Melanie Parkeb. in Indianapolis, Indiana 1966Lives and works in Arcadia, Michigan Solo & Two Person Exhibitions2024 New Work, Melanie Parke & Richard Kooyman, Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, IL 2023 Selvage (online release), Garvey|Simon, NY, NY & San Anselmo, CA2022 Flowers for Friends, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Kent, CTNew Paintings, Melanie Parke & Richard Kooyman, Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, ILThe House of the Apple Orchard (online release) Meyer Vogl Gallery, Charleston, SC 2021 Inhabit, Melanie Parke & Amber George, Susan Eley Fine Art, NY, NYThe Tea House, Meyer Vogl Gallery, Charleston, SCRecent Paintings, Beth Urdang Gallery, Wellesley, MA2020 The Philosophy of Tea, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NYDomus Series (online release) Meyer Vogl Gallery, Charleston, SC 2019 I Want Shine, BLK MRKT, Traverse City, MIDew, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI2018 Now & Then, Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, IL2017 Flock, BLK MRKT, curated by Richard Kooyman, Traverse City, MILark, Warm Springs Gallery, Warm Springs, VA2016 The Voice in Every Object, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY 2012 New Paintings,Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI2011 New Paintings, Anne Loucks, Glencoe, IL2008 New Paintings, Modern Arts Midwest, Lincoln, NE2006 New Paintings, Wright Gallery, Northport, MI Group Exhibitions2024 Yellow Is, Meyer Vogl Gallery, Charleston, SC Connection, Blue Print Gallery, Dallas, TXGroup Show, Blue Print Gallery, Dallas, TX Group Show, Kim Storage Gallery, Milwaukee, WI2023 Meeting at Night, Gold/scopophilia*, Montclair, NJ, group show with Jenna Ransom, Ellen Siebers, Sarah Alice Moran, Michael McGrath, Nancy Friedland, and Ian FeliceChoose Your Own Adventure, Meyer Vogl Gallery, Charleston, SCWalk a Mile, Blue Print Gallery, Dallas, TX2022 Marking Impressions, Garvey|Simon, San Anselmo, CA ,with Claire McConaughy and DanielleRiedeHouse and Garden, curated by Kenise Barnes, Washington Art Association, Washington, CT There is a Place, Meyer Vogl Gallery, Charleston, SCNovember Art Show, Blue Print Gallery, Dallas, TXCool & Collected, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Kent, CTGood on Paper, Meyer Vogl Gallery, Charleston, SC 2021 Lush, Hashimoto Gallery, NY, NYWallflowers, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WIGood on Paper, Meyer Vogl Gallery, Charleston, SC 2020 TERRARIUM, Meyer Vogl Gallery, Charlston, SCAs You Are, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WIManic Botanic, Gavey Simon Projects NYC, NY, NYStill Lifes: Three Painters, Beth Urdang Gallery, Boston, MA Shelter, Meyer Vogl Gallery, Charleston, SCStress Joy Committee, curated by Keith Allen Spencer, online2019 High Fiber, Meyer Vogl Gallery, Charleston, SCIndoor Voices, curated by Kirstin Lamb, with Polly Shindler, Melanie Parke, Claire Cushman, VenaGu, Jordan Bushur, Erika B. Hess, & Laura Williams, The Yard, Williamsburg, NY Cool & Collected, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Kent, CTNew Paintings, Melanie Parke & Richard Kooyman, Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, IL Summer Pine, Becky Thatcher Design, Glen Arbor, MIThrive, Kensie Barnes Fine Art, Kent, CTPetal Power, Osilas Gallery, Concordia College curated by Bartholomew Bland and PattiO’Shaughnessy, Bronxville, NYNature Morte, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI2018 Lush, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY2017 Whitney Biennial - Debtfair, organized by Occupy Museums, Whitney Museum of Art, NewYork, NYSummer of Love with Mary Judge, Gabe Brown, David Konigsberg, Kenise Barnes Fine Art,Larchmont, NYDriven to Abstraction curated by Caroline Blum, Susan Eley Fine Art, NY, NY The Salon Show, Tory Folliard Galley, Milwaukee, WIThe Presence of Blue, Warm Springs Gallery, Warm Springs, VA2016 #PUSSYPOWER, curated by Jennifer Samet & Michael David, David & Schweitzer Contemporary, Bushwick, NYFlower Power, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NYItalian Airs, Schema Projects, New York, NYPeonies at a Crime Scene curated by Julie Alexander, Neon Heater Gallery, Findlay, OH Wallflowers, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WIOpen Pomegranate curated by Frankie Gardiner, CuratingContemporary.com Luck of the Draw curated by Trent Miller, Madison Public Library, Madison,WI Graham Nickson Juried Show, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY2015 Gallery II Group Show, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NYMelanie Parke & Richard Kooyman, Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, ILGoing Big, curated by Suzan Shutan & Susan Carr, Central Booking Gallery, NY, NY Figural curated by Richard Kooyman, BLK MARKT, Traverse City, MIThe Figure Show, Warm Springs Gallery, Warm Springs, VAThe Figure and the Landscape, Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI2014 Anniversary Show, The Painting Center, New York, NYLois Dodd Juried Show, First Street Gallery, New York, NYThe Painters Table, Warm Springs Gallery, Warm Springs, VASummer Salon, Ober Gallery, Kent, CTThe New Still Life, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI Fresh as Form, curated by Aubrey Levinthal, Lauren Garvey and DerrickQuevedo, CuratingContemporary.comDO IT YOURSELF, curated by Julie Torres, 3rd Ward Building, Bushwick, NY2013 What I Like About You, curated by Julie Torres, Parallel Art Space, Ridgewood, NYWhat I Like About You/ North, curated by Julie Torres, Imogen Holloway Gallery, Saugerties, NY What I Like About You, organized by Brian Edmonds & Julie Torres, CuratingContemporary.com 25th Anniversary Show, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI DebtFair, curated by Members of Occupy Museums, DebtFair, NY, NY2012 Euphemize, curated by Paul Hopkins, Slow, Chicago, IL Artists Book Show, curated by Dee Clements, Papercrane, Chicago, IL2011 Marji Gallery, Santa Fe , NM Tvedten Fine Art, Harbor Springs, MI Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI San Francisco Fine Arts Fair, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM 2010 The Painting Show, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM Femininity in Paint; with Cora Cohen, Margie Stewart, Kiki Slaughter, Emily Amy Gallery, Atlanta, GA2009 Paint as Subject; with Carl Plansky, Dorothy Goode, Cara Entels, Emily Amy Gallery, Atlanta, GA2007 2D 3D, William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO Four Painters, BSG Modern, Atlanta, GA Bridge Art Fair Basel Miami, Gebben Gray Gallery, Fennville, MI He Said, She Said, Tvedten Fine Art, Harbor Springs, MI Visiting Artist / Residencies2018 American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy2015 American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy2014 Borgo Finocchieto Invitational Residency, Tuscany, Italy 2009 Heliker - LaHotan Foundation, Cranberry Isles, ME 1999 Acadia National Park, ME 1996 Yosemite National Park, CA Isle Royale 1994 Dorland Mountain Colony, CA Education1989 B.F.A. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL 1984 Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, INBrebeuf Jesuit Preparatory High School, Indianapolis, IN Extended Studies2024 Annie Ernaux, Shame and the Politics of Memory, Brooklyn Institute for Social Research Jacqueline Rose: Literature, Politics, Psychoanalysis, Brooklyn Institute for Social Research2023 Silence: Art, Literature and Philosophy, Brooklyn Institute for Social Research The Problem of Evil, Silence: Art, Brooklyn Institute for Social Research Origins of Totalitarianism, Brooklyn Institute for Social Research2022 Poetry Challenge, Poetry Forge with Holly Wren Spaulding, MA Artist in Residence, Poetry Forge with Holly Wren Spaulding, MA Sisterhood, Feminist Business School, Topanga, CABalancing Meditation with Karen Storms Rohm, Manistee, MI2019 New Rules, Feminist Business School, Topanga Canyon, CA2018 Visions & Values, Feminist Business School Topanga Canyon, CA 2017 Common Field Convening, Artist-Run conference, Los Angeles, CAConcepts and Conceptions, Feminist Business School, Topanga Canyon, CA 2016 The Oplontis Project Symposium, Kelsey Museum, Ann Arbor, MI2012 Open Engagement Conference, Portland, OR Klein Art Works Seminar with Paul Klein, Chicago, IL2011 Hand In Glove Conference for Independent Arts Organizers, Chicago, IL 2010 New York Studio School, Drawing Marathon with Ron Schubrook, NY, NY1998 Oxbow Summer School, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL 1994 Outward Bound, Mount Katahdin, ME1983 Carleton College Summer Writing Program, Northfield, MN Curatorial, Design & Collaboration2022 Designer for studio barn: Field Study, Arcadia, MI2020 Designer for home interior: Field Study, Arcadia, MI2019 Curator: When The Hours Turned Blue, Solo Show by Amanda Acker, The Provincial, Chief, MICollaborator: Shelters, Monuments: Works by Whiting Tennis and Sarah Norsworthy, curated by Sam King & Melanie Parke, The Provincial, Chief, MICurator: Cave Drawings, Man: Solo Show by Suzanne Goldenberg, The Provincial, Chief, MI Program Director: Visiting Artists - Sophie Treppendahl, Erika B. Hess, Amanda Acker,The Provincial Guest House, Chief, MI2018 Collaborator: Phantom Shell w/ Catherine Haggarty & Anna Valdez, The Provincial, Chief, MI Collaborator: Will Higgins, an Installation, The Provincial, Chief, MICurator: Violet Pines w/ Taila Shulze, Pamela Sabroso, & Katrina Fimmel,The Provincial, Chief, MI Curator: Rock, Cashmere Sweater with Carol Spaulding & Angela Saxon, The Provincial, Chief, MI Curator: Pamela Fraser: Natural History, The Provincial, Chief, MICurator: This is How It Ends, Solo Show by Brian Edmonds, The Provincial, Chief, MI Program Director: Visiting Artist Program - Douglas Witmer, Catherine Haggarty, Anna Valdez,Pamela Sabroso, Talia Shulz, The Provincial Guest House, Chief, MI2017 Curator: Cities, like dreams, Swamps Where Cedars Grow, The Provincial, Chief, MI Collaborator: WAYLAID, Performance created by Gretchen Eichenberg and JenniferSperry Steinorth, The Provincial, Chief, MIModerator: In Conversation: Artist as Organizer, Artist as Agitator, with Michael Huey,Douglas Witmer and Jennifer Sperry Steinorth, The Provincial, Chief, MI Collaborator: ( un )tacit, Three person show; Matthew Choberka, Ian Hagarty, & SamKing, The Provincial, Chief, MICollaborator: Karen Dolmanisth, curated by Holly Spaulding, The Provincial, Chief, MI Program Director: Visiting Artist Program - Sam King, The Provincial Guest House, Chief, MI2016 Collaborator: Cold Summer curated by Peter Shear, The Provincial, Cheif, MICurator: Under The Hill, Solo Show by Sarah Nesbit, The Provincial, Chief, MIProgram Director: Visiting Artist & Fellowship Program - Kestrel Blue Hendrickson,The ProvincialGuest House, Chief, MI2015 Curator: Mountain Reveries et Cetera, Solo Show by Frankie Gardner, The Provincial, Chief, MICollaborator: Gossip, a Performance by Gretchen Eichberger, The Provincial, Chief, MI 2014 Curator: Meanwhile Back at the Farm, w/ Yevgeniya Baras, Mike Olin, Clare Grill,Suzanne Goldenberg, Maria Britton, and Shanna Maurizi, Bushwick Open Studios,Bushwick, NYCollaborator: DO IT YOURSELF, Bushwick Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY Collaborator: Painting & Social Practice with Stephen Wright, Michigan, Tennessee, New York2013 Collaborator: Alltogethernow, w/ Julie Torres, Bushwick Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY 2012 Collaborator: Care Package Project w/ Jonathan Hartshorn, Chicago, ILCurator & Performer: Don’t Tell Me How to Love, Socially Engaged Art, Chicago, IL Curator/Performer/Collaborator: Immigrant Movement International Actions with Tania Bruguera,Chicago, IL Collaborator: After Rain Daddy with poetry by Paul Breschuk, Chicago & Toronto1998 Founder/Organizer/Volunteer: P.A.I.R, Partners for Artist in Residence, an InitiativeProposing 30 AIR Programs in the National Parks, United States Department of Interior BibliographyPhillips, Holly Hollingsworth, “Artist Spotlight Series”, The English Room, https://www.theenglishroom.biz/ art-love-melanie-parke/, May 9, 2022Rattigam, Jama Kim, Melanie Parke: Beauty and Light, Jama’s Alphabet Soup, https://jamarattigan.com/ 2022/06/14/melanie-parke-beauty-and-light/, June 14, 2022Installation, Juxtapose Art & Culture, Jennifer Rizzo Curates "Lush" @ Hashimoto Contemporary, NYC, http://www.mutualart.com/ExternalArticle/Jennifer-Rizzo-Curates--Lush----Hashimot/916A162AD3FA135C? source_page=Artist\Articles, January 13, 2021Phillips, Holly Hollingsworth, “Artist Spotlight Series”, The English Room, http://www.theenglish- room.biz/2020/07/06/artist-spotlight-series-melanie-parke/, July 2020Gross, Judy Carmack, “Chicago Artists Interpret Uncertainty (Part 2)”, https://www.classicchicago- magazine.com/chicago-artists-interpret-uncertainty-part-2/, Classic Chicago Magazine, June 2020Harris, Vincent. “Shelter in Art” , Charleston City Paper, https://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/charles- ton/a-new-online-exhibition-from-the-meyer-vogl-gallery-focuses-on-artists-during-lockdown/ Content?oid=31519733, May 27,2020Edmonds, Brian. “Eraser, Volume 1”, Curating Contemporary, November 2019Hess, Erika B. “Artist Melanie Parke: Strength in Creation, Me Too & Activism in the Arts”, https://www.i- likeyourworkpodcast.com/post/artist-melanie-parke-strength-in-creation-me-too-activism-in-the- arts, November 15, 2019Burns, Emily. “Interview with The Provincial” maake Issue 7, http://www.maakemagazine.com/the-pro- vincial/, July 2018Spaulding, Holly. “Made: An Unexpected Oasis of Beauty and Conversation”, http://www.culture-keep- er.com/blog/made-an-unexpected-oasis-of-beauty-and-conversation, 18 May 2018Post Road Magazine, Issue 28, 2015Chu, Barbara Perrine. “Melanie Parke.” Pink Pagoda Studio, pinkpagodastudio.blogspot.com, August 25,2015.Edmonds, Brian. “Current Exhibition: Richard Kooyman & Melanie Parke.” Anne Loucks Gallery. 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