Melissa Anderson

www.melissaandersonart.com

mandersonart@aol.com

EDUCATION

2001-2005 Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, CA   BFA

2005-2007 New York Academy of Art, New York, NY   MFA

EXHIBITIONS
2011  Sloan Gallery, Swipe again,  New York,  NY
           Forbes Gallery,  I've got a secret curated by Mr. Forbes & Peter Drake,  New York,  NY
           793 Gallery,  Laguna Beach,  CA
2010  Allan Nederpelt Gallery, Team Work, Brooklyn, NY
          Vaudville Park Gallery, Group Show,  Brooklyn, NY
          Fuse Gallery, Remnants, New York, NY
          Fuse Gallery, Draw, Museo de la Cuidad de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
      Work Gallery, Art Market, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Sotheby’s,  Take home a nude art auction,  New York, NY

         Fuse Gallery, NYC touring drawing exhibition, Shooting Gallery, San Francisco, CA

         Artspace Gallery, Invitational Think Small Exhibition, Richmond, VA

         Washington Sq East Gallery, Small Works, Honorable mention, New York, NY
2008 Queens Museum of Art, New York, NY

          CMPS Gallery, Woman!, New York, NY
          Gallery440, Small Works Exhibition, Curated by David Humphrey, Brooklyn, NY

          Philips de Pury & Company, Take Home a Nude Art Auction, NewYork, NY
         Altered Esthetics Gallery, Bitter Fruits; women as object, Minneapolis, MN

2007 Artspace Gallery, Invitational Think Small Exhibition, Richmond, VA

          Soho20 Chelsea Gallery, International Women’s Exhibition, New York, NY

          Tribeca Ball, NYAA, New York, NY

          NYAA Alumni Juried Exhibition at Merge360 Gallery, New York, NY

          LCAD Alumni Juried Exhibition at Fairhaven Mausoleum, Santa Ana, CA

         Attleboro Art Museum, Small Works, Attleboro, MA

         CAA Regional MFA Exhibition, Times Square Gallery, Hunter College, NY, NY

         Hyatt Hotel, Exhibition for Launch of Canvas Wine, New York, NY

HONORS AND AWARDS

2007 Scholarship for summer study at Tuscan Stoneworks, Tuscany, Italy

2007 Vassari Award, Best in Show, NYAA, New York, NY

2006-2007 NYAA merit scholarship

2006 Jenny Saville painting tutorial scholarship

2006 Dedalaus Foundation nominee

RESIDENCIES

2007 Vermont Studio Center, received visual artist grant

2006 Châteaux de Balleroy, Prince of Wales Fellowship, Normandy, France

PUBLICATIONS

2009 New York Observer, Sotheby's big naked auction night
2007 Buro East Magazine, Premiere Issue

2005 Albion College National Undergraduate Journal 

COLLECTIONS

The Seavest Collection

The Prince of Wales

Kip Forbes