R E S U M É

MAUREEN MAY
P.O. Box 314
Durango, CO 81302
(970) 259-0176
maureenmayart@gmail.com
maureenmayart.com

EDUCATION

Rocky Mountain Animation Labs, Durango, CO Animation
Shy Rabbit Arts Center, Pagosa Springs, CO Printmaking
Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO Ceramics
College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL Printmaking
Barat College, Lake Forest, IL Printmaking
American Academy of Art, Chicago, IL Assoc. Fine Arts

SELECTED SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2019 Recent Works, Illuminarts, Durango, CO - Solo Exhibit
2018 Parallel Intersections - 2 Person Exhibit and Collaboration with Barbara Ellard, Studio & Gallery, Durango
2016 Corpulent Attenuation - Solo Exhibit of new works, Eno Wine Bar and Gallery, Durango, CO
Arbor II - Solo Exhibit, Raider Ridge Cafe, Durango
2015 Arbor: The Pose and Poetry of Trees (curator) - Solo Exhibit of new works, with invited poets,
Studio & Gallery, Durango, CO
The Long and the Short of It - Solo Exhibit of new works, San Juan College, Farmington, NM
2013 Inch by Inch, Step by Step - Solo Exhibit of new works, Steaming Bean Cafe & Gallery, Durango, CO
2012 Chromatic Delation - Solo Exhibit of new works, Rochester Hotel Gallery, Durango CO
2011 Pocket Poetry - Solo Exhibit and collaboration with poet Brady Wilson, Steaming Bean Cafe
& Gallery, Durango, CO
2009 Coffee House Sketches II - Solo Exhibit, Pure Soul Coffee Shop & Gallery, Durango, CO
Recreate - Solo Exhibit of new works, Durango Arts Center FOAL Gallery, Durango, CO
2007 Coffee House Sketches - Solo Exhibit, Pure Soul Coffee Shop & Gallery, Durango, CO
2006 Rituals - Solo Exhibit of new works, Steaming Bean Cafe & Gallery, Durango, CO
Inaugural exhibit of new works with Paul Pennington, Local Expressions Gallery, Durango, CO
2002 Journey - Solo Exhibit of new works, Red Canyon Gallery, Durango, CO
2001-02 Off Balance: Current Works - 2 person site specific installation with Paul Pennington,
Durango Arts Center FOAL Gallery
1996 Survivors: A Portrait of Domestic Abuse - Solo Exhibit, Durango, CO and
Colorado Bar Association Annual Convention, Vail, CO
1992-93 Reflections on the Animas - Solo Exhibit and Collaboration with Author Steven J. Meyers,
Durango and Gunnison, CO

SELECTED INVITATIONAL AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023 Necessary Ritual: The Patience of Printmakers, Invitational Exhibit, Studio & Gallery,
Durango, CO
Rocky Mountain Triennial Juried Exhibit, Museum of Art, Fort Collins, CO
Small Changes, Juried Exhibit, Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur Arts Alliance, Decatur, GA
2022-23 New Mexico Arts Purchase Initiative, State of New Mexico
2021 Green, Juried Exhibit, Core New Art Space, Denver, CO
Viral Influence: Art in the Time of Coronavirus, Juried Exhibit, Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, CO
Through Invitational Exhibit, Studio & Gallery, Durango, CO
2020 Art in the Time of Corona, DAB Art, Los Angeles, CA
HOME, Women Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
TOUCH, Women Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2019 Interconnection, Member’s Exhibit, Durango Arts Center
Practice: A Celebration of the Human Form Invitational Exhibit (curator/exhibitor), Durango Arts Center
Place Invitational Exhibit, Studio & Gallery, Durango, CO
2018 Now & Then Invitational, Studio & Gallery
Junkyard Steamroller: Non-Traditional Printmaking Invitational, Durango Arts Center
Abstract II Invitational Exhibit, Keep Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2017 Still/Unstill, Invitational Exhibit (curator/exhibitor), Studio & Gallery, Durango, CO
Annual Members’ Environmental Exhibit, Durango Arts Center
Abstract I Invitational Exhibit, Keep Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Reaction/Action, Invitational Group Collaborative, Studio & Gallery, Durango
2016 The White Season Invitational Exhibit, Durango Arts Center
Under Pressure: The Art of the Hand-Pulled Print Invitational (curator/exhibitor), Durango Arts Center
Dada Centennial: Day of the Dead, International Museum of Collage, Assemblage and
Construction, Santa Fe, NM
2015 The Farm Invitational Exhibit, Studio &, Durango, CO
Sketchbook Project Print Exchange, Brooklyn, NY
2014 College of Lake County Member’s exhibit, Grayslake, IL
Ah Haa Center for the arts New Work Juried Show, Telluride, CO
Extinct: Art of Obsolescence Invitational Exhibit, Studio & Gallery, Durango, CO
Sketchbook Project Traveling Exhibit – Various locations throughout U.S.
Down the Rabbit Hole Invitational Exhibit, Durango Arts Center and Eggman & Walrus
Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Cellscape, Gallery 81435, Telluride, CO
2013 Art of it All Juried Exhibit, Shy Rabbit Gallery, Pagosa Springs CO
Shadow, Open Shutter Gallery, Durango, CO
Sweetheart of the Arts Retrospective, Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO
Year Invitational Exhibit, Studio & Gallery, Durango, CO
2012 The Art of it All Juried Exhibit, Shy Rabbit Gallery, Pagosa Springs CO
Color Juried Exhibit, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn NY
Artists for Progress Invitational Exhibit, Open Shutter Gallery, Durango CO
Previously Entitled Invitational Exhibit, collaboration with Clint McKnight, Studio & Gallery, Durango
Abstract Views Juried Exhibit, Durango Arts Center, Durango CO
2011 Winter Invitational Exhibit, Shy Rabbit Gallery, Pagosa Springs
Ink Invitational Exhibit, Shy Rabbit Gallery, Pagosa Springs
From Invitational Exhibit, Studio & Gallery, Durango
Spring Invitational Exhibit, Shy Rabbit Gallery, Pagosa Springs
Art House Co-op Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Shy Rabbit Gallery Invitational Exhibit, Pagosa Springs, CO
Self, ArtistsWanted, NYC, NY
Eurimpressions Invitational Exhibit (co-curator/exhibitor), Durango Arts Center
Deliciously Weird II Guerilla Show, Durango, CO
Wet Guerilla Show, Durango, CO
Paper & Clay 3 Invitational Exhibit, Shy Rabbit Gallery, Pagosa Springs, CO
2009 Deliciously Weird Guerilla Show, Durango, CO
20/20 Vision: A Retrospective + (exhibitor and co-curator), Durango Arts Center
Gateway to Imagination National Juried Exhibit, Farmington Museum, Farmington, NM
Portraits Invitational Exhibit, Shy Rabbit Contemporary Art, Pagosa Springs, CO
Along the Nile Invitational Exhibit, Karyn Gabaldon Gallery, Durango, CO
2008 The Insistence of Memory, 5 person exhibit, site specific installation (co-curator/exhibitor),
Durango Arts Center
The Polaroid Show, Open Shutter Gallery, Durango, CO
Gateway to Imagination National Juried Exhibit, Farmington Museum, Farmington, NM
Home Invitational Exhibit and Performance, Fort Lewis College Gallery, Durango, CO
2007 Mapping, Colorado Art Ranch Invitational Art Exhibit, Durango, CO
Smaller Than a Breadbox Invitational Exhibit, Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO
2006 Cards Juried Exhibition, Hunt + Gather Gallery, Santa Fe,NM
2005 Four Corners Monoprinters - 4 person exhibit, San Juan College, Farmington, NM
Women’s Work Invitational, Durango, CO
The Art of Wine Invitational, Karyn Gabaldon Gallery, Durango, CO
Ellis Crane Gallery Invitational Exhibit, Durango, CO
2004 Annual Juried Show – Best of Show Award, Durango Arts Center
Artists for Change Exhibit, Ellis Crane Gallery, Durango, CO
2003 Myth and Metaphor, Durango Arts Center - 4 person show
Durango Arts Center - Annual Juried Show
2002 September 11 Retrospective, GreenEggz Gallery, Collingswood, NJ
Recent Works Invitational, Red Canyon Gallery, Durango, CO
2001 Red Canyon Gallery, Durango, CO - Summer and Winter Group Shows of Recent Work
Durango Arts Center, Membership and Juried Shows
2000 Survivors: A Portrait of Domestic Abuse in conjunction with Through the Fire, a performance
collaboration with Kathryn Moller, Fort Lewis College Theater Dept., Durango , CO
Four Corners Commission Show – Juror’s Award, Durango Arts Center
Kitchen, Installation and Invitational by Debra Greenblatt, Durango Arts Center
Works on Paper group exhibit, Red Canyon Gallery, Durango, CO
1999-00 Rage and Resolution, a collaborative exhibit of Israeli and Colorado Artists, Mizel Museum of Judaica,
Denver, CO
1998-99 Durango Arts Center Annual Juried Show - People's Choice Award
1995 Vision: Southwest - Two First Place Awards, Prescott Fine Arts Assoc., Prescott, AZ
1994 Quad-State Art Competition - Merit Award, Witmer Gallery, University of North Dakota
National Women Artists Competition, Broadway Art Gallery, Denver, CO
1993 Arts for the Parks National Competition, Jackson, WY
1991 Best of the Sangre de Cristos, Sangre de Cristo Center for the Arts, Pueblo, CO
Midwest Pastel Society Annual Juried Show, St. Charles, IL
1990 Women Artists of the West Juried Show, Visalia, CA
1981 Illinois Regional Print Show - Purchase Award, Evanston, IL

GRANTS, AWARDS, RESIDENCIES

2020 Willowtail Springs, Artist-in-Residence, Mancos, CO
2008 Storyteller Chair finalist, Durango Public Library Commission
2002 Aspen Guard Station, Artist-in-Residence, San Juan National Forest, Mancos, CO
1999 Florida Mesa Elementary Artist-in-Residence, Durango, CO
1998 Sunnyside Elementary, Colorado Council on the Arts Artist-in-Residence, Durango, CO
1997 Animas Valley Elementary, Colorado Council on the Arts Artist-in-Residence, Durango, CO
1996 Horizons Alternative School, Colorado Council on the Arts Artist-in-Residence, Boulder, CO
1995 Aspen Guard Station, Artist-in-Residence, San Juan National Forest, Mancos, CO
Park Elementary, Library Mural Project, Durango, CO
1993 Lake George Elementary, Colorado Council on the Arts Artist-in-Residence, Lake George, CO
1992 Co-Visions Project Grant, Colorado Council on the Arts
Prairie Arts III Young Apprentice Program, Artist-in-Residence, Ft.Morgan, CO
Needham Elementary, Colorado Council on the Arts Artist-in-Residence, Durango, CO
1990-95 Artist in Residence Program, Colorado Council on the Arts

COLLECTIONS

Corporate: Korn Ferry; Amoco Oil; U.S. Forest Service; Colorado Council on the Arts; Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO; College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL; Southwest Colorado Mental Health Center, Durango, CO; Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO.

Private: Numerous private collections throughout the United States. Collectors include Blake Crouch, author; Scott Simon, National Public Radio; Barbara Neal, Colorado Council on the Arts; Catherine Heenan, KRON-TV, San Francisco; Terry Bacon, author; Brad Bartel, President Fort Lewis College; Fred and Martha Elbert; Steven J. Meyers, author.

Private collections abroad include England, Italy, Norway, and France.