Selected Exhibitions

• Suffering, ECVA Special Exhibition, Opening March 1, 2019
• Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness, ECVA Exhibition, Opening April 14, 2019
• Her Story, Closer to Home, Exhibition, July 1 – September 9, 2018, Webster Presbyterian Church, Galveston, Texas
• Lander Art Center Members Show, April 13 – May 27, 2018, Lander, Wyoming
• Lander Art Center Members Show, January 6, 2017 – February 4, 2017, Lander, Wyoming
• Night of Iconography; Melissa Strickler, September 22, 2016, Lander Bake Shop, Lander, Wyoming
• Parish Hall Gallery, St. Andrew’s in the Heights, March 31 & April 1, 2006
• Artists for Animals & Avian Show, February 12 – 29th, 2016, Lander, Wyoming
• The Middlefork, Artist Invitational, September – November, 2015, Lander, Wyoming
• Wonder Cabinet “cabinets of curiosities”, Traveling Exhibition, Lander Art Center, August 28 – September 24, 2015, Lander, Wyoming
• “7th Annual Members Show” 2015, Lander Art Center, Lander, Wyoming
• “Evening with Icons”, Global Arts, 2014, Lander, Wyoming
• “Boots, Brands and Guns”, Live Auction, 2014, Lander, Wyoming
• “Storytellers” with Melissa Strickler, Spencer Bohren, Do Palma, Artist Invitational, 2014, Lander Art Center, Lander, Wyoming
• “The Road Not Taken”, National Juried, 2013, Lander Art Center, Lander, Wyoming
• “The Small Things”, Juried, 2012, Lander Art Center, Lander, Wyoming
• “Random Acts of Art” 2012, Lander, Wyoming
• “4th Annual Members Show” 2012 Lander Art Center, Lander, Wyoming
• “Artist For Animals” 2012, Lander Art Center, Lander, Wyoming
• “As it turns out I am from…” Juried, 2011, Lander Art Center, Lander Wyoming
• “3rd Annual Members Show” 2011, Lander Art Center, Lander, Wyoming
• “2nd Annual Members Show” 2010, Lander Art Center, Lander, Wyoming
• “Alters, Shrines and Mandalas” Spiritual Imagery in Art, 2008, Lander Art Center, Lander, Wyoming
• “The Heap, the Pile, the Layer, the Metaphor”, 2008, Lander Art Center, Lander Wyoming
• Red Desert Audubon Show, Juried, 2008, Lander, Wyoming
• Wind River Valley National Art Show, Juried, 2008, Dubois, Wyoming
• “Go Figure” Juried, 2007, M Square Gallery, Houston, Texas
• Episcopal National Convention, Requested Entry, 2006 Episcopal Church and Visual Arts
• Student Art Sale, Juried, 2006, Glassell School of Art, Houston, Texas
• “Visual Preludes” Juried, 2006, Episcopal Church & Visual Arts
• “Illustrating the Hours”, Juried, 2005, Episcopal Church & Visual Arts
• “The Figurative Show”, Invitational and Juried Exhibition, 2006, Arts Alliance of Clear Lake
• “Holiday Sale”, Juried, Glassell School of Art, 2005, Houston,
• “Hello Again” Juried, 2005, Arts Alliance of Clear Lake, Clear Lake, Texas
• “OPEN” Juried Exhibition, 2005, Arts Alliance at Clear Lake, Clear Lake, Texas
• Art Exhibition and Sale, Tradition Bank, 2004, Katy, Texas
• “Water Color Challenge”, Competition/Show, 1999, United Arab Emirates
• Art Centre of Dubai, Juried, 1998, Dubai United Arab Emirates
• “Dogs, Cats and Other Angels” Juried, 1996, Ventana Gallery, San Antonio, Texas

Galleries

• ALCHEMY: an artists cooperative, Lander, Wyoming ( currently has Melissa’s artwork available )
• Ventana Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
• The Pink Magnolia Gallery, Katy, Texas
• Global Arts, Lander, Wyoming

Work publicly displayed

• Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church – Auburn, Nebraska
• Sweetwater Wellnes – Lander, Wyoming
• Bloom Beauty & Wellness – Lander Wyoming
• Escalante Hotel – Rangely Colorado
• Central Bank and Trust Bank – Lander Wyoming
• Faith Lutheran Church – Lander Wyoming
• Church of the Good Shepherd – Aberdeen South Dakota

Organization Affiliations

• Lander Art Center Member
• Episcopal Church and Visual Arts Member (ECVA)
• Christians In the Visual Arts (CIVA)
• Promoting Arts in Lander Schools (PALS)
• Wind River Valley Artist Guild, Dubois Wyoming

Education

• Casper College, Casper Wyoming 1989 – 1991
• Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas 1992 -1994
• Glassell School of Art – MFAH, Houston Texas 2003 – 2006
• Tutelage under:
  Vivian Karayiannis
  Phillip Davydov
  Olga Shalamova