Dee May is a Malaysian multidisciplinary artist, editor and journalist. Her current artistic inquiry include valuation and the (re)discovery of hope; questioning the (re)construction of narratives and spaces while seeking to make the intangible tangible.

Her textual and mixed-media work explores overlooked narratives, focusing on human rights, social justice, indigenous land, environment and intangible cultures. In 2018, she founded PLATES magazine, an international award-winning independent publication. The independent inaugural evergreen culture journal combines food themes and slow journalism to explore hyperlocal overlooked human-focused stories that are globally relevant.

Her work has been supported by Rimbun Dahan Artist Residency (2020-21) and INXO Arts Award Fund (2019); and selected for international group exhibitions. Prior to her artistic career she was awarded the Chevening Global Scholarship Award, Cumberland Lodge Fellowship (Windsor, UK), as well as awards from State Library Queensland (Brisbane, Australia) and Brisbane City Council for her early documentary and photography work respectively. Dee May has been invited to present and moderate various talks, presentations and panel discussions in Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia and Singapore.