Resume

Selected Exhibitions
- Lander Art Center Members Show, April 13 – May 27th, 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
- 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
- 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