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MELISSA GILLAssistant Professor of Drawing and Printmaking
Hendrix CollegeDepartment of Art
**** ********** Ave.Conway AR
72032
Work: 501-***-****
****@*******.**********@gmail.com
EDUCATION
M.F.A. Printmaking and Drawing Indiana University 2000
M.A. Printmaking and Drawing Purdue University 1997
B.F.A. Printmaking University of Arizona 1994
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, POST-GRADUATE
Assistant Professor, Hendrix College, Conway, AR, 2010-current
Instruction in: Freehand Drawing, Relief, Intaglio, Silkscreen, Lithography, Mixed
Media Printmaking, Senior Seminar: Professional Development, Book Arts, Freshman
Seminar: Journeys
Visiting Assistant Professor, Hendrix College, Conway AR, 2008-2010
Instruction in: Freehand Drawing, Relief, Intaglio, Silkscreen, Mixed Media
Printmaking, Senior Seminar: Professional Development
Adjunct Instructor, Pima Community College, Tucson AZ, Spring, 2008
Instruction in:
Drawing I
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, Rockford College, Rockford IL, 2005-2006
Instruction in: Intaglio, Lithography, Relief Printmaking, Monoprint, Drawing, 2D Design,
Photography, Beginning Photoshop
Visiting Instructor of Printmaking, Purdue University, West Lafayette IN, 2004-2005
Instruction in: Silkscreen, Lithography, Graduate Critique, Graduate Printmaking,
Life Drawing, Illustrative Drawing, Beginning/Intermediate Painting
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, GRADUATE
Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington IN, 1998-2000
Instruction in: Intaglio, Lithography, Relief, and Silkscreen
Instructor of record, responsible for 1 section of printmaking each semester
Print Shop Manager, Indiana University, Bloomington IN, 1997-1998
Responsible for managing printmaking studio facility, materials and equipment
Assistant to Wendy Calman, Advanced Silkscreen
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Purdue University, West Lafayette IN, 1995-1997
Instruction in: Beginning Drawing, Beginning Lithography, and Introduction to Art and
Design
Instructor of record, responsible for 2 sections per semester
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Artist Residency, Garhi Studios, Lalit Kala Akademy, New Delhi India, 2011
Artist Residency, Slugfest Print Shop, Austin TX, 2010
Artist, independent studio work in Tucson AZ, 2007-2008
Artist, independent studio work in Korea and Instructor, Conversational English, Pagoda
Institute,
Incheon Korea, 2006-2007
Art Instructor, Indianapolis Art Center, Community Outreach Program, Indianapolis IN,
2005
Art Instructor, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA, March 2002-August 2004
Instruction in: Alternative Printmaking Processes, Silkscreen, Lithography
Art Instructor, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen MI, June-August 2003
Instruction in: Beginning Drawing, Introduction to Photography
Printer s Assistant to Kent Lovelace, Stone Press Editions,
Seattle WA, 2002-2003
Assistant Teacher, Printmaking, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle WA, Summer 2002
Photo Lab Associate, Capital Hill Photo, Seattle WA, 2001-2002
Photo Lab Associate, Cord Camera, Indianapolis IN, 2001
Bindery Assistant, Smith Bookbindery, Bloomington IN, Summer 2000
Artist Assistant to Distinguished Professor Emeritus Rudi Pozzatti, Bloomington IN, 2000
Artist Assistant to Bogdan Achimescu, Bloomington IN, Fall 1997
Assistant to Registrar, Greater Lafayette Museum of Art, Lafayette IN, Summer 1997
WORKSHOPS TAUGHT
Making Artist Books, cross-discipline project with Creative Writing Dept., Hendrix
College, Conway AR, April 2009
Cut and Fold Collage Books, Pima Community College, Tucson AZ, February 2008
The Art of Book Structures, University of Toledo, Toledo OH, November 2004
Printing with Pronto Plates, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA, July 2004
Relief and Silkscreen Printmaking, Seattle Academy of Fine Arts, Seattle WA, June 2004
Fine Art Solarplate Prints, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland WA, March, May, July 2004
Education Advisor to represent Winsor & Newton Inc., London England, 2002 2004
Instruction in: Acrylic Painting, Oil Painting, and Water-Based Oil Paint
Workshops given at Universities in the greater Washington area, Portland Oregon,
Vancouver BC, and the CAA Conference, Seattle WA, 2003
Portrait Drawing, Seattle Academy of Fine Arts, Seattle WA, February 2003
Monotype Magic, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland WA, April 2002
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 Namaste, Namaskar-New Works on Paper by Melissa Gill, Gallery A, Hendrix
College, Conway AR
Prayer for Love, Lyon College Gallery, Batesville AR
2011 Lalit Kala Residency - New Works, Garhi Studios, New Delhi, India
2009 Already Enlightened: New Works on Paper by Melissa Gill, Trieschmann
Gallery, Hendrix College, Conway AR
2006 Threading, Rockford College Art Gallery, Rockford IL
2005 Reverie: Where Mind and Spirit Meet, Tippecanoe Arts Federation,
West Lafayette IN
2004 The Blink of an Eye, Visual and Performing Arts Gallery, Purdue University,
West Lafayette IN
2002 Melissa Gill Solo Exhibition, 4 Girls Gallery, Seattle WA
2000 Melissa Gill New Works, School of Fine Arts Gallery, Indiana University,
Bloomington IN
1997 Melissa Gill Works On Paper, Beelke Gallery, Purdue University, West Lafayette IN
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 Delta National Small Prints Exhibition, Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State
University, Jonesboro, AR
2011 Arkansas Printmaking Collective Inaugural Founders Exhibition, Trieschmann
Gallery, Hendrix College, Conway, AR
Between You and Me, Invitational overseas exchange exhibition, Samwon
Paper 2nd Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Under Pressure: Current Trends in Printmaking, Invitational, Kresge Gallery,
Lyon College, Batesville, AR
Transitory Impressions, exchange portfolio, Sam Fox School of Design
and Visual Arts, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
The Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY
2010 New World/Old World: 2010 MAPC Members Juried Exhibition, St. Catherine
University, Catherine G. Murphy Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Disguise, Juried Exchange Portfolio, Rueff Galleries, Dept. of Art and Design,
School of Visual and Performing Arts, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
COMMUNinkATE: MAPC 2010 Spring Juried Members Show, Online Exhibition
http://130.101.145.81/COMMUNinkATE/Communinkate.html
2009 Exchange V: Contemporary Prints from the US and Abroad, Rueff Gallery,
Purdue University, West Lafayette IN
Identification Please, Invitational exchange portfolio, Stephen F. Austin State
University Gallery, Nacogdoches TX
Fresh Squeezed Ink, Tangent Lab Gallery, Wichita KS
Contemporary Print Portfolios: Frogman s 28th & Global Fusion
Invitationals, Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton TX
Merely Mammalian Magnetism, Invitational print portfolio, Columbia
College, Chicago IL
Global Fusion, Invitational collaborative print portfolio with Indrani Gall,
Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago IL
Identification Please, Invitational exchange portfolio, Columbia College,
Chicago, IL
Ladies Night, Invitational, Happy Dog Gallery, Chicago IL
2008 Convergence, MAPC Exchange Portfolio Exhibition, North Dakota
State University, Fargo, ND
2006 Emission Portfolio, McMaster Gallery, University of South Carolina, Columbia SC
Emission Portfolio, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venezia Italy
2005 Exchange II: International and National Exchange Print Portfolios and Print Action,
Rueff Galleries, Purdue University, West Lafayette IN
Juried Mid America Print Council Members Exhibition, University Art Gallery,
Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant MI
Emission Portfolio, Universitat der Kunste Berlin Gallery, Berlin Germany
Impressions, An Invitational Exhibition of Prints, McMaster Gallery, University of South
Carolina,
Columbia SC
2nd Annual Juried Print Exhibition, Mitchell Place Gallery, Muncie IN
Multiple Meanings, Wells Community Cultural Center, Lafayette IN
2004 MAPC Exchange Portfolio Exhibition, Richards Hall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
Lincoln Nebraska
Mixed Media Group Show, Local Color Gallery, Seattle WA
Pattern vs. Happenstance, Invitational, Black Lab Gallery, Seattle WA
Exchange!, Visual and Performing Arts Center Gallery, Purdue University, West Lafayette
IN
Body Politics: It s What You Look Like, Juried, Gallery 110, Seattle WA
2003 Little Things Count, Juried, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle WA
Forgotten Works Challenge III, Forgotten Works Gallery, Seattle WA
Faculty Exhibition, Pratt Fine Arts Center Main Gallery, Seattle WA
Not of This Earth, Secluded Alley Works, Seattle WA
Faculty and Staff Exhibition, Interlochen Art Gallery, Interlochen MI
A Visit To Stephen s House, Invitational, Secluded Alley Works, Seattle WA
2002 Forgotten Works Challenge II, Forgotten Works Gallery, Seattle WA
Melissa Gill and Tomiko Jones, New Space Center for Photography, Portland OR
Invitational Studio Artists Show, 4 Girls Gallery, Seattle WA
Forgotten Works Challenge, Forgotten Works Gallery, Seattle WA
Mixed Media Photography Group Show, 4 Girls Gallery, Seattle WA
2000 Artists Making Books, Juried, Bellevue Gallery, Bloomington IN
Local Artists Group Show, Artist s Row Gallery, Bloomington IN
1998 United Printmakers Exchange Exhibition, with the United Kingdom and the United
States,
School of Fine Arts Gallery, Bloomington IN
Concept and Approach, Juried, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany IN
1997 MAPC '97: Mid America Print Council Annual Juried Member's Exhibition, University of
Kansas,
Lawrence KS
PRESENTATIONS
2012 The Lalit Kala Residency-Making Prints in India, Hendrix College, Conway AR
Engaging the Theme of Spirituality, Lyon College, Batesville AR
2011 How to Evaluate Visual Art, talk with the Aionian staff, Hendrix College, Conway AR
2010 Current Studio Practices, Hendrix College, Conway AR
2009 Visiting Artist Presentation, Work and Influences, Wichita State University,
Wichita KS
2008 A Chronology of Professional Work, Hendrix College, Conway AR
2008 Creative Process and Mixed Media, Green Fields Country Day School,
Tucson AZ
2006 Progression of studio work and artistic influences, Rockford College,
Rockford IL
2003 Faculty Talk, Current work, concepts and processes, Interlochen
Center for the Arts, Interlochen MI
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
Planting Seeds, International Book Arts Collaboration with Haran Kim and Mary Robinson
for
Exhibition "Between You and Me" in Seoul Korea, 2011
Transitory Impressions, Co-organizer with Monika Meler of National Print Exchange
Portfolio,
SGC 2011 Conference Equilibrium, 2010-current
Tangle II, Collaborative Installation project with Mary Robinson, 2009-current
Altars, Collaborative Installation with Delita Martin, 2009-current
Moving-A-Cross, Collaborative Mixed Media Print with Indrani Gall, Chicago
Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago IL, 2009
Here And Gone, Multi-Media Performance, Freehold Theater, On The Boards, Seattle WA, 2004
Ladyfest Seattle 2003, Member of Visual Arts Committee, Seattle WA, June 2002- March 2003
Tangle, Collaborative Installation with Mary Robinson, Fly By Night Gallery, Bloomington
IN, Feb. 2000
PRINTMAKING PHOTOGRAPHY AND DIGITAL EXPERTISE
Copper and Zinc Plate Intaglio, Photo-Intaglio, Solar Plates, Stone and Aluminum Plate
Lithography,
Photo-Lithography, Polyester Plate Lithography, Water-Based Serigraphy, Photo-Serigraphy,
Monoprint,
Monotype, Image Transfer, Mixed Media Processes, Non-Toxic Procedures, Papermaking, Book
Binding,
Digital Photography, 35mm Photography, Black and White Darkroom Processes, Alternative
Photographic
Processes, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Dreamweaver, Video and Film Camera
Operation:
DV, Hi 8, Super 8, VHS
MEMBERSHIPS
Arkansas Society of Printmakers
Mid America Print Council
College Art Association
Southern Graphics Council
The Ecumenical Buddhist Society of Little Rock
GRANTS
Hendrix College Faculty Project Grant, artistic research in printmaking, Garhi Studios,
Lalit Kala
Akademy, New Delhi, India, 2011
Hendrix College Faculty Project Grant, artistic research in lithography and photo-
lithography, Slugfest
Printshop, Austin TX, July 2010
Odyssey Special Projects Grant to bring 5 students to participate in MAPC Conference,
2010
Odyssey Special Projects Grant to bring studio art seniors on research trip to NYC, 2009
Grant-In-Aid Scholarship, Indiana University, MFA Thesis Research Project, 2000
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Co-Secretary and Executive Committee member, Arkansas Society of Printmakers, 2011-
current
Juror, White River Juried Exhibition, Batesville Arts Council, Batesville AR, 2011
Guest Juror, 100 New Zealots, Black Box Gallery, University of Central Arkansas, Conway
AR, 2011
Faculty Advisor, Hendrix College Art Club, Conway AR, 2009-current
Visual Arts Committee Member, Ladyfest Seattle, Seattle WA, 2002-2003
Mentor, Youth In Focus, Seattle WA, February 2002
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