Exhibits - KRETSCHMER, MELISSA

MELISSA KRETSCHMER
Website: http://www.melissakretschmer.com

M e l i s s a K r e t s c h m e r

   Born 1962, Santa Monica, California
   Lives and works in New York

   Education:

1988 Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California; MFA
1986 Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California; BFA

One-Person Exhibitions:

1990 Between Engagements, Anne Plumb, New York
1992 Julian Pretto, New York
1993 Julian Pretto, New York
   Julian Pretto, New York
1994 Fulcrum, New York
   Littlejohn/Sternau, New York
1996 AMO Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1998 Caledonian Hall, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland
   Trans Hudson, New York
   Vitrisitu, Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France
   Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Switzerland
1999 Westenburg, Marfa, Texas
2000 Galerie Cramer, Bonn, Germany
   Galerie Frank, Paris, France
   Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Switzerland
2001 Boulder Museum of Art, Boulder, Colorado
2002 ACE Gallery, Los Angeles, California
   Stark Gallery, New York
   Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Switzerland
2003 Geukens & De Vil, Knokke, Belgium
   Kunst-Station, Sankt Peter, Köln, Germany
2004 Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France
2007 Lesley Heller, New York
   Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Switzerland
   Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
2008 Galerie Meert-Rihoux, Brussels, Belgium

Group Exhibitions:

1988 Out Of Order, Anne Plumb, New York
1990 New Talent, Julian Pretto, New York
1991 Surface Issues, Stephen Haller, New York
   Abstract Painting: Process And Materials, Ben Shahn Gallery, Paterson College, Wayne, New Jersey
   Constructed Black Paintings, Julian Pretto, New York
1992 Small Works, Julian Pretto, New York
   Rumored Paintings, Anne Plumb, New York
   Slow Art, PS1 Museum, Long Island City, New York
   ARENA, New York
1993 Inaugural Exhibition, TennisportArts, Long Island City, New York
   Contemporary Drawings, Part II, ARENA, New York
   Works On Paper, Julian Pretto, New York
   Beyond Paint, Tibor de Nagy, New York
      Silent Echoes, TennisportArts, Long Island City, New York
   Jours Tranquilles à Clichy, TennisportArts, Long Island City, New York
   Jours Tranquilles à Clichy, Paolo Goyannes, Paris, France
   BOMB magazine benefit exhibition, Fawbush, New York
1994 Five Abstract Artists, Littlejohn/Sternau, New York
   New Recruits, In Collaboration, Santa Monica, California
   Beyond Virtual, Back To Actual, Fulcrum, New York
   Faith, Fetish, Spirit, Westenburg, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
1995 Material Abuse, Trans Hudson, Jersey City, New Jersey
   Julian's Show II, Littlejohn/Sternau, New York
The Whole World In A Small Painting, Trans Hudson, Jersey City, New Jersey
1996 In Small Dimensions, Andre Zarre, New York
   AMO Gallery, Gramercy International, Los Angeles, California
      Epitaphs, Edward Thorp, New York
   Recent Acquisitions: The Collection Of Julian Pretto, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
   Formal Abstraction, Bachofner, Santa Monica, California
   Image/After Image, The Work Space Gallery, New York
      Erik Satie, Robert Smithson, Melissa Kretschmer, Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France
   Trans Hudson, Jersey City, New Jersey
1997 The Whole World In A Small Painting, II, Trans Hudson, New York
      Art Auction 6, Long Beach Museum, Long Beach, California
   Bachofner, Santa Monica, California
   CIAP (Vereniging voor culturele informatie en actueel pretenkabinet), Hasselt, Belgium
1998 Art Miami '98, special projects installation, Miami Beach, Florida
   Vision Festival, Orenzans Arts Center, New York
   Foot Falls, Greenport, Long Island, New York
Transparent Façade, The Work Space Gallery, New York
Voix, Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France
1999 Galerie Frank, Paris, France
Transparent Façade, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, California
   Rule Modern and Contemporary, Denver, Colorado
2000 Transparency, Translucency, Opacity, Galerie Frank, Paris, France
   Rule Modern and Contemporary, Denver, Colorado
2001 Gamel Fraser, Mendocino, California
   Geukens & De Vil, Knokke, Belgium
2002 Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France
   ACE Gallery, New York
   Ready-Made Color, Galerie Corinne Caminade, Paris, France
2003 Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France
   Selections From The LeWitt Collection, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut
      Minimalism And More: Contemporary Art From The Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California
2004 Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland
   Armored, Planet Thailand, Brooklyn, New York
   Election, American Fine Arts, New York
   ACE Gallery, Beverly Hills, California
2005 Galerie 1000 Eventi, Milan, Italy
   Glass, Seriously, Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, New York
2006 Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, New York
   Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France
   Galerie Alfonso Artiaco, Napoli, Italy
   Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basel, Switzerland
   Turtle, Chelsea Space, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, England
      Small Works-Petit Formats, Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France
      Dedica: 1986 - 2006 Twenty Years of the Alfonso Artiaco Gallery, Palazzo della Arti Napoli, Naples, Italy
   Peep Show, Rule Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2007 Turtle, Nuäns Ausstellungsraum, Düsseldorf, Germany
It Takes a Lifetime, Paula Barr Chelsea, New York, New York
21 Years, Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France

Public Collections:

Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
Alianz, Berlin, Germany
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
University of California, Los Angeles
FNAC, Paris, France


Private Collections:

Sol and Carol LeWitt, Connecticut
Werner Kramarsky, New York
Milton Brutten, New York
Michael and Amy Chapman, California
Jim and Marisal Higgins, Florida
Donna and Bruce Polichar, California
Dr. Jan Quaegebeur, New York
Dr. Richard Hertz, California
Ivana de Gavardie, France
Stan Gaz and Garet Fraser-Gamel, New York
Brian and Rosie Panich, California
Daisy Symons, Belgium
Michel Bernheim, Switzerland
Bertrand Lefebvre, France
Marlis Gericke, Germany
Pier Luigi Pero, Italy
Jim Goldstein, California
Ruth and Hermann Bachofner, California
Valentina Pero, Italy
Giuseppe Pero, Italy
John Long, California
Aaron Hsu, New York
Vernon Faulconer, Texas
Ben Bourgeois, California
Dr. Leslie Levine, California
Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, California
Machteld Schrameyer and Johan Westenburg, Kentucky
Michael Straus, Alabama

B i b l i o g r a p h y

Andre, Carl and Melissa Kretschmer. Dialogues, 1000eventi and Libri Scheiwiller, Milan.
_________________. Melissa Kretschmer/Carl Andre: A Conversation, exhibition catalogue, Galerie Frank, Paris, 1999.
Baetz, Uschi. Exhibition review, Kölnische Rundschau, October 21, 2003, no. 244.
Berghoffen, Celia. Exploring "Qualities of Change " in Materials, The Villager, November 16, 1994, vol. 65, no. 25.
Betts, Kristie. Transparent Motives, Boulder Weekly, May 3, 2001.
Bradley, Jeff. Exhibition review, The Denver Post, May 26, 1999.
Briand-Picard, Claude. Ready-Made Color: la couleur importée, Arearevue)s(, no. 3, November 2002.
Butcher, Sterry. Tar and Glass Works Exhibited by Westenberg Gallery, The Big Bend Sentinel, October 7, 1999.
Campbell, James D. Images/After Images: More Than Meets the Eye, exhibition catalogue, Work Space Gallery, 1996.
Chandler, Mary Voelz. Exhibition review, Denver Rocky Mountain News, May 30, 1999.
________________. Exhibition review, Denver Rocky Mountain News, May 2001.
Chattonpadhyay, Collette. Exhibition review, Sculpture, June 2002, vol. 21, no. 5.
Cruz, Juan. Exhibition review, Art Monthly, October, 1998, no. 220.
Dagen, Phillipe. Tout Nouveau, Tout Frais, Le Monde, June 11, 1993.
Due, exhibition catalogue, 1000eventi, Milan, February 2005.
Gluckstern, J. Minimalist Efforts, Sunday Camera, July 30, 2000.
Harris, Mark. Material Abuse, exhibition catalogue, Trans Hudson Gallery, 1995.
Kangas, Matthew. Exhibition review, Glass, no. 88, Fall 2002.
Kitchel, Karen. Exhibition review, New/Art Examiner, September, 1999.
Knight, Christopher. Light and Space Pieces- Coming from New York?, Los Angeles Times, September 16, 1999.
Mc Govern, Adam. Surface Issues, Cover, May 1991.
McMillan, Duncan. Reflected Glory, The Scotsman, August 27, 1998.
MacMillan, Kyle. Exhibit Cleary Compels, The Denver Post , May 11, 2001.
Mennekes, Friedhelm and Guido Schlimbach. Melissa Kretschmer, exhibition catalogue, Kunst-Station Sankt Peter Köln, 2003.
Miller, Joe. Carving Reality, The Boulder Weekly, May 27-June 2, 1999.
Morgan, Robert C. Who Takes Glass Seriously?, Glass , number 100, Fall 2005.
Ostrow, Saul. Assemblage, Bricollage and the I: Meg Cranston, Melissa Kretschmer and Maya Lin, Bomb, #35, Spring 1991.
Paglia, Michael. To the Max, Westword, June 3-9, 1999, vol.22, no. 40.
Raynor, Vivien. Unsettling Social Commentary with Materials as "Victims," The New York Times, March 19, 1995.
___________. A Gallery's Farewell to this Side of the River, The New York Times, Sunday, June 30, 1996.
Scott, Sue. Through a Glass Darkly, Glass, no. 59, Spring 1995.
Szymczyk, Adam. Questions and Answers: Carl Andre in Conversation with Melissa Kretschmer, Carl Andre Black Wholes, Kunsthalle Basel, 2005.
Wei, Lilly. Glass, Seriously, catalogue essay, Dorsky Gallery , April, 2005.
_______. Transparent Façade: From New York to Los Angeles, catalogue essay, Otis Art Institute, July, 1999.