1. BIOGRAPHY
2. PRINTS AND DESIGNS FOR SALE
3. CV
Melanie La May, 1992, Nevada, U.S.
Lives and works in Nevada and California.
Melanie La May is an award winning, published artist, specializing in painting, illustration, and sculpture. She has been creating digital and traditional artwork for 15 years, with a love for portraiture, spirituality, and nature. Her artwork is on public display as part of Clark County, Nevada’s public works Zap! Project, and in numerous private residential collections. She earned BFA from Laguna College of Art and Design in 2021 in Drawing and Painting with Illustration emphasis, summa cum laude. Melanie placed second in the Laguna En Plein Air Painter Association’s Next Gen competition in 2018, and was awarded a Plotkin Scholarship in 2019. She has participated in many group exhibitions, and is currently the secretary of the board of the Las Vegas Artist's Guild.
PRINTS
Smoke Cloud VI
18"x12"
$10 each +$5 shipping and tube for folks outside of Las Vegas
Smoke Cloud VII
Clearing Rain
Trashy, Crusty, Dirty!
CV
Melanie La May
Las Vegas, NV
702 761 9391
melanie.lamay@gmail.com
Education
2021 Bachelors of Fine Art with Illustration Emphasis
Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, CA
2018 Associates of Art, College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
Exhibitions
2022, Group Exhibition, National Sculpture Society's Young Sculptor's Exhibit, New York, NY
2021, Group Exhibition, "2021 BFA Fine Arts Exhibit," LCAD Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2021, Group Exhibition, "Blooming Fruition," Las Laguna Art Gallery, Online exhibition
2021, Solo Exhibition, Avran Gallery, Laguna Beach CA
2021, Group Exhibition, "Small Works Big Talent," Donna Beam Gallery, Online exhibition
2020, Group Exhibition, #6feetofart, Donna Beam Gallery, Online exhibition
2019, Group Exhibition, Laguna Plein Air Painter's Association Invitational Collectors Gala, Laguna Beach, CA
2018, Group Exhibition, Laguna Plein Air Painter's Association Invitational Collectors Gala, Laguna Beach, CA
2010 Two-Person Exhibition, Ennui, Lowden Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2009 Group Exhibition, Dante’s Inferno, Lowden Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2009 Group Exhibition, Social Justice, Lowden Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2008 Group Exhibition, Medical Curiosity, Lowden Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
Commissions
2021 Public Art Commission, Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve commissioned an original 30"x30" Oil Painting to be hung in the Bird Preserve's educational center
2021 Corporate Commission, Created over 300 digital illustrations for a book awaiting publishing
2018 Public Art Commission, Zap! 10, a project from the Clark County Public Art Program, commissioned Four Power Box paintings, Acrylic and Spray paint on metal, on Cheyenne and Walnut.
Awards
2021 Graduated Summa Cum Laude
2021 Grapes for Grads Scholarship
2020 Post Foundation Endowed Scholarship
2019 Plotkin Scholarhip
2019 Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, Next Generation 3rd Place Scholarship Award
2018 Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, Next Generation 2nd Place Scholarship Award