May's work is about time. It’s about showing the passage of time through piles of clothes, or capturing time through light that passes through the blinds of a window. How long it takes for light to become embedded within fibers of paper is a curious concept to study. The slowing down of time is important in her work and encourages present and contemplative moments. May's work invites the experience of a moment to make itself aware as it's happening, and consider how it got there in the first place.

May Roded is currently living in Iowa City, Iowa earning her MFA in Printmaking at the University of Iowa with a graduate expectancy date of 2027. Previously, May was instructing printmaking and studio art courses at Loyola Marymount University as a Senior Lecturer, teaching Extension Printmaking Courses at Otis College of Art and Design and managing a printmaking studio, Josephine Press, in Santa Monica, CA. In 2017 May received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking at California State University, Long Beach.