SELECTED COLLECTIONS The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY The Jewish Museum, New York, NY The Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH The Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA Mills College Art Museum, Oakland CA Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY New York Public Library, New York, NY Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ Best Products, Richmond, VA Chemical Bank, New York, NY Citibank, New York, NY Connecticut Bank and Trust Company, Stamford, CT County Federal Savings, Westport, CT Estee Lauder, New York, NY Fidelity Management, Boston, MA Robert Half Company, Buffalo, NY Hallmark Cards, Kansas City, MO IBM, Stamford, CT Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ Mobil Oil, New York, NY, and Richmond, VA Needham, Harper Worldwide, New York, NY Neiman Marcus, Dallas, TX Nichols, Carter, Seary & Grant, Atlanta, GA Paine Webber, New York, NY Progressive Corporation, Pepper Pike, OH Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, New York, NY Prudential Life Insurance, Newark, NJ Reich & Tang, New York, NY Shearson Lehman Hutton, New York, NY Sonesta International, Boston, MA Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY Zale Corporation, Dallas, TX
Born: Queens, New York Resides and works in New York City EDUCATION 1975 M.A., New York University, New York 1968 B.S., New York University, New York SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2009 Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, NY: "New Paintings" 2007 List Gallery, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA: "Paintings and Works on Paper 1975- 2005" 2006-2007 New York Studio School, New York, NY: "Melissa Meyer in Black and White: Works on Paper 1984 – 1994" 2006 Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH: "Watercolors" 2005 Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY: "New Paintings" 2004 Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH: "New Paintings" The Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art, Phila., PA: "Melissa Meyer: Color and the Cosmic Tree" 2003 Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY: "New Paintings" (catalog - essay by Meg Wolitzer) Chapman Friedman Gallery, Louisville, KY, "Paintings and Watercolors" Emily Davis Gallery, Myers School of Art: "Melissa Meyer: Prints & Artist's Books", Akron, OH. 2002 Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY: "New Watercolors" 2001 Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY: "New Paintings" (catalogue essay by Mario Naves) 2000 Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH: "New Paintings" (catalogue – essay by Allan Gurganus) 113 Crosby – Jill Platner, New York, NY: "Paintings from the 1990's" 1998 Ibel Simeonov Gallery, Columbus, OH: "Watercolors from the Archer Series" 1997 Deven Golden Fine Art, New York, NY: "Melissa Meyer: The Garner Tullis Project" 1996 Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY Miller/Block Gallery, Boston, MA Montgomery Glasoe Fine Art, Minneapolis, MN 1995 Allez les Filles, Columbus, OH: "Watercolors and Monotypes" 1994 Miller/Block Gallery, Boston, MA 1993 Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY Galerie Renee Ziegler, Zurich Montgomery Glasoe Fine Art, Minneapolis, MN AWARDS AND GRANTS 2009 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant 2008 The Eric Isenburger Annual Award 2005 Fondazione Bogliasco, Bogliasco (Genova) Italia 2004 The American Academy in Rome Visiting Artist 2005, 2003, 2001, 2000, 1999, 97, 95, 94 - Yaddo 1993 NEA Grant in Painting 1992 New York Foundation for the Arts 1983 NEA Grant in Painting 1983, 82 Yaddo 1981 CAPS Grant in Painting 1980 The American Academy in Rome, Rome Prize Fellowship 1979 Edward F. Albee Foundation, Montauk, NY 1979, 75, 74 Yaddo 1978 Palisades Interstate Project/America the Beautiful Fund 1972, 73, 74 The Provincetown Workshop, with Leo Manso and Victor Candell |