International Art
Amit May has been involved with the fine arts of numerous countries
and cultures for over 10 years. In 1999 he
established Amit May Fine Arts, specializing in Diversity Awareness Art Exhibition™
services to corporations. Most recently this
included hosting an exhibition at Genentech highlighting Latin
American Art, as well as an innovative show of Abstract
Art at Sun Microsystems.
In 1997 Amit was chosen as a guest curator (hosted by the Cambodian
Artist Assistance Program) to document and engage emerging artists in Cambodia. The results led to a unique art exhibition of Contemporary Cambodian Art, never
before seen outside of Cambodia. Amit has
traveled extensively throughout the world, meeting with many international artists from
Myanmar (Burma), Cuba, Chile, Mexico, Vietnam, Nepal, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Hong Kong,
Macao, Singapore, Israel, Jordan, Turkey, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Belize. He is also active in promoting local and national
artists of various backgrounds including Hispanic, African-American, Native-American and
Asian Pacific-Americans.
Corporate
Management Experience
Amit
has held senior marketing management positions with progressive high tech firms such as
Sun Microsystems, Applied Materials and Hewlett Packard.
He has had extensive people management experience, including supervising employees
of diverse backgrounds. Amit also lived and
worked overseas in Israel for 3 years.
Education
Amit
received his Bachelors of Arts in Social Science and Business Management from the
University of California at Berkeley, 1987.
He also obtained a
graduate degree from the WUJS Institute, International Graduate Centre for Near Eastern
Studies, Arad, Israel, 1998. At the field
school (located in the Judean desert) he studied the nomadic culture of Arab Bedouin
tribes and the history of the ancient Israelite kingdoms, among other subjects. |
Amit May Fine Arts