MELISSA COWPER-SMITH
E-mail: m@cowpersmith.com
Born: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Link to teaching documents
ARTIST CV
EDUCATION:
M.F.A. 2005 Painting Hunter College, New York, NY
B.F.A. (honors) 2001 Painting University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2011
Art of the Heirloom, Friends of Historic Kingston Gallery,
Kingston, NY
Billboard Art Project Nashville, The Billboard Art Project,
Shown simultaneously on 4 LED billboards, Nashville TN
2010
tART @ AIR: What's in a Collective, A.I.R.
Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Yet Another Roadside Attraction, The Richmond Billboard Project,
Richmond, Virginia
http://richmondbillboardproject.com/
2009
tART @ AIR, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
First Exposure, Art-Bridge, NYC (West 23rd St, Between
9th and 10th Ave)
What Surrounds Us: Finding and Making Home, Ernest Rubenstein
Gallery, NYC
I Heart Art, Work Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Visual Aids: Postcards from the Edge, Metro Pictures,
NYC
2008
Adelphi Faculty Exhibition, Adelphi University Center,
Garden City, NY
tART Summer Salon, Rabbit Hole Gallery, Brooklyn,
NY
2007
tART Spring Salon, 261 Broadway, NYC
2005
tART Fall Salon, 147 Bowery, NYC
M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Hunter College, NYC (catalogue)
2003
Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space, NYC
2001
Helen Pitt Triennial Awards Exhibition, Kelowna Art Gallery,
Kelowna, BC, Canada (catalogue)
Medium Rare/Well Done, University of Victoria, Victoria,
BC, Canada (catalogue)
Collecting Identities, Fernwood Community Center,
Victoria, BC, Canada
1999
Sacred and Profane Love Machine, Visual Arts Gallery,
University of Victoria, Canada
EXHIBITIONS CURATED:
2001
Small Worlds, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria,
BC, Canada
2000
Yellow Wallpaper, Visual Arts Gallery, University
of Victoria, Canada
EDITORIAL PROJECTS:
tART Zine Vol. 2, July 2010 Images
PRESS:
NY Art Beat, August 2010 (tART @ A.I.R.)
The New York Times, City Beat Blog, March 27, 2009 (Art-Bridge)
AMNY, Mach 20, 2009 (Art-Bridge)
The Westsider, March 5, 2009 (Art-Bridge)
Time Out New York, February 12, 2009 (I heart Art/Work Gallery)
Black Book Magazine, July 3, 2008 (tART @ Rabbitholestudio)
AmpPower, amppower.blogspot.com,
May 2005 (Blog/Review)
INTERVIEWS/COMMENTARY:
Jesus, Jazz, and Buddhism Blog, Commentary by Dr. Jay MacDaniel,
(October 2011)
http://www.jesusjazzbuddhism.org/colors-of-the-past.html
ArtBridge Blog, http://art-bridge.org/news/artist-in-profile-melissa-cowper-smith/
(October 2009)
Todd Kelly’s Art Space, (March 2009)
Adele Chong, Video Interview, Concordia University, Montreal
(March 2002)
AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS:
2005 Carolyn David Horowitz Memorial Fund, Hunter College
2001 Helen Pitt Award, Vancouver Foundation
1999 Pat Martin Bates Scholarship, University of Victoria Women’s
Club
Presidents Scholarship, University of Victoria
ARTIST’S TALKS:
2011 Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
2008 Brown University, Providence, RI
2006 Hunter College, NYC
2001 Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC
1999 University of Victoria Women's Club, Victoria, BC
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Link to Teaching CV
2011-present, Hendrix College, AR, Adjunct Professor
Freehand Drawing
2006-2011, Adelphi University, NY, Adjunct Professor
Introductory Art Seminar
Graduate Philosophy and Criticism of Art
Introduction to Digital Art
2006-2011, Studio in a School, NY, Teaching Artist
Time Warner High School Design Program
students working at PS 95
April 2008
students working at Susan McKinney Fall 2007
2005-2007, Essex County College, NJ, Adjunct Lecturer
Art Appreciation
Art Foundation I & II
Professional Affiliations:
2004-2011 tART, A network of emerging woman artists dedicated to equal opportunities
in the arts. www.tartnyc.org
2005-present College Art Association. www.collegeart.org
On-Line:
www.cowpersmith.com
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