He followed in the footsteps of other African American artists, performers, and intellectuals such as Victor Séjour, Henry O. Tanner, Ira Aldridge, Richard Wright, James Baldwin, Josephine Baker, and others who, since the mid-19th century, have chosen Paris and elsewhere in France and Europe for study or expatriate life.
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Mays’ 2005 “Migration of the Superheroes” exhibition at the Carrousel du Louvre makes him one of the few African-American artists to date to follow Tanner’s footsteps to the Louvre.
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He chose to study in Mexico where he believed he would have been able to get his education while indulging his passion for art so he applied and was accepted to study medicine at Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara School of Medicine (UAG) in 1985.
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His work has been exhibited in Mexico’s Galeria Clava, Paris’ Carrousel du Louvre, Mexico’s annual José Clemente Orozco Art competition, and New York’s Guggenheim museum, to name a few.
Willie Mays | Lyle Mays | Raymond Mays | Dave Mays | Charlie Mays | Willie Mays' | Taylor Mays | Scene from '''Stanley Keyes''' play ''Dragon Slayers,'' directed by Brad Mays | Samuel Ealy Johnson, Sr. | Samuel Ealy Johnson, Jr. | Owen Mays | Mays Landing | Mark Mays | Kony Ealy | Joe Mays | Jefferson Mays | Dudley Mays Hughes | David Mays | Brad Mays | Benjamin Mays |