EALY MAYS | CV
b. 1959, Wichita Falls, Texas.
Lives and works in Paris, France.
EDUCATION
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, 1996
M.D., University of Autonoma, Guadalajara, Mexico
Bsc., Wiley College, Marshall, Texas, 1981
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2021
Memories and Inspiration: The Kerry and C. Betty Davis Collection of African American Art | The Appleton Museum of Art | Ocala, FL (Travelling)
2020
Fair Booth | ABXY Gallery | Intersect Aspen | Aspen Ice Garden | Aspen, CO
Memories and Inspiration: The Kerry and C. Betty Davis Collection of African American Art | The Gilcrease Museum | Tulsa, OK (January – July) and University of Richmond Museum | Richmond VA (August – November)
Group Show | ABXY Gallery | New York, NY
2019
ABXY Beach | Group Exhibition | Haven | Montauk, New York
SeenUnseen | Group Exhibition | Artists Archives of the Western Reserve | Sculpture Center | Cleveland, OH
2018
International Salon d’Art Contemporain | Carrousel du Louvre | Paris, France
2017
Ealy Mays: A Retrospective | ABXY Gallery | New York, NY
Outside the Box | Solo Exhibition | Pinter Gallery | Budapest, Hungary
Multiple Intelligences | Curated by Wells International Foundation | Columbia University, Paris
A Professor’s Influence: The Sperry and Thompson Collections | Mabee Gallery | Culver-Stockton College | Canton, Missouri
2016
Ealy Mays: Image and Perceptions | Hammonds House Museum | Atlanta, Georgia
Treasures for the Future | UNESCO House | Paris, France
2014
Tradition Re-defined: Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection | Group Exhibition | Saint Louis University | St. Louis, MO
2013
Tradition Re-defined: Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection | Group Exhibition | Knoxville Museum of Art | Knoxville, TN
2012
Tradition Re-defined: Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection | Rice University Art Gallery | Houston, TX
Micro-Salon #2 | Galerie l’Inlassable | 18 rue Dauphine | Paris, France
Residency | Cité Internationale des Arts | Hotel de Ville | Paris, France
2011
Paris – Texas, Culture Shock | Group Exhibition | Dorothy’s Gallery | Paris, France
Tradition Re-defined | Group Exhibition | Georgia Museum of Art | Athens, GA
2010
From Here to There: A Retrospective of 20 Years | Fortissimo Gallery | New York, NY
Tradition Re-defined | Group Exhibition | MOCA, Museum of Contemporary Art | Jacksonville, FL
2009
Residency | Cité Internationale des Arts | Hotel de Ville | Paris, France
Discover the USA Presented by Dorothy’s Gallery | Jardin d’Acclimatation | Paris, France
Tradition Re-defined | The David C. Driskell Center for the Study of Visual Arts & Culture of African Americans & African Diaspora | University of Maryland | College Park, MD
2008
Barack Obama Change and Progress | Group Exhibition | American Center for the Arts | Paris France
Residency | Cité Internationale des Arts | Hotel de Ville | Paris, France
2007
Shared Vision: Ealy Mays and Albert Shaw | Marshall Visual Arts Center | Marshall, TX
Residency | Cité Internationale des Arts | Hotel de Ville | Paris, France
International Salon d’Art Contemporain | Carrousel du Louvre | Paris, France
2005
Migration of the Superheroes presented by La Société Nationale des Beaux Arts | Carrousel du Louvre | Salle Le Nôtre | Paris, France
Solo Exhibition | Aaron Gallery | Chicago, IL
2004
Group Exhibition | Cité Internationale des Arts | Hotel de Ville | Paris, France
2003
New York Times National Black Fine Art Exhibition | Group Exhibition | Hatch Billops Collection | New York, NY
Ed Clark and Ealy Mays | Ed Clark Studio Gallery | New York, NY
1998
Solo Exhibition | | Cité Internationale des Arts | Hotel de Ville | Paris, France
Solo Exhibition | David Beitzel Gallery | New York, NY
1996
Skowhegan Resident Group Show | Guggenheim Museum | New York, NY
1994
War Bus | Bienal Nacional de Dibujo y Pintura “Jose Clemente Orozco” | Instituto Cultural Cabañas | Jalisco, Mexico
War Bus | The American School in Guadalajara, Cancun, & Monterey, Mexico
1993
Solo Exhibition | Galería Clave | Guadalajara, Mexico
Last Train to Chihuahua | Galería Fiesta Americana | Guadalajara, Mexico
1991
Last Train to Chihuahua | October Show | Guadalajara ICC
Woman in Blue | Galería Clave | Guadalajara, Mexico
Caribbean Paintings | Liberation of African American Arts Celebration | Malcolm X Park | Washington D.C.
1990
Games for Dead Flesh | Solo Exhibition | American School | Guadalajara, Mexico