Melissa Starke
Melissa Starke
www.usunbound.org
Education
2009 Fashion Institute of Technology Bachelors of Fine Arts
2004 Fashion Institute of Technology A.A.S Fine Arts 1996 Brookdale Community College A.A. Business Administration
Collaborative Projects/Public Murals/Installation
2010 31st Street-“Change”, Mural NYCDOT/The Partnership
2009 Set Construction/ Anita Kaufman Foundation- The Purple Event New York, NY
2009 “Digging”/Jovana Djuric, Creative Director -Video Production,
Bridge Art Fair, NYC
2008 “Bamboo Pool Installation”, Bridge Art Fair, Art Basel Miami,FL
2008 31st Street- “Art on Barrier”, Mural,
NYCDOT/Partnership
2006 NY SKyRide, Mural, Empire State Building, New York, NY
2006 Fire Engine 6, Mural, New York, NY
2005 My GymNYC, Mural, New York, NY
2004 Game Room,Mural, FIT, New York, NY
2003 BluePrint, Mural, FIT, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 Hot Commodities, Verge Art Fair Miami, FL
2010 Remote, M55Art, LIC, NY 2010 Indispensible Extension, 455 W 43rd, NY, NY
2010 Provisional ”_____ . “ , 455 W 43rd,NY,NY
2009 Works on Paper, M55Art, LIC, NY
2009 Layered & Transparent, FIT, NY, NY 2009 Members Show, M55Art, LIC, NY 2009 embark!, M55Art, LIC, NY 2008 Fifty UnSpoken Words, M55Art, LIC, NY 2008 Catcher in the Eye, Bruckner Gallery, Bronx, NY
2007 Fall Exhibit, State University of New York, Albany, NY
2006 Resident Artists, World Monument Gallery, New York,NY
2006 Fine Print, Durst Org/Lobby Gallery, New York, NY
2004 US+U, Studio 2 Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Print Showcase, Museum at FIT, New York, NY
2003 Artist Showcase, Prince George Hotel, New York, NY
2002 Diverse Dimensions, 2/20 Gallery, New York, NY
2002 Open Art, Asbury Art, Asbury Park, NJ
2002 Congruent, 2/20 Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Rated Art, 2/20 Gallery, New York, NY
Performance Art
2008 “The Megamites”- Artist Jason Hackenwerth
2007 Coachella Music & Art Festival, Indio, CA
2007 Socrates Sculpture Park, LIC, NY
2006 Art Basel Miami, Miami, FL
Teaching Experience
2010 Multiple Media Instructor, Summer Live-FITNewYork,NY
2005-2010 Design& Color Instructor, Summer Live-FIT New York, NY
2007 Volunteer Instructor, UA Academy of Arts & Letters-Brooklyn, NY
Curatorial Experience
2010 Indispensible Extension, 455 W 43rd, NY, NY
2009 40X19X11, Emerging Artists, M55Art,LIC,NY
2008 Fifty Unspoken Words, M55Art, LIC, NY
2006 Abstraction from the Human Form, FIT, New York, NY
2006 Fine Print, Durst Organization/Lobby Gallery, New York, NY
2004 US+U, Studio 2 Gallery, New York, NY
References
Available Upon Request