Ysabel Le May
Artist
Born and raised in Quebec, Canada, LeMay fastened her connection to the natural world as a small child, at her family’s secluded cottage in the north of the province. Though always most at peace in the wilder-ness, it is in the jungle of the advertising world that LeMay honed the craft of visual expression. Over the course of 15 years, she handled graphic design, art direction, and the operation of her own agency.
The moment came, thought, when she sought a more rewarding and beneficial path for her creativity. LeMay refocused initially on painting and then photography, with which she would collect the raw materials for her digital collages. Traveling extensively, LeMay and her camera capture fragments of nature — plants, animals and the elements — constantly replenishing her voluminous visual catalog of the living world.
The moment came, though, when she sought a more rewarding and beneficial path for her creativity. LeMay refocused initially on painting and then photography, with which she would collect the raw materials for her digital collages. Traveling extensively, LeMay and her camera capture fragments of nature — plants, animals and the elements — constantly replenishing her voluminous visual catalog of the living world.
While her technique is high-tech, LeMay’s hyper collage process is highly instinctual and organic, allowing each piece to dictate its own destiny. From a single, simple start point — an image, a color, an emotion — she follows a meticulous process. First isolating and extracting elements of her photos, LeMay then weaves these fragments together into intricate compositions of resplendent beauty.
Now approaching new technological horizons to present her work, LeMay nonetheless seeks authenticity of experience over novelty. She speaks effusively of the artists whose own work has inspired, informed and enriched her life. With the moments in time and spaces in the imagination she creates, she strives to do the same for anyone who will venture into her Wonderful Other Worlds.
Ysabel Lemay (b. Quebec, Canada)
EDUCATION
1998-2000 Art and Painting Program, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada
1983-1987 Graphic Design and Communications, College Sainte-Foy, Quebec City, Québec
AWARDS
2015 Representing Texas at the Women to Watch 2015 Exhibit at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
2011 Winner KiptonART 2011 Rising Star Program, New York
2010 Selected for 2010 Open Portfolio, Chelsea Art Museum, New York
2003 Grant Recipient, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Québec, Canada
EXPERIENCE
1986-2002
1990-2002 2002-today
Graphic Designer and Art Director, Québec, Montréal, Vancouver, Canada
President, Creative Director, LeMay Studio, Vancouver, Canada Visual Artist, Canada, United States
350 NE 75 St, Unit 109 Phone# 786 935 8807
Ysabel Lemay
Curriculum Vitae
hello@thedirectedartmodern.com
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Chevron Corporation, Calgary, Canada
Bacardi Corporation, Miami, Florida Johnsonville Corporation, Wisconsin Bloomingdale’s Corporate, New York, New York Devmont Corporation, Montréal, Canada
The Epic Hotel, Miami, Florida
Wasmer, Shroader Financial, Naples, Florida
SELECT EXHBITIONS
2017 Solo Show, Montréal, Canada | Galerie de Bellefeuille Solo Show, Morristown, New Jersey | Morris Museum Art Miami, Miami, Florida | Catherine Edelman Gallery Scope Miami Beach, Miami Beach, Florida | The Directed Art Modern AIPAD 2017 The Photography Show, New York, New York | Catherine Edelman Gallery POP Austin’s 2017 SXSW Art Hang, Austin, Texas | Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary, West Palm Beach, Florida | Catherine Edelman Gallery Art Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Florida | Galerie de Bellefeuille
2016 Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA) “Beauty and the Beast: The Animal in Photography,” San Diego, California Art Miami, Miami, Florida | Catherine Edelman Gallery Expo Chicago 2016, Chicago, Illinois | Catherine Edelman Gallery Texas Contemporary, Houston, Texas | Michele Mariaud Gallery Art Toronto, Toronto | Galerie de
Bellefeuille Art Southampton, Southampton, New York | Saatchi Art Market Art + Design, Bridgehampton, New York | Michele Mariaud Gallery Photo London 2016, London, United Kingdom | Catherine Edelman Gallery Art New York, New York | Galerie de Bellefeuille AIPAD 2016, New York, New York | Catherine Edelman Gallery and Verve Gallery of Photography Print Auction, Houston, Texas | Houston Center for Photography Art Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Florida | Thomas Riley Studio
2015 Art Miami, Miami, Florida | Catherine Edelman Gallery Women to Watch, Washington, D.C. | National Museum of Women in the Arts Solo Show, Chicago, Illinois | Catherine Edelman Gallery Solo Show, Boston, Massachusetts | Lanoue Gallery Solo Show, Stockholm, Sweden | Couture Galleri Expo Chicago, Chicago, Illinois | Catherine Edelman Gallery Art Market Hamptons, Bridgehampton, New York | Michele Mariaud Gallery AAF Hampstead, London, United Kingdom | Four Square Fine Arts Art Miami New York, New York, New York | Catherine Edelman Gallery Paris Photo, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California | Catherine Edelman Gallery Art Market San Francisco, San Francisco, California | Michele Mariaud Gallery AIPAD Photography Show, New York, New York | Catherine Edelman Gallery and Verve Gallery of Photography Art Breda, Bred, Netherlands | Artitled Contemporary Art London Art Fair, London, United Kingdom | Four Square Fine Arts Group Show, Lima, Peru | Galeria Impakto Group Show, Naples, Florida | Thomas Riley Studio Group Show, Austin, Texas | Saatchi Art Group Show, Dallas, Texas | Smink Dallas
2014 Art Miami, Miami, Florida | Catherine Edelman Gallery AIPAD Photography Show, New York, New York | Catherine Edelman Gallery and Verve Gallery of Photography AAF Hampstead, London, United
Kingdom | Four Square Fine Arts AAF Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China | Michele Mariaud Gallery Art Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Florida | Michele Mariaud Gallery Art Silicon Valley, San Mateo, California | Catherine Edelman Gallery Art Southampton, Southampton, New York | Jackson Fine Art KunstRAI, Amsterdam, Netherlands | Artitled Contemporary Art Paris Photo, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California | Catherine Edelman Gallery Realisme Art Fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands | Artitled Contemporary Art Solo Show, Santa Fe, New Mexico | Verve Gallery of Photography Solo Show, Naples, Florida | Thomas Riley Studio
2013 Architectural Digest Home Design Show, New York, New York AAF Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China | Living with Art Gallery AAF New York, New York | Living with Art Gallery Amsterdam Art Fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands | Artitled Contemporary Art Art Fair Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany | Artitled Contemporary Art Art Rotterdam Week 2013, Rotterdam, Netherlands | Artitled Contemporary Art Art The Hague, Amsterdam, Netherlands | Artitled Contemporary Art Art Warehouse, Rotterdam, Netherlands | Artitled Contemporary Art FotoFever Photography Art Fair, Paris, France | Michele Mariaud Gallery Group Show, Santa Fe, New Mexico | Verve Gallery of Photography Masters of LXRY Fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands | Artitled Contemporary Art Realisme, Amsterdam, Netherlands | Artitled Contemporary Art Solo Exhibition, Stockholm, Sweden | Couture Galleri Texas Biennial, San Antonio, Texas | Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum Toronto Art Fair, Toronto, Canada | Galerie de Bellefeuille
2012 Art Basel, Miami Beach, Florida | Avant Gallery Art Warehouse, Rotterdam, Netherlands | Artitled Contemporary Art Artantique Art
Fair, Utrecht, Netherlands | Artitled Contemporary Art FotoFever Photography Art Fair, Brussels | Artitled Contemporary Art Realisme Art Fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands | Artitled Contemporary Art Secret Paradise, Group Show, Munich, Germany | Lumas Gallery The Amsterdam Photo Art Fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands | Artitled Contemporary Art Toronto Art Fair, Toronto, Canada | Galerie de Bellefeuille
2011 Group Show, New York, New York | Stricoff Gallery Group Show, New York, New York | Cirkers Fine Art Storage Armory Group Show, Hublot, New York NeoCon, Chicago, Illinois | Holly Hunt Secret Garden, New York, New York | Denise Bibro Fine Art The Artist Project, New York, New York
2010 KiptonART 2011 Rising Stars, New York, New York | KiptonART Open Portfolio, New York, New York | Chelsea Museum Pool Art Fair, Miami, Florida
Selected Work

AmberInquire
Chromogenic print (c-print)

AzulInquire
Chromogenic print (c-print), 36 × 36 in, Edition of 7 + 3AP, 47 × 47 in, Edition of 5 + 3AP

NaturaInquire
Chromogenic print (c-print)

Eden (triptych),Inquire
Chromogenic print (c-print), 48 × 144 in 121.9 × 365.8 cm Edition of 7 + 3AP Contact for price

IntemporelInquire
Chromogenic print (c-print), 60 × 48 in, Edition of 7 + 3AP, 74 × 59 in, Edition of 5 + 3AP

ArcadiaInquire
Chromogenic print (c-print)

The Fire WithinInquire
Chromogenic print (c-print)

Reflection Chromogenic print (c-print)Inquire
Chromogenic print (c-print), 61 × 72 in Edition of 7 + 3AP, 70 × 82 in Edition of 5 + 3AP 70 × 82 in 177.8 × 208.3 cm Edition of 5 + 3AP

WhispersInquire
72 × 33 in 182.9 × 83.8 cm Edition of 7 + 3AP

LifeInquire
Chromogenic print (c-print) and Diasec (face plexi mounting, Dibond and aluminum brace) or Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Baryta for traditional framing, 42 × 60 in Edition of 7, 59 × 84 in Edition of 5

ArcheusInquire
Digital composite, hypercollage photography print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Baryta, 40 × 40 in, Editions 4, 5 of 5 + 3AP