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Contested deletion

This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because... (your reason here) (talk) 23:10, 19 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Why do you put these these notices on everything? May Sun is an extremely well-known and well-regarded artist. She has won numerous awards and has art works all over Los Angeles and elsewhere.

I am working more on the article and will continue to add references, etc. ----Sue Maberry (talk) 23:10, 19 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Contested deletion

This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because... (your reason here) ----Sue Maberry (talk) 23:15, 19 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

this is a well-known and well-respected artist. I am working on getting more references. ----Sue Maberry (talk) 23:15, 19 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Don't delete. Wonderful artist. Sheldon Forbes — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.62.206.69 (talk) 19:06, 20 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Don't Delete - This is an important artist. - Sheldon Forbes — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.62.206.69 (talk) 19:08, 20 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please Don't Delete

I am looking for more information on this artist. I am glad this is here. Please Do Not Delete!

Thank you so much,

~V. Thomas — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.62.206.67 (talk) 19:10, 20 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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moved CV-like unsouced list of of main space

Mostly un sourced list does not add to understanding of artist. WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 01:25, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Selected exhibitions

May Sun, In the Studio and Out in Public, Art Gallery at College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, California, 2014.
I/5 Resurfacing: Four Decades of California Contemporary Art, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California, 2002.
118 W/24 N, Minoriten Galerien, Graz, Austria, 1997.
Trajectory: How Am I Driving? Artpace, San Antonio, Texas, 1996.
P.L.A.N.: Photography Los Angeles Now, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, 1995.
Intersections: The Personal and the Social in MOCA’s Permanent Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California, 1995.
Asia/America: Identities in Contemporary Asian American Art, The Asia Society Galleries, New York, New York, 1994.
Equal Rights and Justice: Thirty Years and Counting, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, 1994.
Los Angeles Mind Quakes, Breda Fotografica ’94, De Beyerd Center for Contemporary Art, Breda, Netherlands, 1994.
Collaborations: inside the Armory and out on the street, LAX Biennial, curated by Karen Moss, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California, 1994.
Southern California: The Conceptual Landscape, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin
Fragments and Form: Conjunctions in the Permanent Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California, 1993,
Public Interventions, curated by Eleanor Heartney and Milena Kalinovska, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts, 1993.
May Sun, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, California, 1992.
New Evidence: Some Recent Los Angeles Art and the Photograph, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California, 1992,
Third Newport Biennial: Mapping Histories, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California, 1991.
Fugitive Landing: a revolutionary at sea, Capp Street Project, San Francisco and MIT List Visual Arts Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1991.
Contemporaries In Our Midst, Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Florida, 1990.
Passages:A Survey of California Women Artists, 1945 to present, Fresno Art Center and Museum, Fresno, California, 1988.
Image and Text, The Woman’s Building Gallery, Los Angeles, California, 1988.
L.A./River/China/Town, multi media installation in collaboration with Peter Brosius and Tom Recchion, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, California, 1988.
Cross Pollination, The Woman’s Building Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
10th Anniversary Exhibit, juried by Lucy Lippard, The Woman’s Building Gallery, Los Angeles, California, 1984.
Copy Cat Show, photocopy art exhibit juried by Lucy Lippard and Lowery Sims, Franklin Furnace, New York, New York, 1982.

moved uncited list

Unctied CV items. Moved off main space. WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 01:28, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Selected grants, awards, and residencies

2012 Honor Award, public/open space category for Robert F. Kennedy Inspiration Park, 2012 Design Awards, Westside Urban Forum, Los Angeles, California.

2010 Certificate of Commendation, City of Los Angeles for Robert F. Kennedy Inspiration Park.

2004 American Institute of Architects Certificate of Recognition Award for San Antonio International Airport.

2001 Artist Research for Completion (ARC) Grant, Durfee Foundation, Los Angeles, California.

1996 Lila Wallace/Reader’s Digest Artists Residency at Giverny Program, Giverny, France.

1996 International Artists in Residence Program, Art Pace, San Antonio, Texas.

1995 Visual Artists Fellowship, the J Paul Getty Trust Fund for the Visual Arts, Los Angeles, California.

1994 Artist Grant, Art Matters, Inc., New York City, New York.

1993 Visual Artists Fellowship, New Genres, National Foundation for the Arts, Washington, DC.

1992 Artists Fellowship, California Arts Council, Sacramento, California.

1990 Resident Fellowship, National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, Miami, Florida.

1990 SILVER Award, Corporation for Public Broadcasting (radio version of L.A./River/China/Town)

1989 Visual Artists Fellowship, New Genres, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC.

1988 LACE Interdisciplinary Grant, Rockefeller Foundation, New York City and the National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC.

1987 Brody Arts Fund Fellowship, California Community Foundation, Los Angeles, California.