Melissa Dinwiddie: Artist Resume
Selected Exhibitions

2002

  • A DIFFERENT PURIM SOUND: WAVING FLAGS + RINGING BELLS, Jewish Community Center in Manhattan, New York, New York.

2001

  • AVA '01, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California.
  • ENCOUNTERING THE SECOND COMMANDMENT, Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

    2000

  • LIVING IN THE MOMENT: THE CELEBRATION OF JEWISH TIME, Hebrew Union CollegeÑJewish Institute of Religion: New York, Jerusalem, Cincinnati, Los Angeles. Curator: Laura Kruger.
  • FLT 2000 SAN FRANCISCO TO CHICAGO, Chicago Columbia College Center for the Book & Paper Arts, Chicago, Illinois.
  • AVA 2000, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California. Juror: George Rivera, Director, Triton Museum of Art.

    1999

  • ALPHAMARK, international traveling exhibit, premiering at the Galt Museum, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Tour schedule: Jan 8-Feb 2, 2000: Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery Ð Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Mar 5-Apr 24, 2000: South Bend Regional Museum of Art Ð South Bend, Indiana, USA; July 27-Sept 21, 2000: Midland Center for the Arts Ð Midland, Michigan, USA; Oct 2-Nov 8, 2000: Wilson Center for the Arts, Florida Community College Ð Jacksonville, Florida, USA; Nov 20-Jan 2, 2001: (TBA); Jan 12-Mar 8, 2001: Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, Florida, USA. Jurors: Eliza Schulte Holliday, Barry Morentz.
  • WRITING BEYOND WORDS, Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, Connecticut. Jurors: Johanna Drucker, Suzanne Moore.
  • FINE ARTS EXHIBIT, Santa Clara County Fair, Santa Clara, California. Juror: David Winkler.
  • VAAST '99 Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California. Juror: George Rivera, Director, Triton Museum of Art.
  • LOS GATOS ART MUSEUM ANNUAL SHOW, Los Gatos Art Museum, Los Gatos, California. Jurors: Michael Lindstrom, Diane Wallace.
  • BOOK EXPLORATIONS '99, The New Art Forum, Kingston, Massachusetts.

    1998

  • BOUND TO AMAZE YOU, Koret Gallery, Palo Alto, California.
  • VAAST '98 Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California. Juror: George Rivera, Director, Triton Museum of Art.
  • BOOK EXPLORATIONS '98, The New Art Forum, Kingston, Massachusetts. Jurors: Anne Anninger, Houghton Library, Harvard University; James Reid-Cunningham, conservator, Harvard University; Mary McCarthy, author, Making Books by Hand.
  • WORKS ON PAPER '98, Koret Gallery, Palo Alto, California.

    1997

  • HANUKKAH SHOW, Koret Gallery, Palo Alto, California.
  • THE GRACEFUL ENVELOPE, National Postal Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
  • VAAST '97, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California. Juror: George Rivera.
  • LOVE NOTS, LOVE KNOTS, invitational valentine exhibit and auction, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California.

    1996

  • AWESOME AND INSPIRATIONAL, San Mateo County Government Offices, Redwood City, California.
  • BAY ARTS '96, San Mateo Arts Council, San Carlos, California. Juror: George Rivera.
  • THE ART OF FOOD, invitational exhibit, Koret Gallery, Palo Alto, California.
  • FINE ARTS EXHIBIT, Santa Clara County Fair, Santa Clara, California. Juror: Carl Rohrs.
  • VAAST '96, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California. Juror: George Rivera.
  • IN LOVE WE TRUST, invitational valentine exhibit and auction, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California.

    1995

  • HANUKKAH SHOW, Koret Gallery, Palo Alto, California.
  • WORKS ON PAPER '95, Koret Gallery, Palo Alto, California.
  • UNIVERSITY ART CENTER ANNUAL AWARD SHOW, Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, Palo Alto, California. Juror: John Di Vincenzi.
AWARDS
  • Honorable Mention Award: AVA '01, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California.
  • Honorable Mention Award: FINE ARTS EXHIBIT, Santa Clara County Fair, Santa Clara, California, 1999. Juror: David Winkler.
  • Second Place Award: VAAST '98, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California. Juror: George Rivera, Director, Triton Museum of Art.
  • First Place, Third Place, Honorable Mention Awards: VAAST '96, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California. Juror: George Rivera.
  • Fourth Place Award: FINE ARTS EXHIBIT, Santa Clara County Fair, Santa Clara, California, 1996. Juror: Carl Rohrs.
EDUCATION

B.A. University of California, Berkeley, 1989 (Social Science) Phi Beta Kappa - With Highest Distinction

The Juilliard School, New York, New York (Dance Division)

M. Soc. Sci. University of Birmingham, England, 1993 (Cultural Studies)

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