MELANIE SCHIFF
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2007 New Work, Uschi Kolb, Karlsruhe, Germany 12 x 12, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL
2006
Underwater Photographer, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004
New Photographs, Vedanta Gallery, Chicago, IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967, curated by Dominic Molon, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL ;traveling to MusŽe dÕart Contemporain de MontrŽal, QuŽbec
Galerie Laurent Godin, Paris, France
In Repose, Goldie Paley Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2007
Sympathy For the Devil, Museum of Contemporary Art, Curated by Dominic Molon, by Chicago, IL
Spring Break, Roots and Culture, Chicago, IL
Selected Works, Devenning Projects, Chicago, IL
The Dams 2, Galeria Jose Pepin Mendez, Puerto Rico
Into the Blue, Proof Gallery, Boston, MA
Girl on Guy, Columbia College A & D Gallery, Chicago, IL
This is Not a Self-Portait, SAIC Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
2006
Frownland, Collaboration with Tony Tasset, Vonzweck, Chicago, IL
Ballroom Blitz, Curated by Dominic Molon, James Hotel, Chicago, IL
Gallery Artists, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
Armory Show, Kavi Gupta Gallery, New York, NY
Volta Show, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
2005
Autonomy, Foxy Productions, New York, NY
Into the Woods, Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago, IL
Sitting, Standing, Reclining 2, Modern Culture, New York, NY
Group Exhibition, Curated by Simon Watson, Bergdorf Goodman, New York, NY
Stilled Life, Curated by Brian Sholis, Placemaker Gallery, Miami, FL
NADA Art Fair, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Miami, FL
Art Forum Berlin, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Volta Show, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
2004
Sitting, Standing, Reclining, Modern Culture, New York, NY
Kristen + Melanie, Suitable Gallery, Chicago, IL
NADA Art Fair, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Miami, FL
Art Forum Berlin, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Explosions, Curated by Heather Hubbs and Lorelei Stuart, PAC/ edge performance festival, Chicago
Gallery 400,Stray-Show, Chicago, IL
Miracle, Stray-Show, Chicago, IL
2003
NADA Art Fair, Miami, FL
Designs for Modern Living, Curated by Lorelei Stewart, Chicago, IL
At the Edge, Gallery 400 Chicago, IL
Result Tape, KDP, Chicago, IL
Push Pin Project, Deluxe Projects, Chicago, IL
Tainted Love, Unit B Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002
Art Miami Basel, Vedanta Gallery, Miami, FL
The Stray -Show, Destroyer Inc., Chicago, IL
Art Forum Berlin, Vedanta Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Here and Now, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Use Your Illusion, Vedanta Gallery, Chicago, IL
Room for a Revolution, Deluxe Projects, Chicago, IL
NYU Alumni Show, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY
MFA Thesis Show, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL
Scrappy Part 2, The Shop, Chicago, IL
2001
Revolutions Per Minute, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL
Parking Lot Biennial, Chicago, IL
ILL, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
UICMFA@WOOD, Wood Street Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Chicago, IL
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
I am Eyebeam, Co-Curated with Lorelei Stewart, (Sarah Conaway, Sara Vanderbeek, Waled Beshty, Anne Collier, and Others) Gallery 400, Chicago IL
Raise HighThe Roofbeam, Co-Curated with Kristen Vandenventer ( Shane Huffman, Carmen Price, John Parot, Sterling Ruby, and others) Rainbo Club, Chicago, IL
When Darkness Falls, Co-Curated with Kristen Vandeventer(Slater Bradley, LA Raven, Felix Gonzalez Torres, Kirsten Stoltmann, Sarah Conaway, Deva Maitland, Megan Pflug, Brad Phillips, Sterling Ruby) Gallery 400,Chicago, IL
When Darkness Falls, Midway Gallery, Minneapolis, MNI
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Artforum.com, Brian Sholis, January 4, 2007
Chicago Reader, ÒEveryday BeautyÓ, Fred Camper, January 4, 2007
Timeout Chicago, John McKinnon, January 3, 2007
Chicago Sun Times, Margaret Hawkins, Exhibit Explores Art of Nature, November 11, 2005
Chicago Reader, Tony Adler, November 10, 2005
New York Times, Holland Cotter, September 30, 2005
TenbyTen, Annette Ferrara, Romance Issue Fold Artist, September 2004
UR Magazine, Carrie Sandler, ÒArt GroupieÓ, August 12, 2003
Bridge Magazine, Terence Hannum, Fall 2004
Chicago Tribune, ÒArt SceneÓ, Kevin Willliams, August 2, 2002
Artnet, ÒRock NÕ RaunchÓ, Pedro Valez, August 27, 2002
Bridge Magazine, Scott Speh, www.bridgemagazine.org
Panel House, Terence Hannum, www.panel-house.com
AWARDS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
Artadia Jury Award, 2006
Atlantic Center The Arts Residency, Fellow Artist, New Smyrna Beach, FL, 2006
Ox- Bow, Professional Artist in Residence, Saugatuck, MI, 2006
North Drive Press, Artist Multiple Magazine, New York, NY, 2006
Double Exposure, Photography Benefit, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, 2005
UIC Neisser Award 2000-2001
Graduated with honors from NYU, May 1999
Undergraduate Fellow, The National Graduate Seminar, New York, NY May 1999
EDUCATION
MFA
University of Illinois-Chicago, May 2002
BFA
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, May 1999
Goldsmiths College, University of London Fall 1996
