Most Recent Show
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THE TIE THAT BINDS
Julia C. Butridge Gallery
Dougherty Art Center,
1110 Barton Springs Road, Austin, TX 78704
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 16, 7-9 PM
January 11, 2020 to February 8, 2020
LYDIA STREET GALLERY - Ribbon of Life
August 12th - September 15th
Reception: Friday, August 12th, 2022
7-10pm
12 - 5 pm Saturdays & Sundays
or by appointment weekdays
LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF LYDIA ST & JUNIPER ST
IN THE EASTEND IBIZ DISTRICT
STREET PARKING ONLY. RIDE SHARING ENCOURAGED
1200 EAST 11TH ST #109, AUSTIN, TX 78702
Mixed Media
Experience the magic of Melly Paint's mixed media art, which combines various materials and techniques to create stunning and unique works of art.
Portfolio - Exhibition List
SELECTED ONE PERSON SHOWS
2020 THE TIE THAT BINDS - Dougherty Art Center, Barton Springs Road, Austin, TX, Jan – Feb. 2020.
2019 WALLS - Seton Cove Spirituality Center, Austin TX, Jan. 7 – Feb. 22, 2019
2018 Melanie Hickerson - Upper Crust Bakery, 4508 Burnet Rd., Austin, TX, Feb. 2-March 31, 2018
2010 WALLS (and Dolls) - ACC Cypress Campus, Hallway Gallery, Cedar Park, TX.
2003 Girl on the Wall - Austin Spirit Gallery, 1206 S. Congress, Austin, Texas.
2000 New Work Art on 5th - 1501 W. 5th Street, Austin, Texas.
1998 Living in 3-D - Borough Hall, 100 Stuyvesant Place, Staten Island, NY.
1996 Painting Mysel - Ceres, 584 Broadway, New York, NY.
1994 Chasing the White Buffalo - Garden in the Forest, 96 Victory Blvd., Staten Island, NY.
1993 Melanie Hickerson - Staten Island CTV, 100 Cable Way, Staten Island, NY.
1993 Surviving - Ceres, 584 Broadway, New York, NY.
1991 Melanie Hickerson - Art Lab Gallery at Snug Harbor, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, NY.
1987 One Woman’s Vision - Art Lab Gallery at Snug Harbor, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, NY.
1983 Retrospective - Data Gallery , 407 E. 7 th , Austin, Texas.
1977 Melanie Hickerson - Teatro Goldoni, Via dei Soldati, Rome, Italy.
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2020 Art Studio Tour BigMedium, Austin, TX, Nov. 14-Nov.22, 2020. Virtual
2020 DIVULGE D’art Gallery, Norfolk, VA, juried art exhibit, 9/5 – 10/3/2020.
2020 The Big Show Round Rock Arts Center, TX, 9/12 – 12/12/2020, Virtual.
2020 San Antonio Art League 90 th Juried Exhibition, 130 King William, San Antonio TX, 4/5-6/7/2020,Virtual.
2020 DON’T SHUT UP Newhouse Gallery, 1000 Richmond Terrace, S.I., NY, curated by Susan Grabel and
Stefany Benson. Postponed to the Fall of 2021. P
2019 E.A.S.T., Art84 84 Waller St., Austin, TX, Nov. 16 & 17, 23 and 24.
2019 Artist’s Parents Exhibit Westbeth, NY, NY, May – June 8, 2019, curated by Robert Bunkin.
2018 E.A.S.T., DANCE+MUSIC+ART Gallery 84, 84 Waller St., Austin, TX, Nov. 11&12, 18&19, 2018.
2018 The People’s Gallery Exhibition Austin City Hall, 301 W. 2 nd St., Austin TX. Feb. 2018 – Jan. 2019
2017 E.A.S.T., DANCE+MUSIC+ART Gallery 84, 84 Waller St., Austin, TX, Nov. 11&12, 18&19, 2017.
2017 Century Of Resistance Gallery of Common Experience, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, curator
Kelsey, Jan. 17 - May 23.
2017 Women Under Siege Ceres, 584 Broadway, New York, NY, Invitational curated by Susan Grabel, Jan.
2016 Friend’s Exhibit Ceres, 584 Broadway, New York, NY, July 19 – August 13, 2016.
2016 Austin Figurative Show AVAA Artspace, 7739 Northcross Dr, Austin, TX, juror: Melissa Grimes.
April 4-May 7, 2016.
2016 Thornton Road Studios Exhibit City Council office of Ann Kitchen, Austin City hall, 301 W. 2 nd St., Austin TX.
Feb., 2016- Jan. 2017.
2015 MILL & LEAF, KIDS AT PLAY, 10,000 Research Blvd., Ste. 103, at the Arboretum, Austin TX, Feb.
2 – Feb. 28, 2015.
2015 E.A.S.T. Imagine Art, 2830 Real St., Nov. 14, 15,21 & 22, 2015.
2015 Pop-up WEST GenArt at Google Fiber Space, 201 Colorado, Austin, May 19, 2015.
2015 The People’s Gallery Exhibition Austin City Hall, 301 W. 2 nd St., Austin TX.
2012-2013 Airport Art Exhibit ABIA, Austin TX, Exhibit Coordinator, Matt Coldwell.
2013 Women’s Rights: An Artist’s Perspective Pam Foss Fine Art, St. Michaels, MD, Nov. 1 – Nov. 24, 2013, Karen Gutfreund, curator.
2012 Arts Connects New York El Centro del Inmigrante, Staten Island, NY, Curator, Susan Grabel.
2010 & 2011 The People’s Gallery Exhibition Austin City Hall, 301 W. 2 nd St., Austin TX.
2008 Hunting Art Prize Finalist Houston, Texas
2008 Sound Upon the Water AVAA Gallery, four person exhibit, 3707 Home Lane, Austin, Texas.
2005 SILVER Snug Harbor Cultural Center, 1000 Richmond Terrace, S. I., NY.
2004 Constellation Ceres, 584 Broadway, Suite 306, New York, NY; Invitational.
2003 Spirit of Women Austin Spirit Gallery, 1206 S. Congress, Austin, Texas.
2000 Chapters in Time Ceres, 584 Broadway, Suite 306, New York, NY
1999 Red October AVAA, Juried exhibit, Austin, Texas
1998 New Island Views, 1998 Snug Harbor Cultural Center, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, NY; Curator:
Robert Costa
1994 I Only Kills Wimen and Artsphere Gallery, 234 East 95 th St., New York, NY; Curator; Nancy Krinsky
Gurls
1992 Diversity and Vision Art Lab Gallery at Snug Harbor, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, NY; WCA
juried exhibit, Juror: Sonia Lopez
1991 Women and the American Dream Machine College of Staten Island, 120 Stuyvesant Place, Staten Island, NY; Curator: Anne
Alacron
1991 True Love and Other Stories Gallery Stendahl, 626 Broadway, New York, NY.
1991 Outloud: Artists Engulfed Art in General, 79 Walker Street, New York; Curator: Holly Block
Against the War
1989 Animals in Art Staten Island Zoo, Staten Island, NY; jurors: Tony Butera, Sara Yuster, Taylor Jones.
SPECIAL MERIT AWARD
1989 Artist Federation Annual Awards Snug Harbor Cultural Center, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, NY; Juror: Tony Moore. BEST OF SHOW
REVIEW & PUBLICATIONS
2016 Cover drawing for THERE’S A BEAR RIGHT BEHIND YOU! Steve Bickerstaff, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, SC.
1997-1998 Bloody Wymmin Comix, Issues 1-3, “Flawed Fury”, Bloody Wymmin Productions, 253 Fillmore St., Staten Island, NY.
June 11, 1996, Michael J. Fressola, “Memory Speaks to Island Painter”, Staten Island Advance.
November 4, 1995, Michael J. Fressola, “Of Buffaloes and Neighborhoods”, Staten Island Advance.
May 17, 1993, Michael J. Fressola, “Island Artist Has One-Woman Show”, Staten Island Advance.
November 13, 1991, Michael J. Fressola, “Two Women Artists Make Powerful Statements in Art Lab Shows”, Staten Island Advance.
Winter 1993, “Community Mural Making: A Real-Life Adventure”, CCOSI Newsletter, Jan-Feb. 1993; and WCA New York City Chapter Newsletter.
SELECTED LECTURES & PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS
Gallery Talk, New Island Views, Snug Harbor, Staten Island, NY, February 20, 1999.
Gallery Talk, Living in 3D, Staten Island Borough Hall, Staten Island, NY, October 24, 1998.
Panel Moderator, “Defining and Developing Women’s Iconography”, WCA National Convention, Philadelphia, PA, February 1997
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Selected Collections:
2003 Permanent collection of the University of Texas at San Antonio
A sampling of paintings can be seen on the Internet at: http://www.etaoin.com. Select art gallery; then Melanie Hickerson.
Website: http://www.melaniehickerson.com
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