Melissa KRETSCHMER

 

Born 1962, Santa Monica, California

Lives and works in New York City

 

Education

1988 Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California; MFA

1986 Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California; BFA

 

 

Works


Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

2015
Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin

2014
Giacomo Guidi, Rome
Drawing Room, Hamburgh

2009
Online Project Room, Dinter Fine Arts, New York

2008
Galeria Alfonso Artiaco, Naples
Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
Galerie Meert-Rihoux, Brussels
Yvon Lambert, Paris

2007
ACE Gallery, Beverly Hills
Galerie Tschudi, Glarus
Lesley Heller, New York

2004
ACE Gallery, Beverly Hills
Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris

2003
Kunst-Station, Sankt Peter, Köln (catalogue) Geukens & De Vil, Knokke

2002
Galerie Tschudi, Glarus
Stark Gallery, New York
ACE Gallery, Los Angeles

2001
Boulder Museum of Art, Boulder

2000
Galerie Tschudi, Glarus
Galerie Frank, Paris
Galerie Cramer, Bonn

1999
Westenburg, Marfa

1998
Galerie Tschudi, Glarus
Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris
Trans Hudson, New York
Caledonian Hall, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh

1996
AMO Gallery, Los Angeles

1994
Littlejohn/Sternau, New York
Fulcrum, New York

1993
Julian Pretto, New York (closing show)
Julian Pretto, New York

1992
Julian Pretto, New York

1990
Between Engagements, Anne Plumb, New York

 

Group Exhibitions

2015
Melissa Kretschmer & Russell Maltz, Minus Space, Brooklyn

Govern the Case: The Work in its Making From the Sixties to the Present Days, Pinacoteca
Comunale, Città di Castello

2013
Julian Pretto Gallery, Minus Space, Brooklyn

2011
Personal Structures: Space - Time - Existence, Palazzo Bembo, Venice

2010
25 Years, Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz
Anti Icon, Eaton Fine Art, Inc., West Palm Beach (catalogue)

2009
One Copenhagen, Stalke Up North, Copenhagen
From a Big Crash to a New Deal, 1000eventi, Milan
Turtle, Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris
Assemblage Abstract, Dinter Fine Arts, New York

2008
One More, Thomas Rehbein Galerie, Köln
Winter Salon on Paper, Björn Ressle Fine Arts, New York
One More, Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Esbjerg

2007
One, Björn Ressle Fine Arts, New York
Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basel
21 Years, Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris
The Eclectic Eye: Pop and Illusion, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs
Turtle, Nuäns Ausstellungsraum, Düsseldorf
Summertime, Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basel
LeWitt X 2, Miami Art Museum, Miami

2006
LeWitt X 2, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison                                                                                                                                                                                                      It Takes a Lifetime, Paula Barr Chelsea, New York
Peep Show, Rule Gallery, Denver
Dedica: 1986-2006, Twenty Years of the Alfonso Artiaco Gallery,
Palazzo della Arti Napoli, Naples
Small Works- Petit Formats, Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris
Turtle, Chelsea Space, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London
Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basel
Galeria Alfonso Artiaco, Naples
Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris
Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York

2005
Glass, Seriously, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Projects, Long Island City
Galerie 1000eventi, Milan

2004
ACE Gallery, Beverly Hills
Election, American Fine Arts, New York
Armored, Planet Thailand, Brooklyn
Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz

2003
Minimalism and More: Conteporary Art from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation,
Pepperdine University, Malibu
Selections from the LeWitt Collection, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain
Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris

2002
Ready-Made Color, Galerie Corinne Caminade, Paris (catalogue)
Ace Gallery, New York
Galerie Arnaud lefebvre, Paris

2001
Geukens & De Vil, Knokke
Gamel Fraser, Mendocino

2000
Rule Modern and Contemporary, Denver
Transparency, Translucency, Opacity, Galerie Frank, Paris

1999
Rule Modern and Contemporary, Denver
Transparent Façade, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles
Galerie Frank, Paris

1998
Voix,Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris
Transparent Façade, The Work Space Gallery, New York
Foot Falls, Greenport, Long Island
Vision Festival, Orenzans Arts Center, New York
Art Miami '98, special projects installation, Miami Beach

1997
CIAP (Vereniging voor Actuele Kunst), Hasselt
Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica
Art Auction 6, Long Beach Museum, Long Beach
The Whole World in a Small Painting, II, Trans Hudson, New York

1996
Trans Hudson, Jersey City
Erik Satie, Robert Smthson, Melissa Kretschmer, Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris
Image/After Image, The Work Space Gallery, New York
Formal Abstraction, Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica
Recent Acquisitions: The Collection of Julian Pretto, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Epitaphs, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York
In Small Dimensions, Andre Zarre, New York

1995
The Whole World in a Small Painting, Trans Hudson, Jersey City
Julian's Show II, Littlejohn/Sternau, New York
Material Abuse, Trans Hudson, Jersey City

1994
Faith, Fetish, Spirit, Westenburg, Great Barrington
Beyond Virtual, Back to Actual, Fulcrum, New York
New Recruits, In Collaboration, Santa Monica
Five Abstract Artists, Littlejohn/Sternau, New York

1993
BOMB magazine benefit exhibition, Fawbush, New York
Jours Transquilles à Clichy, Paolo Goyannes, Paris
Jours Transquilles à Clichy, TennisportArts, Long Island City
Silent Echoes, TennisportArts, Long Island City
Beyond Paint, Tibor de Nagy, New York
Works on Paper, Julian Pretto, New York
Contemporary Drawings, Part II, ARENA, New York
Inaugural Exhibition, TennisportArts, Long Island City

1992
ARENA, New York
Slow Art, PS1 Museum, Long Island City
Rumored Paintings, Anne Plumb, New York
Small Works, Julian Pretto, New York

1991
Constructed Black Paintings, Julian Pretto, New York
Abstract Painting: Process and Materials, Ben Shahn Gallery,
Paterson College, Wayne
Surface Issues, Stephen Haller, New York

1990
New Talent, Julian Pretto, New York

1988
Out of Order, Anne Plumb, New York