Chong, May

May Chong

BA (Hons) Graphic Arts
PGCE in secondart art and design
MA Artist Teacher

May Chong is an artist specialising in illustrations in Liverpool. Having graduated with a Graphic Arts degree at John Moores University and completing a fashion course, May’s work is a combination of different areas of art and design. May is a member of SOUP.

May has exhibited in a number of exhibitions in Merseyside as part of SOUP and also with other artists.May’s work is mainly illustrations in black and white and also in colour based on children’s books, architecture and wildlife theme using pen and ink.

She likes exploring the fantasy/fairy-tale side to children’s book illustrations, the beauty of wildlife and nature and the history of architecture.

May has taught art and design, graphics and fashion in secondary schools in Liverpool and Knowsley and is currently studying a MA in Artist Teacher at John Moores University.

2010:
• Bags and Baggage, Liverpool Academy of Arts
• Short Spring Open, Egg Café
• Headspace 5th Birthday, Egg Café Biennial 2010:
• Twenty Ten, Egg Café Liverpool
• The Six Rooms Gallery, Group 2
• A sense of place, Blackburne House
• Soup is Touched, Tate Liverpool
• Christmas open, Liverpool Academy of Arts
• Winter Blues 5, Egg Café

2011:
• Twinned at CUC, Liverpool
• Twinned at Egg Cafe, Liverpool
• Valentines Open, Liverpool Academy of Arts
• Mad about landscape and Wildlife, The Gallery at Clayton Square
• Easter at the Egg, Egg Cafe, Liverpool
• Short Spring Open, Egg Cafe, Liverpool
• Jazzcakes 100 postcard exhibition, Royal Standard, Liverpool
• Liverpool Open, Editions Gallery, Liverpool
• Images from my travels, Blackburne House, Liverpool (Solo Exhibition)