Melissa Stern

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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2009
    • STEP RIGHT UP – Bahdeebahdu Gallery, Philadelphia PA
    • COMING UP FOR AIR- Fetherston Gallery, Seattle WA
    • LOOSE LIPS- Drawing exhibition, Milsaps College, Jackson, MS.
  • 2008
    • A COMMON SPACE, Barbara Archer Gallery, Atlanta, GA
  • 2007
    • ABOVE THE BELT, Studioswan, Atlanta, GA
    • FAMILY VALUES, Gallery 31 North, Glen Gardner, NJ
  • 2006
    • LOOSE LIPS -Drawing exhibition. Zihlka Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT.
    • BIRDLAND, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN.
  • 2005
    • FAMILY VALUES, WeissPollack Gallery, NY, NY
  • 2003
    • VACATION, Spike Gallery, NY, NY
    • MY FRIENDS, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN.
  • 2002
    • BACK TO SCHOOL, The Children’s Museum of the Arts, NY, NY (Publication & t-shirt design)
  • 2001
    • Ballard Featherston Gallery, Seattle, WA
    • THIRD GRADE, John Elder Gallery, NY, NY
  • 2000
    • Bachelier-Cardonsky, Kent, CT
  • 1999
    • WAX WORKS, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
  • 1997
    • DRAWINGS - Mia Gallery, Seattle, WA
  • 1996
    • Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT
  • 1995
    • Mia Gallery, Seattle WA
  • 1994
    • Diana Burke Gallery, NY, NY
  • 1993
    • Mia Gallery, Seattle, WA
  • 1990
    • Art Rages, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 1988
    • Primitivo Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • 1986
    • HOMESITES, Arts Council of San Mateo County, Belmont, CA
    • CHAIRS, Clodagh, Ross, Williams Gallery, NY, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2011
    • RETROFUTUREOLOGY- Observatory, Brooklyn NY
  • 2010
    • PARADISO CONTRAPASTO – Observatory , Brooklyn, NY
    • PILLOW CULTURE – Dumbo Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY
  • 2009
    • THE SKETCHBOOK PROJECT- Arthouse, Atlanta, GA - National traveling exhibition
  • 2008
    • CONFRONTATIONAL CERAMICS, curated by Judith Schwartz, Westchester Arts Council, Westchester, NY
  • 2007
    • FORMS OF OPULENCE- Allen Gallery. New York, NY
    • HAVE A SEAT! – Beylerian Collection of Small Chairs June 28 – October 28, The Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
    • RED - Curated by Richard Notkin. Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
    • THE INNER CHILD- The Hunterdon Museum of Art, Hunterdon, NJ
  • 2006
    • FIGURATIONS Sopa Gallery, Kelona, BC, Canada
    • MOTHERHOOD: THE MYTH, THE MAGIC, THE MADNESS”- curated By Leslie Matthews. Design for Living Gallery, Phila. PA.
  • 2005
    • "NEW TALENT 2005", Co-curated by the Museum of Ceramic Art New
    • York (MOCA/NY) and WEISSPOLLACK Gallery. NY, NY
    • 3RD WORLD CERAMICS BIENNALE 2005, Ceramics: The Vehicle of Culture, Invitational exhibition, Icheon, Korea  (Catalogue)
  • 2004
    • PULP FICTION, bahdu bahdee, Phila. PA
  • 2003
    • ENCAUSTIC 2003, juried exhibition, Poughkeepsie, NY (Catalogue)
  • 2002
    • PUSHING CLAY, Univ of Southern Maine. Portland, Maine
  • 2001
    • R&F ENCAUSTICS JURIED BIENNIAL - Kingston, NY (Catalogue)
  • 1998
    • NEW TALENT, John Elder Gallery, NY, NY
  • 1996
    • INTIMATE CONVERSATIONS, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
  • 1995
    • NEW YORK CLAY - Traveling exhibition, Stavanger, Norway (Catalogue)
  • 1994
    • VIEWPOINTS, Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT
    • NEW GENERATION, Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
  • 1993
    • HEADS OR TAILS - Mia Gallery, Seattle, WA
  • 1992
    • CHAIRS, Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, CA
    • FIGURATIVE CERAMICS, Mia Gallery, Seattle, WA
  • 1991
    • AND ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE, Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, CA
  • 1990
    • SIGNS OF SUPPORT - FURNITURE FORMS IN CONTEMPORARY ART
    • John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
  • 1988
    • ARTIST'S FURNITURE INVITATIONAL, Wita Gardiner Gallery, San Diego, CA
    • THE AESTHETIC EDGE, Corvalis Art Center, Corvallis, OR
    • IMAGINARY LANDSCAPES, Primitivo Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • 1987
    • VIEWING THE FIGURE, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
  • 1986
    • INAUGURAL EXHIBITION, Clodagh, Ross, Williams Gallery, NY, NY
  • 1984
    • INTROSPECTIVES - AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WORK BY WOMEN - Pyramid Art Center, Rochester, NY
  • 1983
    • THE AMERICAN CLAY NATIONAL, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA

PUBLICATIONS

  • American Illustration 26 – The Best American Illustrations of 2007, November 2007
  • Review of BIRDLAND - The Memphis Commercial Appeal, Friday April 21, 2006
  • BIRDLAND - Catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition. David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN 2006
  • CLAY IN ART INTERNATIONAL - 2006. pub. by kerameiki techni. Athens, Greece
  • TRANS-CERAMIC-ART – Catalogue of The 3rd World Ceramic Biennale 2005. Published by Icheon World Ceramic Center, Icheon, Korea 2005
  • 500 FIGURES IN CLAY - by Veronika Gunter. Lark Books, Ashville, NC 2004
  • BACK TO SCHOOL- catalogue essay by Paul Karlstrom. Published by The Children's Museum of the Arts NY, NY, Winter 2003
  • CERAMIC FIGURES - by Michael Flynn, Rutgers Univ. Press - New Jersey 2002
  • FORM & TRANS-FORMATIONS - by Judith Schwartz, catalogue. Queens, NY 1997
  • NEW YORK CLAY - essay by Judith Schwartz, exhibition catalogue, Rogaland
  • Kunstnersenter, Rogaland, Norway 1996
  • THE NEW YORK TIMES - Review - Sunday, Dec. 15, 1996
  • CHAIRMANIA - FANTASTIC MINIATURES by George Beylarian, Harry Abrams pub. New York, NY - 1994
  • DAN'S PAPER - Review - Bridgehampton, NY - May 20, 1994
  • EAST HAMPTON INDEPENDENT - Review - May 22, 1994
  • THE NEW YORK TIMES - Review - Sunday, August 2, 1992
  • CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ART CRAFT - A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE – by Barbara Mayer, Peregrine Smith Books - Salt Lake City, UT - 1988
  • PRONTO - Cover photograph and article. Vol. 4 #5 – Tokyo, Japan - 1988
  • ARS AUREA – Magazine article Berlin, Germany - winter 1988

GRANTS/AWARDS

  • ART CRITIC- The New York Press- Current
  • ART CRITIC- City Arts- Current
  • NY COMMITTEE – Human Rights Watch Film Festival - Current
  • AWARDED ARTIST RESIDENCY, The Serenbe Institute, Serenbe GA, 2007
  • 2001- SPONSORS AWARD R&F HANDMADE PAINT JURIED EXHITION
  • 1990 AND 1994 KOHLER FOUNDATION GRANT - Artist-in-Residence Kohler Company, Sheboygan, WI

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

  • Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
  • The Arario Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  • Bear Stearns & Co. New York, NY
  • Dow Jones & Co Inc, New York, NY
  • Davison Collection, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
  • The Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
  • Stavenger Museum, Stavenger Norway
  • The Metropolitan Home Magazine Design Collection, New York, NY
  • The Kohler Company Collection, Sheboygan, WI
  • Designtex, New York, NY
  • George Beylerian, New York, NY
  • Judith & Martin Schwartz, New York, NY
  • Gail & Robert Brown, Philadelphia, PA
  • David and Clemmer Monteque, Washington, DC

EDUCATION

  • 1976-1980 BA Anthropology and Studio Art Cum Laude with Honors in Anthropology Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
  • 1982-1984 MFA Ceramics State University of New York at New Paltz