Ted May has held more than 28 solo exhibitions  in many major Australian regional galleries and galleries in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra,  He has also taken part in the BMG Contemporary Art Fair and Barberino Val D’Elsa in Florence, Italy. Ted has also participated in over 46 Group Exhibitions including the Sulman, Dobell and Wynne Art Prizes. He recently won the $20,000 Xstrata Prize for Portraiture in Townsville. His work has been acquired by the National Gallery Victoria, Ballarat Art Gallery, Heide Museum of Modern art, The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust -Stratford upon Avon, Australian Embassy – Saudi Arabia, BHP, La Trobe University, Paul Dainty Corporation Western Australia Institute of Technology amongst many others. Ted has taught at RMIT, the VCA and Monash University Caulfield.

In 2006 Ted May was approached to do a series of drawings for a documentary based on the failed boat trip of an expedition to establish a town on the Northern Territory coast. This project changed the manner in which May worked as is demonstrated in his current exhibition. The works on display are large scale images executed in charcoal on canvas and linen. Each work depicts its own unique narrative and flight of fancy and highlights May’s superb draughtsmanship. Using the boat as the central image, May has explored and pondered and finally, developed drawings that rouse the senses and the imagination. 

Ted May Drawings 16th February – 13th March, 2011

Artist’s talk 2.00pm Sunday 27th February.