M e l i s s a K r e t s c h m e r




         Born 1962, Santa Monica, California
         Lives and works in New York
     
     
         Education:
     
        1988       Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California; MFA

        1986       Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California; BFA
     
     
        One-Person Exhibitions:
     
        1990      Between Engagements, Anne Plumb, New York

        1992      Julian Pretto, New York

        1993      Julian Pretto, New York
                       Julian Pretto, New York            	     

        1994      Fulcrum, New York
                       Littlejohn/Sternau, New York

        1996      AMO Gallery, Los Angeles, California

        1998      Caledonian Hall, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland
                       Trans Hudson, New York
                       Vitrisitu, Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France
                       Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Switzerland

        1999      Westenburg, Marfa, Texas

        2000      Galerie Cramer, Bonn, Germany
                       Galerie Frank, Paris, France
                       Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Switzerland

        2001      Boulder Museum of Art, Boulder, Colorado

        2002      ACE Gallery, Los Angeles, California
                       Stark Gallery, New York
                       Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Switzerland

        2003      Geukens & De Vil, Knokke, Belgium
                       Kunst-Station, Sankt Peter, Köln, Germany

        2004      Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France
                       ACE Gallery, Beverly Hills, California

        2007      Lesley Heller, New York, New York
                       Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Switzerland
                       ACE Gallery, Beverly Hills, California					    
                       
        2008      Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
                       Galerie Meert-Rihoux, Brussels, Belgium
                       Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
                       Galeria Alfonso Artiaco, Naples, Italy

        2009      Online Project Room. Dinter Fine Arts, New York, NY


       Group Exhibitions:
     
        1988      Out Of Order, Anne Plumb, New York

        1990      New Talent, Julian Pretto, New York

        1991      Surface Issues, Stephen Haller, New York
                       Abstract Painting: Process And Materials, Ben Shahn Gallery, Paterson College, Wayne, New Jersey
                       Constructed Black Paintings, Julian Pretto, New York

        1992      Small Works, Julian Pretto, New York
                       Rumored Paintings, Anne Plumb, New York
                       Slow Art, PS1 Museum, Long Island City, New York
                       ARENA, New York

        1993      Inaugural Exhibition, TennisportArts, Long Island City, New York
                       Contemporary Drawings, Part II, ARENA, New York
                       Works On Paper, Julian Pretto, New York
                       Beyond Paint, Tibor de Nagy, New York
                       Silent Echoes, TennisportArts, Long Island City, New York
                       Jours Tranquilles à Clichy, TennisportArts, Long Island City, New York
                       Jours Tranquilles à Clichy, Paolo Goyannes, Paris, France
                       BOMB magazine benefit exhibition, Fawbush, New York

        1994      Five Abstract Artists, Littlejohn/Sternau, New York
                       New Recruits, In Collaboration, Santa Monica, California
                       Beyond Virtual, Back To Actual, Fulcrum, New York
                       Faith, Fetish, Spirit, Westenburg, Great Barrington, Massachusetts

        1995      Material Abuse, Trans Hudson, Jersey City, New Jersey
                       Julian's Show II, Littlejohn/Sternau, New York
                      The Whole World In A Small Painting, Trans Hudson, Jersey City, New Jersey

        1996      In Small Dimensions, Andre Zarre, New York
                       AMO Gallery, Gramercy International, Los Angeles, California
                       Epitaphs, Edward Thorp, New York
                       Recent Acquisitions: The Collection Of Julian Pretto, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
                       Formal Abstraction, Bachofner, Santa Monica, California
                       Image/After Image, The Work Space Gallery, New York
                       Erik Satie, Robert Smithson, Melissa Kretschmer, Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France
                       Trans Hudson, Jersey City, New Jersey

        1997      The Whole World In A Small Painting, II, Trans Hudson, New York
                       Art Auction 6, Long Beach Museum, Long Beach, California
                       Bachofner, Santa Monica, California
                       CIAP (Vereniging voor culturele informatie en actueel pretenkabinet), Hasselt, Belgium

        1998      Art Miami '98, special projects installation, Miami Beach, Florida
                       Vision Festival, Orenzans Arts Center, New York
                       Foot Falls, Greenport, Long Island, New York
                      Transparent Façade, The Work Space Gallery, New York
                      Voix, Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France

        1999      Galerie Frank, Paris, France
                      Transparent Façade, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, California
                       Rule Modern and Contemporary, Denver, Colorado

        2000      Transparency, Translucency, Opacity, Galerie Frank, Paris, France
                       Rule Modern and Contemporary, Denver, Colorado

        2001      Gamel Fraser, Mendocino, California
                       Geukens & De Vil, Knokke, Belgium

        2002      Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France
                       ACE Gallery, New York
                       Ready-Made Color, Galerie Corinne Caminade, Paris, France

        2003      Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France
                       Selections From The LeWitt Collection, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut
                       Minimalism And More: Contemporary Art From The Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California

        2004      Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland
                       Armored, Planet Thailand, Brooklyn, New York
                       Election, American Fine Arts, New York
                       ACE Gallery, Beverly Hills, California

        2005      Galerie 1000 Eventi, Milan, Italy 
                       Glass, Seriously, Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, New York

        2006      Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, New York 
                       Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France
                       Galeria Alfonso Artiaco, Naples, Italy
                       Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basel, Switzerland
                       Turtle, Chelsea Space, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, England
                       Small Works-Petit Formats, Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France
                       Dedica: 1986 - 2006 Twenty Years of the Alfonso Artiaco Gallery, Palazzo della Arti Napoli, Naples, Italy
                       Peep Show, Rule Gallery, Denver, Colorado
                       It Takes a Lifetime, Paula Barr Chelsea, New York, New York 
                       LeWitt X 2, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, Wisconsin
      
        2007     LeWitt X 2, Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida
                      Summertime, Gisèle Linder, Basel, Switzerland
                      Turtle, Nuäns Ausstellungsraum, Düsseldorf, Germany
                      The Eclectic Eye: Pop and Illusion, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado
                      21 Years, Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France
                      Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basel, Switzerland
                      One, Björn Ressle Fine Arts, New York, New York

        2008     One More, Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Esbjerg, Denmark
                      Winter Salon on Paper, Björn Ressle Fina Arts, New York, NY
                      One More, Thomas Rehbein Galerie, Köln, Germany

        2009     Assemblage Abstract, Dinter Fine Arts, New York, NY
                      Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France
                      From A Big Crash To A  New Deal, 1000eventi, Naples, Italy
                      One Copenhagen, Stalke Up North, Copenhagen, Denmark

        2010     Anti Icon, Eaton Fine Art, Inc., West Palm Beach, Florida


        Public Collections:   
     
        Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
        Alianz, Berlin, Germany
        Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
        University of California, Los Angeles
        FNAC, Paris, France
        Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    
        Selected Private Collections:
     
        The LeWitt Collection, Connecticut
        Werner Kramarsky, New York
        Michael and Amy Chapman, California
        Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, California
        Aaron Hsu, New York
        Maria Pia Incutti, Italy
        Vernon Faulconer, Texas
        Michel Bernheim, Switzerland
        Pier Luigi Pero, Italy
        Michael Straus, Alabama
        Elisabeth Dahler, Switzerland
        Annelies Sutter, Switzerland	
        Jean-Philippe and Françoise Billarant, France
                             
               
                             
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