Djerassi Resident Artists Program | Shara Mays - Djerassi Resident Artists Program

Shara Mays

Zelpha, 2023

Acrylic and Oil on Canvas
40 inches x 30 inches
$7,500 – Sold

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Biography

Shara Mays (b. Princeville, NC) received a BFA from Corcoran College of Art and Design in 2000, and an MFA from San Francisco Art Institute in 2020. Mays has exhibited her work at venues including James Cohan Gallery, New York (2024); Harper’s, Los Angeles (2024); Hunter Dunbar Projects, New York (2023); San Francisco Art Institute (2021); and de Young Museum, San Francisco (2020). Her work is held in the collections of the Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington, DC; Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas; and International African American Art Museum, Charleston. Most recently, her work has been featured in publications including Artnet, The Guardian, and Juxtapoz. Mays lives and works in Oakland, California and Cartagena, Colombia.