Born
Atlanta, GA
Education
Georgia State University, MFA
Savannah College of Art and Design, BA
US Exhibits
Oakland, CA
Sacramento, CA
San Francisco, CA
Orlando, FL
Miami, FL
Athens, GA
Atlanta, GA
Augusta, GA
Columbus, GA
Kennesaw, GA
Boston, MA
Baltimore, MD
Charlotte, NC
New York, NY
Syracuse, NY
Charleston, SC
Greenville, SC
Salt Lake, SC
Spartanburg, SC
Sumter, SC
Chattanooga, TN
International Exhibits
Sydney, Australia
Venice, Italy
Montreal, QC
Public Collections
Ackland Museum, Chapel Hill, NC
BlackRock Financial, Atlanta, GA
Clark Atlanta Museum, Atlanta, GA
Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
Google, Atlanta, GA
Microsoft, Atlanta, GA
Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA
Oglethorpe University Museum, Atlanta, GA
Savannah College of Art and Design Museum, Savannah, GA
The Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center, Augusta, GA
Museums & Institutions
Ackland Museum
Albany Museum of Art
Atlanta Contemporary
Clark Atlanta Museum
Chattanooga African American Museum
Emma Darnell Aviation Museum
European Cultural Centre
Georgia Museum of Art
Hammonds House Museum
Hayti Heritage Center
Hudgens Center for the Arts
Lagrange Art Museum
Lyndon House Arts Center
McColl Center for Arts and Innovation
Morris Museum of Art
Museum of Arts and Sciences
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Savannah College of Art Museum
Steffan Thomas Museum
Zuckerman Museum
Colleges & Universities
Augusta University
Columbus State University
Converse College
Oglethorpe University
Savannah College of Art and Design
Syracuse University
University of West Georgia
Wofford College
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Gay is a storyteller, born-and-bred in Georgia, and deeply inspired by its rich cultural and spiritual traditions. As a daughter of the American South, her work blends Black Southern introspection with spirituality to tell stories about women and girls. Through the lens of Black girlhood and womanhood, Gay explores identity, culture, and power, reclaiming space through storytelling and personal mythology. She challenges dominant histories and expands the Black imaginary, elevating the transformative experiences of women and girls. Using installations, paintings, performance, photography, video, and monumental sculptures, Gay creates immersive environments that invite reflection on race, gender, and self, encouraging a reimagining of identity and belonging.
Gay’s recent exhibitions include Four Women, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA (2024); the European Cultural Centre Personal Structures-REFLECTION, 59th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, (2022); Atlanta Biennial, Atlanta Contemporary (2021); Le Monde Bossale, Montreal, Canada, in (2021); Adorned, McColl Center for Arts and Innovation, Charlotte (2020); and Holding Space for Nobility: A Memorial for Breonna Taylor, Ackland Museum, Chapel Hill North Carolina (2020).
Gay exhibits her works and procures residencies within the United States, Europe, Japan, and South Africa. She is a Do-Good Fellow recipient, an Emory University Arts and Social Justice Fellow, (2020) and a Hudgens Prize Finalist (2022). Currently, Gay is a visiting Professor at Spelman College, the Visual Artist-in-Residence at Oglethorpe University, 2022-23 and is one of five Georgia Women to Watch selected by the Georgia Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts (2023).