About

Sebastian May is a creative practitioner whose work explores through storytelling the relationship between creativity and connectedness. With a deep-rooted ambition to foster connection through creativity, his work examines how we meaningfully relate to one another and the world around us.

Sebastian creates contemporary art that embraces thoughtful, sustainable ways of making, including recycling and the use of found objects. His practice spans diverse mediums, including painting, illustration, photography, writing, collage and assemblage.

Creative projects

Sebastian’s portfolio encompasses a variety of significant creative projects, including publishing an illustrated children’s book, Yellow Bird, producing a play, Lakavu, launching Art360 app to make archiving skills available to contemporary artists, hosting a mini podcast series, Fruity, and contributing as a photographer to 100 Faces of Croydon, to name a few.

Sebastian’s artwork has been exhibited widely, including shows with the Accessible Art Fair (Brussels), Arts & Crusts, Artspace K2 (Remagen, Germany), BobCat Gallery, Café Eterno, Chopperchunky Gallery, Departure/Husk, Milk & Two Pop-up Gallery, Pride In London, Studio73, The Accidental Festival (Roundhouse), The Other Art Fair and University of the Arts London (UAL).

Branding and communications

With a background in branding and communications, Sebastian has contributed his expertise to a range of commercial projects across corporate, creative, public and non-governmental institutions, such as: Afiniti Ltd, AIDES France, Allied Irish Banks, Art360 Foundation, Aspect Consulting, BP, Bridgeman, CEEREAL, Channel 4, Consumer Choices, Google, DACS, DSM, EWEA, EuropaBio, FoodDrinkEurope, Intel, Kellogg’s, Marsh UK, Maersk Oil, Mobile Challengers Group, Medela, Network Rail, Nice Agency, Royal Mail, Talisman, Total, and the University of the Arts London.

Research, scholarship, and education

Sebastian’s research focuses on connectedness, creative collaboration, and storytelling. Sebastian holds an MA in International Relations from the University of Kent, a PgCert in Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication from the University of the Arts London (UAL), and a BA in Media Studies from the University of Westminster. Sebastian is a Fellow as part of AdvanceHE’s Professional Standards Framework.