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MELISSA
ZAREM Melissa Zarem as interviewed by Tish Pearlman for Out of Bounds on WSKG Radio.
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 Melissa Zarem: American, b. 1966 MELISSA ZAREM grew up in New York City where she logged many hours scouring museums. After earning her BFA at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, Melissa returned to Brooklyn where she started a career as an artist in residence with the Henry Street Settlement House’s Abrons Arts Center. Between 1992 and 1998 her art was featured in a number of shows at the Abrons Arts Center as well as in galleries in Brooklyn, including: Cold Fish (1995), The Montauk House (1996), and Henry 125 (1997). After a hiatus to raise young children, Melissa returned to Ithaca, New York with her family. Relocating provided her with the necessary space and time to redouble her artistic productivity. She was awarded a position in the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Mark ’11 professional development program and since then has had solo exhibitions at Ithaca venues such as The Corners Gallery and Community Arts Partnership’s ArtSpace. After her inclusion in ‘Here+Now’ at Exhibit A in Corning, New York she was invited to join the gallery as a represented artist. Zarem’s first solo exhibition at Exhibit A, ‘Mind Under Matter’ took place in 2014. She was one of the gallery’s featured artists during Miami Art Week at Aqua Art Miami in December of 2014 and most recently is honored to be one of only eleven artists in ‘Locally Sourced’ a 2015 exhibition at Cornell’s Johnson Art Museum. Born 1966 in Baltimore, Maryland
Lives and works in Ithaca, New York EDUCATION 1990 BFA, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2020 Shoe-leather and Brine, Exhibit A, ARTSY online exclusive 2017 Mapping the Tantrum, Exhibit A, Corning NY 2016 Spring Loaded, Eye Gallery, Ithaca NY 2014 Mind Under Matter, Exhibit A, Corning NY 2011 Close to the Skin (Solo exhibition), Community Arts Partnership ArtSpace, Ithaca, NY States of Matter (Solo exhibition) Corners Gallery, Ithaca, NY SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2020 upcoming - Gallery Gala, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira NY (tba due to Covid-19) Livertad! A Exhibition to Benefit Families at the American Border, Eye Gallery, Ithaca NY (Co-curator, exhibitor) 2019 10!, Exhibit A Corning NY 2016 Black and White Biennial, Exhibit A, Corning NY 2015 This is How it Starts: Works on Paper by Elise Nicol and Melissa Zarem, Corners Gallery, Ithaca NY ARRAY, Exhibit A, Corning NY Locally Sourced, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca NY 2014 Aqua Art Miami, featured by Exhibit A, Miami FL Line Language, Corners Gallery, Ithaca NY Online / Offline, show, Gallery 4040, Syracuse NY Made in New York, (awarded 2nd Prize) Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn NY Drawn, Community School of Music and Art, Ithaca NY 2013 Marked & Manifest, Exhibit A, Corning NY First Person, Twice Removed, Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY Here + Now, Exhibit A, Corning, NY 2012 Three Artists, Windsor Whip Works Gallery and Art Center, Windsor, NY 2009 Art Invitational, State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY 1998 Partial to Paper, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY 1997 Tiny Multiples, Gallery 121 Henry, New York, NY 1996 Two in Brooklyn, Montauk House, Brooklyn, NY 1995 Artists in Residence, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY 1992 More Art, Cold Fish, Brooklyn NY TEACHING RESIDENCIES 1992-1999 Abrons Art Center, Henry Street Settlement House, New York, 1994-1998 P.S. 63, New York, NY 1997-1998 The Touchstone Center, New York, NY 1994-1996 P.S. 321, Brooklyn, NY 1993-1994 Harvey Milk High School, New York, NY 1991-1992 Children’s Museum of Manhattan, New York, NY AWARDS 2016 Artist's Fellowship, awarded by Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, Ithaca NY Specific Opportunity Stipend, awarded by Community Arts Partnership, Ithaca NY 2014 Jurors Choice Award, Made in New York, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn NY 2011 MARK ’11 Artist, awarded by New York Foundation for the Arts COLLECTIONS Permanent Collection of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca NY |
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