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BIOGRAPHY
May Leichi (楊磊琦) is a New York-based artist from Queens (NYC). She creates representational and non-representational paintings using a variety of mediums. Her oil works include still-lifes, plein-air cityscapes, and surrealist portraitures. Her mixed media collages explore faith and identity narratives inspired by the Bible, post-colonial theology, and life experiences.
A graduate of Wellesley College and Columbia University, she has studied anatomical drawing, painting, and mixed media at the Art Students League of New York. She is completing a Master of Arts in Biblical Literature (Old Testament) at Alliance Theological Seminary in New York City. |
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 #ArtOnLink, LinkNYC public art exhibition program by Intersection Media, New York, NY
2022 Student Show, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery/Art Students League of New York, New York, NY
2022 In + Sight All Parish Art Exhibition, Undercroft Gallery/Church of the Heavenly Rest, New York, NY
2021 Holiday Art Sale, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery/Art Students League of New York, New York, NY
2020 Art Sale & 28th Anniversary Fundraiser, Minerva’s Drawing Studio, New York, NY
2019 Parables: Art with a Message, Dove Gallery, Milpitas, CA
2019 The Power of Small Things, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA
2019 Ex-Voto, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ
2019 Burn This, The Raw Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2019 When Black Swallows Red, La MaMa La Galleria, New York, NY
2019 LIC Arts Open Summer Exhibition 2019, The Factory, Long Island City, NY
2022 Student Show, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery/Art Students League of New York, New York, NY
2022 In + Sight All Parish Art Exhibition, Undercroft Gallery/Church of the Heavenly Rest, New York, NY
2021 Holiday Art Sale, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery/Art Students League of New York, New York, NY
2020 Art Sale & 28th Anniversary Fundraiser, Minerva’s Drawing Studio, New York, NY
2019 Parables: Art with a Message, Dove Gallery, Milpitas, CA
2019 The Power of Small Things, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA
2019 Ex-Voto, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ
2019 Burn This, The Raw Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2019 When Black Swallows Red, La MaMa La Galleria, New York, NY
2019 LIC Arts Open Summer Exhibition 2019, The Factory, Long Island City, NY
"Giving you my heart," 2011. Oil on canvas board, 6”x8”
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ARTIST STATEMENT
I work out personal and theological reflections through the process of making art.
I use a variety of mediums to explore spiritual meanings in the Bible as means for healing, spiritual nourishment, and social and cultural engagement. My artworks are expressions of worship and lived-out faith. |