May the painter

is a Vietnamese-Austrian artist based in Vienna.

Her paintings are characterized by vivid use of color and a stylized visual language.

Her work ranges from expressive portraits and fleeting studies to intricate still life compositions.

Her practice engages deeply with the emancipatory potential of artistic expression, as well as with themes such as the constitution of identity and memory through narrative processes.

blooming in may

community

The biggest lie they teach us in school is that we have to figure out everything by ourselves. We are not set up for productivity and we are not in competition. We are human beings who thrive from community, collaboration and the beauty of interpersonal relationships.

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blooming in may

freedom

me trying to explain that deciding what you want to become based on your interests is not going to be fulfilling. There are several jobs that would be interesting, but not all of them offer the same lifestyle. I think we should rather ask ourselves how we want to live, what we want to experience and what kind of people we want to be around. Then we can choose a profession based on the freedom/security/inspiration level it has to offer.

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blooming in may

creation

I feel like a common stereotype for artists is that they need to be depressed or have some kind of trauma to implement in their art. Although it might be true for some I don't like how sometimes unhealthy and lonely lifestyles are glorified in which artists are consumed by their work. I'm a painter but I'm also a human being and thats what I'll always be first.

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