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 The Art Collection at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA BlackRock Financial, USA
Charles T. Fisher Mansion, Detroit, MI Clark Atlanta Museum, Atlanta, GA
The Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center, Augusta, GA. Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
Google, USA
Microsoft, USA
Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA
Oglethorpe University Museum, Atlanta, GA
Savannah College of Art and Design Museum, Savannah, 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 Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture
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 Central Florida University of West Georgia
Wofford College
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Gay is a storyteller, born and raised in Georgia, whose work draws on the environment and spiritual symbolism of the American South. Blending motifs from regional life, she explores identity, culture, and power through storytelling, highlighting formidable female figures and intergenerational relationships. Her practice—encompassing installations, paintings, performance, photography, video, and monumental sculptures—challenges dominant narratives, reclaims space through personal memory and mythology, and creates immersive environments that invite reflection on self and belonging.
Gay’s recent exhibitions include Four Women, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA (2024); 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, 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 lecturer at Spelman College, the Visual Artist-in-Residence at Oglethorpe University, 2022-23, recipient of the Radcliffe Bailey Award for Excellence in Visual Art (2023) and is one of five Georgia Women to Watch selected by the Georgia Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts (2023).