John Melville

b. Brooklyn, NY

Education

1992 New York University, Bachelor of Music

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023 "Exit 20: An Exhibition of Work By Saugerties Artists" Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
2021 "Small Works Summer 2021", WAAM, Woodstock, NY
2021 "Art From the Heart Benefit Auction" Studio By The Tracks, Irondale, AL
2021 "Exit 20: An Exhibition of Work By Saugerties Artists" Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
2020 "Orange Juiced: Art Featuring the color Orange" Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
2020 "Art From the Heart Benefit Auction" Studio By The Tracks, Irondale, AL
2020 "Exit 20: An Exhibition of Work By Saugerties Artists" Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
2020 "35x35 Art Project" One piece commision for the permanent collection in the Copelouzos Family Art Museum, Athens, Greece.
2019 "Terrain: Art Inspired by Landscapes, Seascapes and Cityscapes" Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
2019  4 pieces featured in the "NYC Aesthetic Almanac, Volume I" as well as book launch/exhibition at Foley Gallery NY, NY
2018 "Stripes" Bg Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. 
2017 "Small Works Art Show" Olive Free Library, Olive, NY.
2017 "Surrender to Small" Volition Gallery, Bell-ans Center of Creative Arts, Orangeburg, NY
2017 "Petit, a group exhibiton of smaller sized art" Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
2017 "Der neue" was featured in the July 2017 issue of A5 Magazine, London, UK
2017 "B&W, a group exhibiton of black and white art" Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
2017 "Red Diagonal Blues" was featured in the July 2017 issue of Average Art Magazine, London, UK
2012 Momenta Art "Spring Benefit", Brooklyn, NY
2011 "Annual Juried Art Competition", South Arkansas Art Center, El Dorado, AR
2011 "New Directions in Drawing", Emily Carr University of Art & Design, Vancouver, BC
2010 Governors Island Art Fair, New York, NY
2010 "Motion Deconstructed", Classic Car Club of Manhattan, New York, NY, curated by Gary Krimershmoys
2009 Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, New York
2008 Pierogi 2000 Gallery flat files, Brooklyn, New York

Group Exhibitions

2009 Visual AIDS Benefit, "Postcards From the Edge", Metro Pictures, New York, New York
2008 Artists Space Benefit, "Night of 1,000 Drawings", New York, New York

Awards

2009 United Creators/Bang & Olufsen, "Zeitgeist '09" – Mixed media viewer's choice and first runner up in the juried portion.

Bibliography

Zak, Nicole, "In Motion", Encore Magazine, http://encoremag.com/new-york/articles/6394/in-motion, September 2010

"Motion Deconstructed Exhibit Presented by Quintessentially Art", XXXX Magazine, http://www.xxxxmagazine.com/blog/art, June 2010