MELISSA ODEN 

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  EDUCATION

M.F.A. February 2006, Painting: The City College of New York

B.F.A. May 2000, Studio Art: The University of Texas at Austin

SOLO AND SELECTED TWO PERSON EXHIBTIONS

2009- Colorful Interactions, Melissa Oden and Myrah Brown Green, The Center for Worker Education, New York, NY

2007-RFB&D, Austin, TX

2005-Enrollment Services, The City College of New York,
New York, NY

2004-Kanvas, New York, NY

2003-Origins Gallery, Austin, TX

2002-The Grace Institute, New York, NY

GROUP EXHIBITONS

2009- The 4th CCNY Alumni and Student Biennial Exhibition
curated by Faith Ringgold New York, NY

2008-Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
-Never Routine: Women in the Course of Their
Daily Lives, The Grace Institute, New York, NY

2007-Projekt30.com, September Online show,
www.projekt30.com

2006 -Harlem Artists: New Work, Macy Gallery, Teacher’s
College at Columbia University, New York, NY
-M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, The City College of New York,
Kenkeleba Gallery New York, NY

2005 -2nd Annual Small Works Exhibitions, Red Dot Fine Art,
Santa Fe, NM
-2005 City College Biennial, Aaron Davis Hall,
New York, NY
-Hand- pulled prints XI, Joan Grona Gallery,
San Antonio, TX
-Kaos, Mayhem and Confusion, Compton Goethals Gallery
New York, NY

2004 -Wish you were here 3, A.I.R Gallery, New York, NY
-V.I.M Batcasing, Brooklyn, NY
-Generations 04, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
-CCNY Women Make Art, IRADAC Gallery, New York, NY

2003 -Eclectic Gatherings, Guadalupe Arts Center, Austin, TX
-Spazio Furniture and Gallery, Austin, TX
-Mother:A Collection of Interpretations, Guadalupe Arts
Center, Austin, TX

2002 -Holiday Bizarre, Imagine Art Gallery, Austin TX
-Best of Imagine Art, Austin Java Co, Austin TX
-Splash Group Exhibition, Imagine Art, Austin, TX

2000 -The October Group Show, Bronxville, NY

AWARDS

2004 -The City College of New York, Connor Award recipient,
First Place

RESIDENCIES/ACTIVITES

2006 -The drawing Marathon, The New York Studio School of
Painting, Drawing and Sculpture, New York, NY

PUBLICATIONS

Studio Visit Magazine, Vol 1, April 2008