Melissa Thorne

Eight Story High Rise

2007 / Gouache, ink, watercolor on paper / 71,5 × 64,5 cm

Calamus

2015 / watercolor, ink on paper / 19 × 15 cm

Greensboro

2015 / watercolor, ink on paper / 19 × 15 cm

Melissa Thorne CV

born in Tallahassee, Florida;
lives and works in New York

Education

1998 Master of Fine Arts / California Institute of the Arts / Valencia, CA (USA)

1993 Bachelor of Fine Arts / Carnegie Mellon University / Pittsburgh, PA (USA)

1992 Yale Summer School of Art / Norfolk, CT (USA)

1991 Tyler School of Art / Rome (Italy)

Grands, Awards, Fellowships

2008 Regent’s Faculty Fellowship / Academic Senate, UC Riverside

2007 Santa Fe Art Institute / Artist’s Residency

 Joan Mitchell Foundation Scholarship

2004 Ucross Foundation Artist’s Residency

2002 Durfee A.R.C. Grant

1999 – 2000 Core Fellow / Glassell Artist’s Residency / Museum of Fine Arts / Houston, TX (USA)

1997 Durfee Grant for project with Grandma Prisbrey’s Bottle Village / Simi Valley, CA (USA)

1995 Artist’s Residency / Bemis Center for Contemporary Art / Omaha, NB (USA)

Solo Exhibitions

2013 A Wall Around a Window / Devin Borden Gallery / Houston, TX (USA)

2008 A Partial Index of Improvements / Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery / Houston, TX (USA)

2004 Aerials and Elevations / Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery / Houston, TX (USA)

2003 Superstructure / Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects / Los Angeles, CA (USA)

2002 Melissa Thorne: New Paintings / Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery / Houston, TX (USA)

2001 Radiant City / Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects / Los Angeles, CA (USA)

2000 Drawings: plans for small units / Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery / Houston, TX (USA)

1999 A miracle of spatial unity… / Rosamund Felsen Gallery, projectroom / Santa Monica, CA (USA)

1998 Melissa Thorne: paintings / LAX Exhibition / Houston, TX (USA)

Group Exhibitions

2016 DRAWINGS / Galerie Anke Schmidt / Cologne (Germany)

2011 Works on Paper / Devin Borden Gallery / Houston, TX (USA)

 Lace Annual Auction / La Mart / Los Angeles, CA (USA)

 Site as Symbol / Fellows of Contemporary Art / Los Angeles, CA (USA)

2007 Fata Morgana / Galerie Schmidt-Maczollek / Cologne (Germany)

2006 Fair Exchange / Millard Sheets Gallery / Pomona, CA (USA) / curated by Irene Satsos

2005 Color / Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery / Houston, TX (USA)

 Especial / Galerie Schmidt-Maczollek / Cologne (Germany)

 Summer Paper / Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery / Houston, TX (USA)

2004 KnitKnit / Sundown Salon / Los Angeles, CA (USA)

 Microclimate / Harris Art Gallery / The University of La Verne / La Verne, CA (USA)

2003 Perpetuum Mobile / Galerie Rolf Ricke / Cologne (Germany)

 Blue Devin Borden / Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery / Houston, TX (USA)

 Armory Show / Los Angeles Projects / New York, NY (USA) / with Susanne Vielmetter

2002 Blend / Harris Art Gallery / The University of La Verne / La Verne, CA (USA)

 Systems, Order, Nature / Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery / Houston, TX (USA)

 Labyrinths / Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery / Houston, TX (USA)

2001 Are Friends Electric? / Angstrom Gallery / Dallas, TX (USA)

 SongPoems / Leslie, Cohan and Browne / New York, NY (USA)

 Fabric, Pattern, Needle, Thread / Bakersfield College / Bakersfield, CA (USA)

 Bibli-lo-tech / Kerry Inman Gallery / Houston, TX (USA) / curated by Brooke Stroud

 Women Rule/ Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery / Houston, TX (USA) / with Agnes Martin, Jennifer Bartlett, Bridget Riley

2000 Core Glassell Building / Museum of Fine Arts / Houston, TX (USA)

 Shimmer / Municipal Gallery at Barnsdall / Los Angeles, CA (USA) / curated by Thomas Lawson

1999 L.A. Morgenrot / Galerie Rolf Ricke / Cologne (Germany)