Shanequa Gay: Gateway to the South

Artist Shanequa Gay's practice spans painting, illustration, video, performance, and monumental sculpture, offering a multidisciplinary exploration of tradition, place, and storytelling. Liberating art historical tropes, Gay creates new visual languages and narratives, particularly focusing on the visibility and representation of Black bodies in art. Exhibiting internationally, Gay's work has been featured in esteemed institutions such as the Chattanooga African American Museum, the Hunter Museum of American Art, and Le Musée Des Beaux-Arts De Montréal. Her pieces are housed in permanent collections at institutions including The Georgia Museum of Art, The Ackland Museum, and The Oglethorpe University Museum, as well as private collections including those of Michelle Obama and Arthur Lewis. In 2022, Shanequa Gay was invited to exhibit at the 59th Venice Biennale in Venice, Italy. Gay holds a BA from the Savannah College of Art and Design and an MFA from Georgia State University, currently residing and creating in Atlanta, Georgia.