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'''Joshua Mays''' (born 1976) is an American painter, illustrator, and muralist. His work, which typically features black subjects in fantastical settings, is considered by many to be an example of [[Afrofuturism]], although he does not use the label to describe himself.<ref name=":0"></ref> He was born in [[Denver|Denver,]] and is now based in [[Oakland, California|Oakland]].
== Work ==
Mays is self-taught and sold his first commissioned piece in high school.<ref></ref> He names album cover artist [[Mati Klarwein]] as an influence, and he has done album art for [[Jneiro Jarel]] and [[Jill Scott]].<ref></ref>
Mays's murals include the "BEACON" series, which is based on a quote by [[Maya Angelou]]: “If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.”<ref name=":0" /> This series consists of murals in Oakland at 23rd Avenue and 24th Street, 829 Vermont St., West Oakland, and 1700 Broadway.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1"></ref> The piece at 1700 Broadway is called ''Beacon Frequency Reader'' and is one of the city's largest murals.<ref name=":1" /> Its subject is a girl with a staff, who is surrounded by birds. Mays is quoted as says the girl is a "gatekeeper to a fantastical realm."<ref name=":2"></ref> The mural's installation was arranged by curator Sorell Raino-Tsui, who negotiated the installations of other large murals in Oakland's [[Uptown Oakland|Uptown]] neighborhood.<ref name=":2" />
Joshua Mays and [[King Britt]], working with Mural Arts Philadelphia, created an "[[augmented reality]] mural" at 5300 Lansdowne Ave in 2018. The piece, ''Dreams, Diaspora and Destiny'', included a mural by Mays and Mural Arts Philadelphia, music by Britt, and a [[mobile app]] for viewers.<ref name=":3"></ref> Other locations where he has painted murals include Johannesburg, Mexico City and Jakarta.<ref name=":3" />
In 2018, [[San Francisco (magazine)|San Francisco Magazine]] named him as one of "100 artists putting the [[East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)|East Bay]] on the map."<ref></ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOgbPF8Gm0c Mays discussing his BEACON series]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American contemporary artists]]
[[Category:African-American contemporary artists]]
[[Category:American muralists]]
== Work ==
Mays is self-taught and sold his first commissioned piece in high school.<ref></ref> He names album cover artist [[Mati Klarwein]] as an influence, and he has done album art for [[Jneiro Jarel]] and [[Jill Scott]].<ref></ref>
Mays's murals include the "BEACON" series, which is based on a quote by [[Maya Angelou]]: “If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.”<ref name=":0" /> This series consists of murals in Oakland at 23rd Avenue and 24th Street, 829 Vermont St., West Oakland, and 1700 Broadway.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1"></ref> The piece at 1700 Broadway is called ''Beacon Frequency Reader'' and is one of the city's largest murals.<ref name=":1" /> Its subject is a girl with a staff, who is surrounded by birds. Mays is quoted as says the girl is a "gatekeeper to a fantastical realm."<ref name=":2"></ref> The mural's installation was arranged by curator Sorell Raino-Tsui, who negotiated the installations of other large murals in Oakland's [[Uptown Oakland|Uptown]] neighborhood.<ref name=":2" />
Joshua Mays and [[King Britt]], working with Mural Arts Philadelphia, created an "[[augmented reality]] mural" at 5300 Lansdowne Ave in 2018. The piece, ''Dreams, Diaspora and Destiny'', included a mural by Mays and Mural Arts Philadelphia, music by Britt, and a [[mobile app]] for viewers.<ref name=":3"></ref> Other locations where he has painted murals include Johannesburg, Mexico City and Jakarta.<ref name=":3" />
In 2018, [[San Francisco (magazine)|San Francisco Magazine]] named him as one of "100 artists putting the [[East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)|East Bay]] on the map."<ref></ref>
== References ==
<references />
== External links ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOgbPF8Gm0c Mays discussing his BEACON series]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American contemporary artists]]
[[Category:African-American contemporary artists]]
[[Category:American muralists]]
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