Delicate Descent

Product Description

Delicate Descent by Dan May

12 in x 16 in x 1.5 in, Acrylic on Wood Panel

Current Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery:
- Mad Hatters from November 23rd, 2013 to January 24th, 2014

Dan May is a fine artist currently living in Cincinnati, OH. A native of Rochester, NY, Dan attended Syracuse University where he achieved a BFA and began to immediately pursue his artistic interests. As a modern narrative painter, May cultivates a rich texture of the surreal and mysterious in his highly original flowing style. His detail-intensive works have become widely recognized for their dreamlike ability to transcend the natural states of space and time – mostly due to his usage of a very finely honed usage of line. May’s propensity for using hair as a metaphor has become a focal point that he has built on to speak about larger aspects of humanity as well as the dream world, and gives a strong nod to his progressive personal growth and evolution as an artist.

Dan has exhibited his paintings to consistently growing interest in the gallery world and is enthusiastically held in high regard by collectors the world over. May spends the majority of his time either in the studio creating new and inspiring paintings, or with his lovely wife and business manager, Kendal. His paintings have graced the pages of international publications as Hi Fructose Magazine, DPI and Communication Arts among others.

EDUCATION

2001 – BFA Illustration, Syracuse University (NY)

MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
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2012

Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art – I Like Soup (VA)

2011

Grand Central Art Center – Suggestivism (CA)

2009

Japanese American National Museum – The Kokeshi Show (CA)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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2010

Gallery 1988 – Into the Wild (CA)
Rotofugi Gallery – Beneath the Noise (IL)

2009

Copro Gallery – The Nature of Thing to Come (CA)
Copro Gallery – Slow Collision (CA)

2008

Bluebottle Gallery – Odd-yssey (WA)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2012

The Blab! Show – Copro Gallery (CA)
Botanica – Genome Gallery (NC)
Kingdom Animalia – Roq La Rue (CA)
Suggestivism – Bold Hype Gallery (NY)
Tiny Trifecta II – Cotton Candy Machine (NY)

2011

The Blab! Krampus Show – Roq La Rue Gallery (WA)
Sink or Swim – PangeaSeed (Tokyo)
Post-It – Atticus Gallery (Barcelona)
Tiny Trifecta – Cotton Candy Machine (NY)

2010

Rivet Gallery/Art Basel – Grey Area (FL)
Rivet Gallery – Remedy (OH)
Bold Hype Gallery – The Nature of Things to Come (NY)
My Plastic Heart – New Moon (NY)
Gallery 1988 – Under the Influence: He-Man (CA)
Munky King Gallery – We Heart Wood (CA)
Gallery 1988 – LOST Underground Art Project (CA)
Thinkspace Gallery – A Cry For Help (CA)

2009

Corey Helford Gallery – The Multi-Plane Show (CA)
Aqua Wynwood Art Fair/Mark Murphy/Art Basel – (FL)
Copro Gallery/Hi Fructose – Overdose (CA)
Copro Gallery – Superschool (CA)
Bold Hype Gallery – Say When (FL)
Pulse Art Fair/Copro Gallery – Old Skool Vs New Skool (NY)
Copro Gallery – The Monster Show (CA)
Feinkunst Kruger Gallery – Don’t Wake Daddy IV (Germany)
Gallery Meltdown – A Murder of Crows (CA)
Gallery 1988 – Crazy 4 Cult 3D (CA)
Alcove Gallery – David Lynch Tribute Show (GA)

2008

Copro Nason Gallery – The Good Samartan (CA)
GenArt Vanguard/Mark Murphy/Art Basel – Know (FL)
Corey Helford Gallery – Clowns (CA)
La Luz de Jesus Gallery/Acme Archives – Family Guy (CA)
Copro Nason Gallery – Hi Fructose Group Show (CA)
Dorothy Circus Gallery – New Mythology (Italy)
Copro Nason Gallery – Kiss of Life (CA)
Alcove Gallery – Wizard of Oz (GA)
Rabbit Hole Gallery – The Grind 2.0 (GA)
Definition Gallery – Dreamscapes (GA)
Foundation One Gallery – Groundwork II (GA)
Alcove Gallery – Hairball (GA)

2007

Foundation One Gallery – Midnight Garden (GA)
Copro Nason Gallery – Next Gen (CA)
Goodform Salon – Valley of the Hairdos (CA)
The Venice Contemporary – Fresh Faces (CA)
Subtext Gallery – The Kokeshi Show (CA)
Thinkspace Gallery – Artdorks Group Show (CA)
WindUp Gallery – The Rising (AZ)
Gallery 1988 – The Onset (CA)
Foundation One Gallery – Groundwork (GA)
Alcove Gallery – Cartoon Madness 2 (GA)
Alpha Cult Gallery – External Combustion II (CA)
The Venice Contemporary – Spring Invitational (CA)
Limited Addiction Gallery – Elevation (CO)

2006

Feinkunst Kruger Gallery – Don’t Wake Daddy (Germany)
M Modern Gallery – Dr. Seuss Tribute (CA)
Mercado – Duck Fever Show – (Spain)
DvA Gallery – Evolutions & Explosions (IL)
M Modern Gallery – Gotham: Batman Tribute (CA)
M Modern Gallery – 007: James Bond Tribute (CA)
Alpha Cult Gallery – A Matter of Life and Death (CA)

PUBLICATIONS/FEATURES
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2010

Dangerous Ink – Issue #4 (UK)
DODOS – Vol. 2 (South Korea)
Sasquatch Magazine – Vol. 1 (Australia)
Dark Inspiration – Victionary (Hong Kong)
Dpi Magazine – January (Taiwan)

2009

Dpi Magazine – Special Edition #2 (Taiwan)
Lamono Magazine – #57 (Spain)
Day Dreaming Magazine – November (Italy)
Say When – Bold Hype (USA)

2008

Hi Fructose Magazine – Vol. 9 (USA)
Dpi Magazine – (Taiwan)
Beasts! Two – Fantagraphics (USA)
The New Mythology – New Myth Press (USA)

2007

Dpi Magazine – November Vol #103 (Taiwan)
De Fish Magazine – Vol. 7 (Belgium)
Said & Done Magazine – (Canada)

AWARDS
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Comunication Arts – Illustration Annual – #48
Society of Illustrators Los Angeles – #47
American Illustration – #26

Artist Website: http://danmay.net/

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