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BIOGRAPHY
May Leichi (楊磊琦) is an artist based in Jersey City Heights, NJ. Born in Taiwan and raised in Queens (NYC), she has lived in South Africa before immigrating to the United States as a child. She creates mixed media collages and paintings that explore cultural identities, social realities, and spiritual meanings from the Bible. Inspired by her love of color, faith in the biblical God, and the beauty of natural forms, her subjects include human faces and bodies, still lifes, landscapes, and surrealist narratives. She devotes time to drawing and painting at Spring Studio and the Art Students League of New York.
EDUCATION
2010 MA, Human Rights Studies, Columbia University
2005 BA, Political Science and Philosophy, Wellesley College |
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Vision & Spirit, Undercroft Gallery/Church of the Heavenly Rest, New York, NY (Postponed-COVID19)
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 works are expressions of worship and means for healing, spiritual nourishment, and social and cultural engagement. 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 faith and identity narratives, many of which are inspired by meditations on the Bible, theological concepts, and life experiences.
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