“2016 winner of the Craft Council of BC Emerging Artist Award in ceramics, EMILY MAY’s work is already celebrated and spilling beyond the borders of a ceramic practice. Initially drawing guidance from her materials, May is driven creatively forward by a desire to challenge status quo opinions and belief structures. She is especially concerned with stigmas surrounding mental health and presents work that powerfully – if subtly – confronts common stereotypes with a critical humour. She seeks to examine society’s obligations to the individual. May uses sophisticated wit to capture a commentary on the zeitgeist that doesn’t get bogged down but rather elevates the political – both theoretical and practical – making the viewer smile, think and change. May is just completing a Fine Arts Diploma at Langara College in Vancouver and it will be interesting to watch where her broad interdisciplinary interests take her.”