Statement 

My work criticizes the aspects of society that I cannot control. As a result, I paint dreamscapes that aestheticize my frustration with social concepts. I use familiar textures and objects that catch the eye, which, upon closer inspection, hold a darker meaning.  

I treat my practice like training in the gym, by building skill, consistency, and creative resilience through structured experimentation. I’m interested in studying texture and light reflection by contrasting transparent surfaces with organic elements. I wield color through intuition; each piece informs me of its own palette.  

Using symbolism, I present how we’ve evolved from the consumer to the product itself. Through repetitive shapes and brush movements, I mimic the mundane cycles of daily life. In replicating transparent objects, I can expose behaviors and cognitive processes, and by the use of organic imagery and application, I create space for emotion.

Artist Bio

Victoria May (born in 1992) is a native of the outskirts of Buffalo, New York, where she currently resides. She studied drawing and painting at Nazareth College of Rochester, New York, and continues primarily in oil painting. 

V, as she prefers to be called, has been actively working in the arts community for 7 years with experience in studio assisting, giclee printing, and art handling and installing. 

Although she has currently taken the role of “pill girl”, her most notable series included the heavy use of terrariums to discuss themes of sexuality, gender, and modern society. Among her notable projects in this series was a piece titled “The Bubble Wrap Theory," a significant oil painting adorned with 286 terrariums to symbolize the repetitive nature of the forty-hour work week, utilizing the repetitive process of painting to mimic its exhausting routine.