Melanie Reese
(b. 1991)
Lives and works in Greenpoint, BK, NY
Instagram @melaniereese
studio@melreese.com
www.melreese.com
Education
2017 MFA Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York City, NY
2014 Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2014 Two Certificates, Sotheby’s Institute Online
2013 B.S. Studio Art, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Delta Daydreams, Warnes Contemporary Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2023 When We Cease to Understand the World, Yashar Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2022 Out East, THE GALLERY by Odo, New York, NY
2021 Echo, MILCON Gallery, Digital Exhibition
2019 Color & Light, 173 Green Street Gallery, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Alaska Landscapes, Suzette LaValle, Brooklyn, NY
2018 SSS #26, R&D Studios Bushwood, Ridgewood, NY
2018 BLUEPRINT Piano Series: 1913, Greenwhich Music House, New York, NY
2018 New Year, New Nature, R&D Studios Bushwood, Ridgewood, NY
2017 SSS#23, R&D Studios Bushwood, NY
2017 4 Trumps, Suzette LaValle, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Melanie Reese prints, Suzette LaValle, Brooklyn, NY
2016 SSS#14, R&D Studios Brooklyn, Bushwick, NY
2015 Melanie Reese, solo show at Suzette LaValle, Brooklyn, NY
Group Exhibitions
2024 TROVE - Flate File, Deanna Evans Projects, New York, NY
2022 Collar Works Flat Files 2022-2023, Collar Works, Troy, NY
2022 Nowadays, Florence Contemporary Gallery, virtual exhibition
2022 HERstory, Girls Who Paint, Kensington, MD
2022 Revelations, Visionary Art Collective, virtual exhibition
2022 TRUE STORIES, Untitled Space, New York, NY
2022 Les Étrangers, Maison 10, New York, NY
2022 Group Show, THE GALLERY by Odo, New York, NY
2022 One Year, MILCON Gallery, virtual exhibition
2022 EMBRACING 2022, THE GALLERY by Odo, New York, NY
2022 Depth Perception, The Yard – City Hall, New York, NY
2021 Leaving the Body, The Yard – City Hall, New York, NY
2021 Shape In All Its Forms, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Shades of Blue, Art Room Gallery, virtual exhibition
2021 Curations with Jordan Holms: Waiting, Art in Res, virtual exhibition
2021 Group Show, Shrine Gallery, New York, NY
2020 The Guest Curation: Blanche Garcia B. garcia Designs, Art in Res, virtual exhibition
2020 Curations with Jordan Holms: Sehnsucht, Art in Res, virtual exhibition
2020 Fall Fun!, Art in Res, virtual exhibition
2020 The Guest Curation: Emily McElwreath, Art in Res, virtual exhibition
2019 Monochrome*, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019 A PIGMENT OF YOUR IMAGINATION, 173 Green Street Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 To What ENd, Gallery 2, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2017 Unicode, SVA Exhibition, Flatiron Gallery, NY, NY
2017 Cognitive Dissidence, Thesis SVA MFA Fine Arts, curated by Dan Cameron, Brooklyn, NY
2017 The Map is Not the Territory, SVA MA Curatorial Practices, Pfizer Building, NY
2017 58th Long Island Artist, Art League of Long Island, Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, Dix Hills, NY
2017 ¡¡¡Girls Gone Wild: NastyWomanEdition!!!, R&D Studios Bushwood, NY
2017 NYC, Vellum Magazine, OffLINE at CENTRAL BOOKING, NY, NY
2017 This is Brooklyn, The Stoop BK, Bushwick, NY
2016 ARTIFICIAL FRILLS, Cloying Parlor, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Breach, Rabbit Hole Studio, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Girls Gone Wild Spring Break Edition, R&D Studios Brooklyn, Bushwick, NY
2015 Play Me A Game, The Skybridge Gallery, Eugene Lang College, NY, NY
2015 Remember Me Offline, SVA MA Curatorial Practice, New York, NY
2014 Post-Appreciation, Diego Rivera Gallery, SFAI, San Francisco, CA
2014 All Kinds of Wonder, The Gallery at the Watershed, Eugene, OR
2014 Connection, The Gallery at the Watershed, Eugene, OR
2013 The Story of the Creative, See.Me New York City Gallery
2013 Elsewhere Artists, Elsewhere Studios, Paonia, CO
2013 Senior Thesis Exhibition, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2013 Skidmore College Student Artwork Exhibition*, Schick Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY
2011 SACI Fall 2011 Student Exhibition, Florence, Italy
2010 Face & Figure*, The Art Guild of Nassau County at Elderfields Preserve, Manhasset, NY
Representation
Florence Contemporary Gallery
Press
2023 “CARE”, BOOOOOOM, art + photo book
2023 “Visionary Artist: Melanie Reese”, New Visionary Magazine, Issue 6
2023 “Suboart Magazine March 2023 #3”, SuboArt Magazine, Issue 2, Volume 3
2023 “The 50 Artist to Watch in 2023”, Florence Contemporary Gallery, 2023 Edition
2023 "Visionary Visit: Mel Reese", New Visionary Magazine, Issue 5
2022 "Meet Melanie Reese", Canvas Rebel, interview
2022 "Sustainable Choice", BOOOOOOOM
2022 "Mel Reese", the artful collective, interview
2022 "Studio Visit: Volume Forty-Nine", Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 49
2022 "Melanie Reese: on her Artistic Ideas", Artists on Couches, interview
2021 "Painter Mel Reese Makes Art for Those Who Revel in the Quiet Beauties", AWT
2021 "Studio Image Project", Friend of the Artist
2021 "Interview with Melanie Reese", MILCON Gallery, interview
2020 "Featured Artists / Recent Work", New American Paintings
2020 "Visit the Studio with Mel Reese", Art in Res, Inside the Studio
2019 “Studio Visit: Volume Forty-Five”, Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 45
2018 “No.134 Northeast Issue”, New American Paintings, Northeast Issue #134
2018 “Artist Profile: Melanie Reese”, Inside Artists, Issue 11 Winter 2017/18
2017 “What 14 Artists Wish They Knew at the Start of Their Career”, Artwork Archive Blog
2017 “NYC”, Vellum Magazine, fall/winter 2017
2016 “Women’s Lib: Melanie Reese Talks Abstract Art”, KINDLAND, interview
2015 “Highly Political Paintings of Sexualized Women by Melanie Reese”, Wallhop
Professional Experience
2023 Curator in Residence, The Yard – Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY
2020-2021 Curator, Art in Res (YC W20)
2020-2021 Artist Community Development Manager, Art in Res (YC W20)
2015-2017 Studio Manager, Zaria Forman, Brooklyn, NY
Professional Activities & Awards
2023 Residency – JX Farms, Cleveland, MS
2022 Artist Talk – MAISON 10
2022 Artist Talk – THE GALLERY by Odo
2021 IG Live Interview – A Women's Thing
2021 Artist Talk – MILCON Gallery, virtual
2021 Artist Talk – Art in Res, virtual
2020 Jiggy Original Art Puzzle Artist – Jiggy Puzzles
2017 Residency – Vermont Studio Center, VT
2017 Award of Excellence, 58th Long Island ArtistExhibition, Art League of Long Island
2017 Guest Teacher Series – PS 32 Samuel Mills Sprole
2016 Panel Participant, “The Entrepreneurial Artist Workshop”, Skidmore College, Tang Museum
2013 Residency - Elsewhere Studios, Paonia, CO
Curatorial Publications
2021 “Artist Bios”, #CollectorEducation Series, Art in Res
2020 “Why Does Artwork Cost What It Costs? Part 3”,#CollectorEducation Series, Art in Res
2020 “Why Does Artwork Cost What It Costs? Part 2”, #CollectorEducation Series, Art in Res
2020 “Why Does Artwork Cost What It Costs?”, #CollectorEducation Series, Art in Res
Curation
2023 Eclipse of Distance, The Yard: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY
2023 Romantic Radiations, The Yard: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY
2022 Depth Perception, The Yard: City Hall Park, New York, NY
2021 Fractured Truths, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY
2021 LARGE & Hung, Bushwood Land, Ridegewood, NY
2021 Time in Color & Light, Art in Res
2020 Goodbye 2020. Hello 2021!, Art in Res
2020 Christmas 2020, Art in Res
2020 Spooky, Art in Res
2020 Fall Fun!, Art in Res
2020 The Square, Art in Res
2020 Pairs, Art in Res
2020 Text in Art, Artin Res
2020 Materials, Art in Res
2020 People, Art in Res
2020 Abstract Thoughts, Art in Res
2020 The Places Art Can Take Us, Art in Res
2020 Summer Sun!, Art in Res
2020 Art as a Moment For Reflection, Art in Res
2020 Momentum, Art in Res
2020 Pre-Social Distancing Nostalgia, Art in Res
2020 WFH Escapism, Art in Res
2020 WFH - The Simple Pleasures, Art in Res
2020 WFH Blues, Art in Res
2020 WFH, Art in Res