunnels, Lucin, UT; Center for Land Use Interpretation, Wendover, UT; Double Negative, Mormon Mesa, NV; Jackpile Mine, Laguna Pueblo, NM; Adobe Alliance, Presidio, TX; Chinati, Marfa, TX; Very Large Array, Datil, NM; The Lightning Field, Quemado, NM; Cabinetlandia, Deming, NM - Fall 2015

Shandaken Projects Shandaken NY - Summer 2012

The Wassaic Project Wassaic NY - Winter 2012



Selected Exhibitions

Room 482, Brooklyn NY, "Cotton: Raw Material and Precious Metaphor", May 8 - June 30, 2021

Governors Island, NY NY, "Nolan Park", Oct 24 - 25, 2020

MoMA PS1, NY NY, "10 Years of Endless Editions at the NYABF", Sept 18 - 22, 2019

Collar Works, Troy NY, "MADE in Granville", Aug 31 - Oct 14, 2018

The Wassaic Project, Wassaic NY, "Change of State", May 12 - Sept 22, 2018

The International Print Center, New York NY, "Edging Forward: New Prints 2018", Jan 11 - Mar 28, 2018 (Artist Development Program Award Winner)

Oobleck, San Francisco CA, "Earth Body", Oct 27 - Nov 11, 2017

Human Resources Gallery, Los Angeles CA, "Sincerely," July 1 - 9, 2017

The Culver Center for the Arts, Riverside CA, "IIII", Apr 15 - May 7, 2017

The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock TX, "Land Arts of the American West", Apr 1 - May 6, 2016

The Riverside Art Museum, Riverside CA, "Play the Museum", June 18 - Aug 13, 2016

MoMA PS1, NY NY, "The New York Art Book Fair", Sept 12 - 18, 2016

The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles CA, "The Los Angeles Art Book Fair", Feb 23 - 26, 2016

Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York NY, "The Last Brucennial", Mar 7 - Apr 4, 2014

Pioneer Works, Brooklyn NY, "Spirit Happening", Nov 15, 2012

The Wassaic Project, Wassaic NY, "Return to Rattlesnake Mountain", June 17 - Sept 2, 2012

Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York NY, "Brucennial: 2012", Mar 1 - Apr 20, 2012

St. Cecilia's Convent, Brooklyn NY, "The Curse of the Pharaohs", Oct 1 - 30, 2010

The Invisible Dog Gallery, Brooklyn NY, "Recession Art: No Money, No Problems", Oct 3 - 10, 2009

Super/Prime, Brooklyn, NY "717 Prospect Place", Aug 28 - Sept 26, 2009

Brooklyn Artist's Gym, Brooklyn NY "Recession Art Inaugural", April 18 - 22, 2009


Contact: ashley.e.may at gmail.com