James May Gallery was founded in 2015 by Kendra Bulgrin &amp; Jimmy Eddings in Algoma, WI and later moved to Milwaukee, WI spring of 2023. James May Gallery is named after Kendra &amp; Jimmy’s two young sons, Everett James and Forrest May. The artist-run, woman-owned, gallery specializes in showing regional and national artists and craftspeople both emerging and established. We help clients grow or start their art collections in a friendly, knowledgeable atmosphere. We also offer art consulting and art installation for your business or home.Image: Gallery view: Clare Doveton, Craig Clifford, Debbie Kupinsky

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Opening with MKE Gallery Night&nbsp;

How to Traverse a Vessel: Lauren Woods & Nikita Vishnevskiy

<html><head></head><body>How to Traverse a Vessel: Lauren Woods &amp; Nikita VishnevskiySeptember 1- October 26Reception: September 6th 5-8<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092751/n6nsdqowehjzrwbgwkxp.jpg"><figcaption>Nikita Vishnevskiy</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092752/bvu1kqbyyqkwmbxbr7hx.jpg"></figure></body></html>

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419610/asulnrdgo4d2vv8m9imh.jpg"><figcaption>The Narrative of Memory, Daniel Clauson</figcaption></figure>A three-person exhibition featuring figurative sculpture by Daniel Clauson (CA), paintings by Ida Floreak (LA), and paintings by Matteo Neivert (OR).Reception: Milwaukee Gallery Night: July 19, 5 – 8 pmKey image: Matteo Neivert<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419611/chmlbdsiddvhfakphioi.png"><figcaption>Mother Raptor, &nbsp;Ida Floreak</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;</body></html>

Reverence + Ritual + Renewal

Exhibition Dates: June 4 – 29, 2024 Opening Reception: June 7, 5 – 8 pm Artist Talk 7 pmJames May Gallery will mark its one-year anniversary in Milwaukee (and its tenth anniversary in Wisconsin) with an environmentally focused solo art exhibition, Atmospheric Intricacies, by artist Katherine Steichen Rosing.&nbsp;As we emerge from an uncharacteristically warm winter, Katherine Rosing’s paintings and installations ask us to look more closely at our changing Wisconsin landscape. Atmospheric Intricacies features new work fueled by Rosing’s fascination with atmospheric rivers and recent paintings that celebrate the persistence of life and interconnections within northern ecosystems.&nbsp; Like the early abstract painter Arthur Dove, Rosing’s vibrant, expressively hued paintings evoke hidden mysteries in quiet ecosystems. Her exquisitely textured surfaces suggest root systems, wind, and notations about insect life, developed by applying many layers of color and enhanced by lines drawn in wet paint.&nbsp;Also known for her immersive installations, Rosing is creating a new installation for this exhibition that investigates connections between forests and the atmosphere. Rosing explains: “I am obsessed with atmospheric rivers, intensifying weather patterns that bring massive amounts of rain to narrow bands of land, leaving other areas arid and in drought. I’ve begun to think of them as a sort of malicious climate spirit or demon, and they are making their way into my work.”&nbsp;About Katherine Steichen RosingKatherine Steichen Rosing’s work has been exhibited in over one hundred solo and group exhibitions in museums and galleries across the United States and abroad, including Tokyo, New York, and Chicago. Rosing’s work is included in public and private collections internationally, and she is the recipient of numerous grants and awards, including the 2022 Forward Art Prize, and has furthered her environmental research through artist residencies, including the UW-Madison Department of Limnology’s Trout Lake Research Station and the St. Croix Watershed Research Station, sponsored by the Science Museum of Minnesota. Rosing earned an MFA in painting and drawing from Northern Illinois University, a BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and taught at universities and colleges in Chicago and Madison. Rosing was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, and lives in Madison.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Katherine Steichen Rosing: Atmospheric Intricacies

<html><head></head><body>JMG is pleased to present a two-person exhibition featuring new work by Barbara Campbell Thomas &amp; Amy Sacksteder&nbsp;Image: Barbara Campbell Thomas, “Turn”, acrylic paint and collage on pieced and machine stitched fabric, 30 x 20 in, 2022&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419597/i8jioenkowu2z13wsrno.jpg"><figcaption>Barbara in her studio: Photo by Lissa Gotwals, first published in&nbsp;Art of The State: Celebrating the Visual Art of North Carolina, published by UNC Press, 2022</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;</body></html>

GEOCHROMA: Barbara Campbell Thomas & Amy Sacksteder

Passionate RealitiesJanuary 2 – February 24, 2024Opening Reception Jan 5JMG is pleased to present new work by Lorna Ritz, J Myszka Lewis, Lydia Dildilian, &amp; Mark Bowers.<a href="https://www.artsy.net/show/james-may-gallery-passionate-realities/info">More info</a>&nbsp;

Passionate Realities

<html><head></head><body>Peace of Wild Things: featuring Clare Doveton, Mark Thompson, Debbie Kupinsky, &amp; Craig CliffordOpening Reception: Nov 3 5:30-8:00On view until Jan 20&nbsp;Top image: Debbie Kupinsky<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419589/bnjfh0ntzjgfztvngaxu.jpg"><figcaption>Clare Doveton</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;</body></html>

Peace of Wild Things: featuring Clare Doveton, Mark Thompson, Debbie Kupinsky, & Craig Clifford

MKE Gallery Night &amp; Day: The Architecture of Everything: featuring Ellen Weider, Liz Rundorff Smith, &amp; Damien Hoar de GalvanFriday, Oct 20 5-8Sat, Oct 21 10:30-5:30On view until Oct 28&nbsp;&nbsp;

MKE Gallery Night & Day: The Architecture of Everything: featuring Ellen Weider, Liz Rundorff Smith, & Damien Hoar de Galvan

The Architecture of Everything: featuring Ellen Weider, Damien Hoar de Galvan, &amp; Liz Rundorff Smith &nbsp;Opening Reception: Friday, Sept 1 5:30-8:00 &nbsp;Show Runs: Aug 29 - Oct 28

The Architecture of Everything

Zodiac Gala: Nathan Von Braun: Solo ExhibitionOpening Reception: August 4th 5:30-8:00On view: Aug 2-26th

Zodiac Gala: Nathan Von Braun: Solo Exhibition

MKE Gallery Night &amp; Day• Friday, July 21, 5–8pm• Saturday, July 22, 10:30-5:30&nbsp;On view: Family Dinner: an exhibition featuring our interns throughout the years.&nbsp;Featuring new work from Ally Wilbur, Nicole Woodard, Kara Slamka, &amp; Adam Fulwiler.&nbsp;

MKE Gallery Night & Day

Family Dinner: an exhibition featuring our interns throughout the years.&nbsp;Featuring new work from Ally Wilbur, Nicole Woodard, Kara Slamka, &amp; Adam Fulwiler.Opening reception: July 7th 5:30-8:00On view: July 5th- July 29th

Family Dinner: An Exhibition Featuring Gallery Interns Throughout The Years. 

JMG is pleased to present: ART OF WATER VII (2023): A juried exhibition celebrating our most vital resourceWater is the most crucial resource for life. A juried international water-themed exhibition. Water is the most crucial resource for life. The work could be about serious topics such as water conservation and protection, but it could also be about the simple beauty of water. There is something about water that attracts and fascinates us. It is our hope that by celebrating the beauty&nbsp;and necessity of water in all our lives that we can better protect it.​Opening reception start: May 5th, 5:30–8:00pmOn view May 5–July 29

Art of Water VII

James May Gallery: Grand Opening: New Beginnings: featuring new work from Brian Frink (MN), Kassandra Palmer (WI), and Jill Birschbach (IL).&nbsp;Opening reception for Gallery Night MKE: April 21st 5:00pm- 8:00pm&nbsp;Kendra Bulgrin is proud to announce the reopening of James May Gallery on Milwaukee’s east side at at 2201 N. Farwell Avenue in Milwaukee.&nbsp;The Grand Opening Exhibition - New Beginnings highlights not only the fresh start for the gallery but will also feature new work from three long-time artists of the gallery- Brian Frink, Kassandra Palmer, and Jill Birschbach. The gallery will also have a handful of functional ceramic artists as well as art jewelry on view. The opening is free, refreshments will be provided, and the artists will be in attendance!Brian Frink (painting/ Mankato, MN) will be exhibiting his “Oddly-Shaped” paintings made exclusively for JMG.“An important idea behind my Oddly Shaped Paintings is how my body relates to the shape. Art making, for me, is very much a process, oriented activity. As such my physical relationship to the surface I am painting on becomes important. A traditional square or rectangle communicates something to me that informs the eventual painting. Creating on an “odd shape” tosses this fundamental relationship into a place of tenuous uncertainty. &nbsp;Thus, I create new and unexpected spaces and compositions.” — FrinkJill Birschbach (ceramics/ Chicago, IL) will be exhibiting her large-scale ceramic sculptures and sculptural lamps.“The surfaces of my ceramic work are imperfect and often appear to be dripping, cracking or corroding. I use found industrial textures pressed into the clay coupled with special glazes to amplify the idea of the object worn down by time.”—BirschbachKassandra Palmer (painting/ Madison, WI) will be exhibiting her more intimate, symbolic paintings.&nbsp;“Working from memory and imagination, I combine symbolic forms to create landscapes, portraits, and abstractions that point toward psychological and metaphysical themes. In my most recent body of work, I have drawn conceptual inspiration from my background in physics and from my experience of being a new mother in an era of pandemic. Imagery of butterflies, profiles in silhouette, moons, homes, trees and wood grain focus on themes of interiority and metamorphosis.” —Palmer&nbsp;The gallery will continue to offer art consulting for both private homes and businesses and are always willing to help with an art install or design need.

New Beginnings, featuring Brian Frink, Jill Birschbach, & Kassandra Palmer

James May Gallery: Grand Opening: New Beginnings: featuring new work from Brian Frink (MN), Kassandra Palmer (WI), and Jill Birschbach (IL).&nbsp;Opening reception for Gallery Night MKE: April 21st 5:00pm- 8:00pm&nbsp;Kendra Bulgrin is proud to announce the reopening of James May Gallery on Milwaukee’s east side at at 2201 N. Farwell Avenue in Milwaukee.&nbsp;The Grand Opening Exhibition - New Beginnings highlights not only the fresh start for the gallery but will also feature new work from three long-time artists of the gallery- Brian Frink, Kassandra Palmer, and Jill Birschbach. The gallery will also have a handful of functional ceramic artists as well as art jewelry on view. The opening is free, refreshments will be provided, and the artists will be in attendance!Brian Frink (painting/ Mankato, MN) will be exhibiting his “Oddly-Shaped” paintings made exclusively for JMG.“An important idea behind my Oddly Shaped Paintings is how my body relates to the shape. Art making, for me, is very much a process, oriented activity. As such my physical relationship to the surface I am painting on becomes important. A traditional square or rectangle communicates something to me that informs the eventual painting. Creating on an “odd shape” tosses this fundamental relationship into a place of tenuous uncertainty. &nbsp;Thus, I create new and unexpected spaces and compositions.” — FrinkJill Birschbach (ceramics/ Chicago, IL) will be exhibiting her large-scale ceramic sculptures and sculptural lamps.“The surfaces of my ceramic work are imperfect and often appear to be dripping, cracking or corroding. I use found industrial textures pressed into the clay coupled with special glazes to amplify the idea of the object worn down by time.”—BirschbachKassandra Palmer (painting/ Madison, WI) will be exhibiting her more intimate, symbolic paintings.&nbsp;“Working from memory and imagination, I combine symbolic forms to create landscapes, portraits, and abstractions that point toward psychological and metaphysical themes. In my most recent body of work, I have drawn conceptual inspiration from my background in physics and from my experience of being a new mother in an era of pandemic. Imagery of butterflies, profiles in silhouette, moons, homes, trees and wood grain focus on themes of interiority and metamorphosis.” —Palmer&nbsp;The gallery will continue to offer art consulting for both private homes and businesses and are always willing to help with an art install or design need.&nbsp;

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