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BIOGRAPHY
May Leichi (楊磊琦) is a painter and mixed media artist based in Jersey City, New Jersey. She works in oils, acrylics, and other mediums to create colorful collages and illustrative paintings with motifs of nature and botanical life. Her mixed media works explore faith and identity narratives inspired by the Bible, theology, and life experiences. Her subjects are wide-ranging and recent works include cityscapes, portraitures, and still lifes. A graduate of Wellesley College and Columbia University, she has studied figurative drawing, painting, and mixed media at the Art Students League of New York. She is currently 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
2020 Vision & Spirit, Undercroft Gallery/Church of the Heavenly Rest, New York, NY (postponed by COVID-19)
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
2019 Student Show, 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
2019 Student Show, Art Students League of New York, New York, NY
"Giving you my heart," 2011. Oil on canvas board, 6”x8”
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ARTIST STATEMENT
My artworks are expressions of worship and lived-out faith. The creative process is a contemplative practice where I work out personal and theological reflections in visual forms. I use a variety of mediums to explore spiritual meanings in the Bible as means for healing, nourishment, and social and cultural engagement.
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