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MELISSA
GILL
Assistant Professor of Drawing and Printmaking
Hendrix College Department of Art
1600 Washington Ave.
Conway AR 72032
Work: (501) 505-1562
EDUCATION
M.F.A. Printmaking
and Drawing Indiana
University 2000
M.A. Printmaking
and Drawing Purdue
University 1997
B.F.A. Printmaking University
of Arizona 1994
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE, POST-GRADUATE
Assistant Professor, Hendrix College,
Conway AR, 2008-current
Instruction in: Freehand
Drawing, Relief Printmaking, Intaglio Printmaking, Senior Seminar
Adjunct
Instructor, Pima Community College, Tucson AZ, Spring, 2008
Instruction
in: Drawing I
Visiting
Assistant Professor of Art, Rockford College, Rockford IL, 2005-2006
Instruction in: Intaglio, Lithography, Relief
Printmaking, Monoprint, Drawing, 2D Design,
Photography, Beginning Photoshop
Visiting
Instructor of Printmaking, Purdue University, West Lafayette IN, 2004-2005
Instruction in: Silkscreen, Lithography, Graduate
Critique, Graduate Printmaking,
Life Drawing, Illustrative Drawing,
Beginning/Intermediate Painting
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, GRADUATE
Associate
Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington IN, 1998-2000
Instruction
in: Intaglio, Lithography, Relief, and Silkscreen
Instructor
of record, responsible for 1 section of printmaking each semester
Print
Shop Manager, Indiana University, Bloomington IN, 1997-1998
Responsible
for managing printmaking studio facility, materials and equipment
Assistant
to Wendy Calman, Advanced Silkscreen
Graduate
Teaching Assistant, Purdue University, West Lafayette IN, 1995-1997
Instruction in: Beginning Drawing, Beginning
Lithography, and Introduction to Art and Design
Instructor
of record, responsible for 2 sections per semester
RELATED
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Artist, independent studio work in Tucson AZ,
2007-2008
Artist,
independent studio work in Korea and Instructor, Conversational English, Pagoda Institute,
Incheon Korea, 2006-2007
Art
Instructor, Indianapolis Art Center, Community Outreach Program, Indianapolis
IN, 2005
Art
Instructor, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA, March 2002-August 2004
Instruction
in: Alternative Printmaking Processes, Silkscreen, Lithography
Art
Instructor, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen MI, June-August 2003
Instruction
in: Beginning Drawing, Introduction to Photography
Printer’s
Assistant to Kent Lovelace, Stone Press Editions, Seattle WA, 2002-2003
Assistant
Teacher, Printmaking, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle WA, Summer 2002
Photo
Lab Associate, Capital Hill Photo, Seattle WA, 2001-2002
Photo
Lab Associate, Cord Camera, Indianapolis IN, 2001
Bindery
Assistant, Smith Bookbindery, Bloomington IN, Summer 2000
Artist
Assistant to Distinguished Professor Emeritus Rudi Pozzatti, Bloomington IN,
2000
Artist
Assistant to Bogdan Achimescu, Bloomington IN, Fall 1997
Assistant
to Registrar, Greater Lafayette Museum of Art, Lafayette IN, Summer 1997
WORKSHOPS
TAUGHT
Making
Artist Books, cross-discipline project with Creative
Writing Dept., Hendrix
College,
Conway AR, April 2009
Cut and Fold Collage Books,
Pima
Community College, Tucson AZ, February 2008
The Art of Book Structures, University of Toledo,
Toledo OH, November 2004
Printing with Pronto
Plates,
Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA, July 2004
Relief and Silkscreen
Printmaking,
Seattle Academy of Fine Arts, Seattle WA, June 2004
Fine Art Solarplate Prints, Kirkland Arts Center,
Kirkland WA, March, May, July 2004
Education
Advisor to represent Winsor & Newton Inc., London England, 2002–2004
Instruction
in: Acrylic Painting, Oil Painting, and Water-Based Oil Paint
Workshops given at Universities in the greater
Washington area, Portland Oregon,
Vancouver BC, and the CAA Conference, Seattle
WA, 2003
Portrait Drawing, Seattle Academy of Fine
Arts, Seattle WA, February 2003
Monotype Magic, Kirkland Arts Center,
Kirkland WA, April 2002
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Already Enlightened: New Works on Paper by
Melissa Gill, Trieschmann
Gallery,
Hendrix College, Conway AR
2006 Threading, Rockford College Art Gallery,
Rockford IL
2005 Reverie: Where Mind and Spirit Meet,
Tippecanoe Arts Federation,
West Lafayette
IN
2004 The Blink of an Eye, Visual and
Performing Arts Gallery, Purdue University,
West Lafayette IN
2002 Melissa Gill – Solo Exhibition, 4 Girls
Gallery, Seattle WA
2000 Melissa Gill – New Works, School of Fine
Arts Gallery, Indiana University,
Bloomington
IN
1997 Melissa Gill – Works On Paper, Beelke
Gallery, Purdue University, West Lafayette
IN
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 New World/Old World: 2010 MAPC Members
Juried Exhibition, St. Catherine
University,
Catherine G. Murphy Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Disguise, Juried Exchange Portfolio,
Rueff Galleries, Dept. of Art and Design,
School
of Visual and Performing Arts, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
COMMUNinkATE: MAPC 2010 Spring Juried
Members Show, Online Exhibition
http://130.101.145.81/COMMUNinkATE/Communinkate.html
2009 Exchange V: Contemporary Prints from the US
and Abroad, Rueff Gallery,
Purdue
University, West Lafayette IN
Identification Please, Invitational
exchange portfolio, Stephen F. Austin State
University
Gallery, Nacogdoches TX
Fresh Squeezed Ink,
Tangent Lab Gallery, Wichita KS
Contemporary Print Portfolios:
Frogman’s 28th & Global Fusion
Invitationals,
Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton TX
Merely Mammalian Magnetism,
Invitational print portfolio, Columbia
College,
Chicago IL
Global Fusion,
Invitational collaborative print portfolio with Indrani Gall,
Chicago
Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago IL
Identification Please, Invitational
exchange portfolio, Columbia College,
Chicago,
IL
Ladies Night, Invitational, Happy Dog
Gallery, Chicago IL
2008 Convergence, MAPC Exchange Portfolio
Exhibition, North Dakota
State
University, Fargo, ND
2006 Emission Portfolio, McMaster Gallery,
University of South Carolina, Columbia
SC
Emission Portfolio, Scuola
Internazionale di Grafica, Venezia Italy
2005 Exchange II: International and National
Exchange Print Portfolios and Print
Action,
Rueff Galleries, Purdue University, West Lafayette IN
Juried
Mid America Print Council Members
Exhibition, University Art Gallery,
Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant MI
Emission Portfolio, Universität der
Kunste Berlin Gallery, Berlin Germany
Impressions, An Invitational Exhibition of
Prints, McMaster Gallery, University
of South Carolina,
Columbia SC
2nd Annual Juried Print
Exhibition, Mitchell Place Gallery, Muncie IN
Multiple Meanings, Wells Community
Cultural Center, Lafayette IN
2004 MAPC Exchange Portfolio Exhibition,
Richards Hall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
Lincoln Nebraska
Mixed Media Group Show, Local Color
Gallery, Seattle WA
Pattern vs. Happenstance, Invitational,
Black Lab Gallery, Seattle WA
Exchange!, Visual and Performing Arts
Center Gallery, Purdue University, West
Lafayette IN
Body Politics: It’s What You Look Like,
Juried, Gallery 110, Seattle WA
2003 Little Things Count, Juried, Center on
Contemporary Art, Seattle WA
Forgotten Works Challenge III, Forgotten
Works Gallery, Seattle WA
Faculty Exhibition, Pratt Fine Arts
Center Main Gallery, Seattle WA
Not of This Earth, Secluded Alley Works,
Seattle WA
Faculty and Staff Exhibition,
Interlochen Art Gallery, Interlochen MI
A Visit To Stephen’s House,
Invitational, Secluded Alley Works, Seattle WA
2002 Forgotten Works Challenge II, Forgotten
Works Gallery, Seattle WA
Melissa Gill and Tomiko Jones, New Space
Center for Photography, Portland OR
Invitational Studio Artists Show, 4
Girls Gallery, Seattle WA
Forgotten Works Challenge, Forgotten
Works Gallery, Seattle WA
Mixed Media Photography Group Show, 4
Girls Gallery, Seattle WA
2000 Artists Making Books, Juried, Bellevue
Gallery, Bloomington IN
Local Artists Group Show, Artist’s Row
Gallery, Bloomington IN
1998 United Printmakers Exchange Exhibition, with
the United Kingdom and the United
States,
School of Fine Arts Gallery, Bloomington IN
Concept and Approach, Juried, Indiana
University Southeast, New Albany IN
1997 MAPC '97: Mid America Print Council Annual
Juried Member's Exhibition, University
of Kansas,
Lawrence KS
PRESENTATIONS
2010 Current
Studio Practices, Hendrix College, Conway AR
Wichita
KS
2008 A
Chronology of Professional Work, Hendrix College, Conway AR
2008 Creative
Process and Mixed Media, Green Fields Country Day School,
Tucson AZ
2006 Progression
of studio work and artistic influences, Rockford College,
Rockford
IL
2003 Faculty
Talk, Current work, concepts and processes, Interlochen
Center
for the Arts, Interlochen MI
COLLABORATIVE
PROJECTS
Transitory
Impressions, Co-organizer with Monika Meler of National
Print Exchange Portfolio,
SGC
2011 Conference “Equilibrium”, 2010-current
Altars,
Collaborative Installation with Delita Martin, 2009-current
Moving-A-Cross, Collaborative
Mixed Media Print with Indrani Gall, Chicago
Printmakers
Collaborative, Chicago IL, 2009
Here And Gone, Multi-Media Performance,
Freehold Theater, On The Boards, Seattle WA, 2004
Ladyfest Seattle 2003, Member of Visual Arts
Committee, Seattle WA, June 2002- March 2003
Tangle, Collaborative Installation with Mary Robinson, Fly By Night Gallery,
Bloomington IN, Feb. 2000
PRINTMAKING
PHOTOGRAPHY AND DIGITAL EXPERTISE
Copper
and Zinc Plate Intaglio, Photo-Intaglio, Solar Plates, Stone and Aluminum Plate
Lithography,
Photo-Lithography, Polyester Plate Lithography, Water-Based
Serigraphy, Photo-Serigraphy, Monoprint,
Monotype, Image Transfer, Mixed Media
Processes, Non-Toxic Procedures, Papermaking, Book Binding,
Digital
Photography, 35mm Photography, Black and White Darkroom Processes, Alternative
Photographic
Processes, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Dreamweaver,
Video and Film Camera Operation:
DV, Hi 8, Super 8, VHS
MEMBERSHIPS
Mid
America Print Council
College
Art Association
Southern Graphics Council
The Ecumenical Buddhist Society of Little Rock
GRANTS
Faculty
Project Grant, artistic research in lithography and photo-lithography, Slugfest
Printshop,
Austin TX, July 2010
Odyssey
Special Projects Grant to bring 5 students to participate in MAPC Conference,
2010
Grant-In-Aid
Scholarship, Indiana University, MFA Thesis Research Project, 2000
VOLUNTEER
EXPERIENCE
Visual
Arts Committee Member, Ladyfest Seattle,
Seattle WA, 2002-2003
Mentor,
Youth In Focus, Seattle WA, February
2002
