Melissa Melero-Moose
Melissa Melero-Moose | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1974 San Francisco, California |
| Nationality | Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, American |
| Alma mater | BFA Institute of American Indian Arts, BS Portland State University |
| Known for | mixed-media art, co-founder of Great Basin Native Artists |
| Awards | Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant 2021 |
| Website | melissamelero |
Melissa Melero-Moose is a
Early life and education
Melissa Melero-Moose was born in
Art career
Melero-Moose developed a style of abstract, mixed-media paintings that reference the landscape and culture of her
She specializes in visual mixed-media art and has had her work displayed through the Nevada Arts Council.[7]
She has frequently exhibited at the Santa Fe Indian Market and Heard Museum Guild Fair & Market in Phoenix, Arizona.[8]
Great Basin advocacy
To address the invisibility of
"Indian people, even though so much of the population was wiped out, we never stopped creating," said Melero-Moose.[1]
Beginning in 2018, the Nevada Museum of Art gave Melero-Moose a fellowship to research and create a directory and archive of Great Basin Native artists.[9]
Melero-Moose serves on the board of the Nevada Arts Council.[1]
Selected exhibitions
- 2019: Stories from the Land: Indigenous Voices Connecting within the Great Plains, Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery, Lindsborg, KS[8]
- 2017–18: Connective Tissue: New Approaches to Fiber in Contemporary Native Art, IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe[10]
- 2017: Great Basin Artists: Melissa Melero-Moose, Topaz Jones, Karma Henry & Jaune Quick-to-See Smith,[11] CN Gorman Museum, Davis, CA[8][12]
Awards and honors
Besides winning several awards at Santa Fe Indian Market, Melero-Moose was selected by
In 2015, the School for Advanced Research chose Melero-Moose as its Ronald and Susan Dubin fellow.[5]
The Nevada Museum of Art in Reno named her the inaugural Peter E. Pool Research Fellow in 2018.[13]
References
- ^ a b c d e Orozco Rodriguez, Jazmin (1 August 2021). "Indy Q&A: Paiute painter Melissa Melero-Moose on creating space for Indigenous art". The Nevada Independent. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "In clear view - Feature Story - Local Stories - October 3, 2019". Reno News & Review. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
- ^ a b "Great Basin Native Artists". Capital City Arts Initiative. 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ Herr, Chelsea (September 2017). "Melissa Melero-Moose: Guided by the Land". Santa Fean: 164. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Melissa Melero-Moose". Native American Artist Fellows / 2015. School for Advanced Research. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
- ^ "Melissa Melero". Nevada's Indian Territory. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Paiute artist's work displayed at Nevada Legislature". Carson Now. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
- ^ a b c d "Melissa Melero-Moose". Native American Artists Resource Collection Online. Heard Museum Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ Horn, Amanda (23 July 2019). "Great Basin Native Artists and Nevada Museum of Art collaborate 0". First American Art Magazine. p. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Connective Tissue: New Approaches to Fiber in Contemporary Native Art". Happenings. Institute of American Indian Arts. 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Previous Exhibitions". CN Gorman Museum. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ "Past Events". News from Native California. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ "Nevada Museum of Art 2018 Annual Report" (PDF). Nevada Museum of Art. 2018. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
External links
- Artist website
- Melissa Melero-Moose, Great Basin Native Artists
- Melissa Melero-Moose, Joan Mitchell Foundation