GALLERY REPRESENTATION:

Gail Severn Gallery, 400 First Avenue North, Ketchum, ID 83340, (208)726-5079
Formerly represented by Tatistcheff & Company, Inc., 529 W 20th Street, 6th floor, New York City 10011, (212)627-4547
and
Linda Hodges Gallery, 316 1st Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104, (206)624-3034
and
Scott White Contemporary Art, formerly SOMA Gallery, La Jolla, CA
and
Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2003 Kittridge Gallery, Tacoma, Washington.

2002 Sandpiper Gallery, Tacoma, Washington.

2002 CSPS Contemporary Arts Center, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

2001 Wesleyan Theological Seminary, Center for Arts and Religion, Dadian Gallery, Washington, D.C.

2000 Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, Washington.

2000 Seattle University, Kinsey Gallery, Seattle, Washington.

2000 Sandpiper Gallery, Tacoma, Washington.

1999 Tatistcheff Gallery, New York City.

1998 Oregon State University, Corvalis, Oregon.

1997 Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington. (Two-person)

1997 Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany.(Two-person)

1997 Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine.

1997 Arnot Museum of Art, Elmira, New York.

1997 Charles and Emma Frye Museum, Seattle, Washington.

1995 Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, California, "Saint Stories."

1995 Commencement Gallery, Tacoma, Washington,"More Saint Stories."

1994 Green River Community College, Auburn, Washington, "Saint Stories."

1992 Pierce College Fine Arts Gallery, Pierce College, Tacoma, Washington, "Paintings/Drawings."

1990 Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington, "Paintings."

1987 Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia, "Recent Paintings and Drawings."

1986 2nd Street Gallery, Charlottesville,Virginia, "Visitors."

1985 St. Andrews Presbyterian College, Laurinburg, North Carolina, "Moments of Encounter."

1984 Helen Lindhurst Gallery, USC, Los Angeles, "Paintings and Drawings."

1982 Kresge Gallery, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, "Pastels, Prints, Paintings."

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2005-2006 Laguna Art Museum, "A Broken Beauty," Laguna Beach, California.

2003 UMass Lowell, University Gallery, "The Alphabet as Art," Lowell, Massachusetts.

2002 University of Puget Sound, Kittredge Gallery, "Faculty/Alumni Show," Tacoma, Washington.

2001 University of Puget Sound, Kittredge Gallery, "Faculty Sampler," Tacoma, Washington.

2000 Tatistcheff Gallery, "Gallery Group Exhibition," New York City.

2000 Jenkins Johnson Gallery, "4 Established Artists," San Francisco, California.

2000 Our Lady of the Snows, "Jesus 2000," Belleville, Illinois.

2000 Catholic Theological Union, "Jesus 2000," Chicago, Illinois.

1999 Tacoma Art Museum, "Religion," Tacoma, Washington.

1999 University of Richmond, Marsh Gallery, "The Legacy of Theresa Pollak: A Centennial Celebration," Richmond, Virginia.

1999 Claremont Graduate School, "Feminine Presence: an International Vision," Claremont, California.

1999 Concordia University-Wisconsin, "CIVA's 20/20 Vision," Mequon, Wisconsin.

1999 Kittredge Gallery, "Mt. Rainier Paintings," Tacoma, Washington.

1999 Linda Hodges Gallery, "Still Life," Seattle, Washington.

1998 Miami-Dade Community College Kendall Campus Art Gallery, "Three Figurative Artists," Miami, Florida.

1998 Temple University Gallery, "Presenzefemminili: una visione internatzionale," Rome, Italy.

1998 Tatistcheff Gallery, "September Selections," New York City.

1998 Tatistcheff Gallery, "Summer Time," New York City.

1998 Tatistcheff Gallery, "Smart Art," New York City.

1998 Arkansas Art Center, "National Drawing Invitational," Little Rock, Arkansas.

1998 Maryhill Museum of Art, "Interior Pauses: Northwest Contemporary Realism," Goldendale,Washington.

1998 Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, "Local Press," Tacoma, Washington.

1997 Arkansas Art Center, "Collector's Exhibition," Little Rock, Arkansas.

1997 Tacoma Museum of Art, "True Art," Northwest Biennial Competition, Donald Roller Wilson, juror.

1997 Linda Hodges Gallery, "Introductions: New Work," Seattle Washington.

1996 Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, "Still Life: Seductive Objects," curated by Scott Canty, Los Angeles, California.

1996 Hunsaker/Schlesinger, "Still Life . . . Still Here," curated by Josine Ianco Starrels, Santa Monica, California.

1996 Commencement Art Gallery, "South Sounds," Tacoma, Washington, Second Place Award.

1995 Tortue Gallery, "Ladies of Tortue," Santa Monica, California.

1994 SOMA Gallery, San Diego, "Still Life."

1994 Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, "Faculty/Alumni Exhibition."

1993 University of North Dakota at Grand Forks, "35th North Dakota Print and Drawing Annual."

1993 University of Hawaii at Hilo, "Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition."

1993 Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound,"Biennial Studio Art Faculty Exhibition."

1993 Gallery Kulturhaus, "New Year's Show," Tacoma, Washington.

1992 Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, Washington, "Northwest International Art Competition."

1992 Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington, "Mirroring the World."

1991 Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington, "Faculty + Faculty."

1990 Carnegie Art Center, Walla Walla, Washington, "Juried Art Show," Merit Award.

1989 Rockland Arts Center, Ellicot City, Maryland, "Maryland's Best '89."

1988 Sherry French Gallery, New York City, "The Feminine."

1987 One Penn Plaza Corporate Gallery, New York City, "Movietone Muse."

1986 Sara November Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, "The Portrait Show."

1985 Gellman Gallery, Women's Caucus for Art, Richmond, Virginia, "Angels/Messengers."

1984 Jewish Community Center, Richmond, Virginia, "About Women."

1984 Gilles Mansillon Gallery, Los Angeles, "Gallery Artists."

1984 "International Art Competition," Galleries, Musuems, and Art Institutions in the Los Angeles area.

1984 University of Wisconsin-Superior, "ON/OF Paper."

1984 100% REALART GALLERY, Spokane, Washington, "National Small Image Exhibition."

1984 Cabrillo College Art Gallery, Aptos, California, "The Singular Image."

1984 Northern Arizona University Art Gallery, Flagstaff, "Emotional Renditions."

1983 Ceclia Hall Gallery, Marymount Palos Verdes College, Rancho Palos Verdes, California, "By Women: About Women."

1983 The Atelier, Santa Monica, California, "The A Team."

1983 Fisher Gallery, Los Angeles, "Annual Juried Exhibition."

1982 Walker Art Museum, Brunswick, Maine,"Majors' Show."

AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS:

2000 Fourth Place, National Catholic Reporter's Jesus 2000 Contest, judged by Sister Wendy Beckett.

1997 Visiting Artist, American Academy in Rome. Interviewed by Radio Vaticana for a program entitled, "The Church and Art Part III: A Friendship Revisited."

1997 Artist in Residence, Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany.

1996 John Lantz Sabbatical Enhancement Award

1994 Martin Nelson Junior Sabbatical Fellowship.

1993 Martin Nelson Summer Research Award.

1988 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

1987 Fellowship and Residency.

REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS:

Prescott, Theodore L., ed., A Broken Beauty, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2005, p.87, pp.94-95, p.108, p.110, p.117, p.119.

Kenan, Randall. Cover article for IMAGE: Journal of the Arts & Religion, Spring 2001, number 30, pp. 32-37.

Forst, Elizabeth. "Lives of the Saints." American Artist, May 2000, pp.44-49, pp. 79-80.

Farrell, Michael. "Artist Looks at Passion Through the Dark." National Catholic Reporter, April 2000, cover and p. 2.

Heartney, Eleanor. "Melissa Weinman at Tatistcheff." Art in America, October 1999, pp. 167-68.

Judy Chicago and Edward Lucie-Smith. Women and Art: Contested Territory, Watson-Guptill, New York, 1999, pp. 92-93.

Rodriguez, Jeanette Ph.D. with Ted Fortier, Ph.D. "Postmodern Art and Religious Imagination." New Religion: Visual
Realism and Spiritual Visions, Tacoma Art Museum exhibition catalogue, August 1999, pp. 8-13.

Bell, Greg. "New Religion." New Religion: Visual Realism and Spiritual Visions, Tacoma Art Museum exhibition catalogue, August 1999, pp. 1-6.

Mullarkey, Maureen. "Figure In/Figure Out at MB Modern." Review: the Critical State of Visual Art in New York, June 15, 1999, pp. 15-17.

Timnick, William. "Making space for sacred subjects." Tacoma News Tribune, August 2, 1999, p. SL-3.

Timnick, William. "Paintings of the Peak." Tacoma News Tribune, March 25, 1999, p. SL-3.

Decker, Daniene. "Three Contemporary Figurative Painters: Philip Geiger, John Hull, and Melissa Weinman." Three Contemporary Figurative Painters: Philip Geiger, John Hull, and Melissa Weinman, Kendall Campus Art Gallery exhibition catalogue, Miami-Dade Community College, November 1998, p. 10.

Weisberg, Ruth. "The Figure and the Body." Presenzefemminili: Una Visione Internationale, Temple Gallery Rome exhibition catalogue, October 1998, p. 2.

Wolfe, Townsend. "National Drawing Invitational." National Drawing Invitational, Arkansas Art Center exhibition catalogue, May, 1998, pp. 7-11.

Little, Carl. "Bowdoin's Bit of Saintly Suffering." Maine Times, November 13-19, 1997, Volume 30, Number 5, p. 22.

Greenleaf, Ken. "Shows reflect sad trend in contemporary religious art." Maine Sunday Telegram, October 12, 1997, p. 3E.

Smith, Cary. "Intellectual Imagery." Tacoma News Tribune, Sunday, April 27, 1997, pp. D1-D2.

Ellison, Victoria. "Fine Subjects, poorly done." The Seattle Times, April 24, 1997, p. H22.

Hackett, Regina. "Painter Melissa Weinman's style earns no halo in 'Saints' Stories'." Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 11, 1997, p. wh19.

Weisberg, Ruth. "Melissa Weinman." Melissa Weinman Saints' Stories, Frye Art Museum exhibition catalogue, April 1997, pp. 8-11.

Tapley, George. "Carolyn Cardenas at Koplin Gallery and Melissa Weinman at Tortue Gallery." Artweek, July 1995, Volume 26, Number 7, p.24.

Burkman, Greg. "Melissa E. Weinman at Commencement Art Gallery (Tacoma)." Reflex, April/May 1995, Volume 9, Number 3, pp.19-20.

Koss, Joanna. "Melissa Weinman." Art Access, February 1995, p. 34.Pincus, Robert L. "'Still Life' Is More About Vitality Than Just Fruit." San Diego Union-Tribune, December 15, 1994.

Glowen, Ron. "A Holy Occasion." Artweek, July 21, 1994, Volume 25, Number 14, p.13.Giuliano, Mike. "Maryland's Best." The Columbia Flier, November 16, 1989, pp. 94-95.

Merritt, Robert. "Show is Trip Into the Psyche." Richmond Times-Dispatch, January 16, 1987, p. C-7."One-Man Show to open at Second Street Gallery." The Charlottesville/Albemarle OBSERVER, June 5-11, 1986.

Merritt, Robert. "Visions of Angels Range from Sacred To Personal to Scary" Richmond Times-Dispatch, December 5, 1985, p. C-18.

FOREIGN LANGUAGES:

Italian, elementary speaking, reading, and writing
German, intermediate speaking, reading, and writing
Chinese, elementary speaking

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION:

1984 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, M.F.A., in two-dimensional media.
Coursework: History of Prints and Drawings, Modernist and Post-Modernist Art and Architecture, and Contemporary Issues, Independent Study in painting, drawing, printmaking, mixed media, and three-dimensional media.

1982 Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, A.B. in Creative Visual Arts and Chinese Studies. Honors: Summa cum laude, Highest Honors in the Department of Creative Visual Arts, Phi Beta Kappa.
Coursework: Modern Art, 19th Century Art, Senior Seminar in the Arts and Craft Movement-John Ruskin and William Morris, Painting, Drawing and Printmaking. Other courses in Classical and Modern Chinese, German language and literature, Music, English literature, History, and Religion.

1981 Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Summer Seminar on the Sutras.

1980 Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, Special Language Student in Classical Chinese. Painting under Arthur Cohen and Howard Buchwald.

1980 Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont. Intensive Summer Language Program, Chinese School.

TEACHING POSITIONS:

2000-2004 University of Puget Sound, Full Professor.

1993-2000 Associate Professor. Received tenure in 1996.

1990-93 University of Puget Sound, Assistant Professor.
Courses taught: 2-Dimensional Foundations, Beginning Drawing, Figure Drawing, Intermediate Drawing, Beginning Painting, Intermediate Painting, Figure Painting, Advanced Painting and Drawing, and Independent Studies.1989-90 University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Visiting Assistant Professor.
Courses taught: Beginning Painting, Intermediate Painting, Beginning Drawing, Watercolor.1984-86 University of Richmond,Virginia, Assistant Professor.
Courses taught: Elementary Drawing, Life Drawing, Advanced Drawing, Introduction to Painting and Color Theory,Intermidiate Painting, Advanced Painting, and Independent Studies.

1982-84 University of Southern California, School of Fine Arts, Los Angeles, Assistant Lecturer.1981-82 Bowdoin College, Undergraduate Instructional Fellow.

LECTURES:

2001 CIVA Conference 2001, University of Dallas, Dallas, Texas, "Tales from the Trenches."

2001 Weslyan Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C., "Recent Reflections on my Work."

2001 St. Hugh's Episcopal Church, Allyn, Washington, "The Saints in my Work."

2000 Eighth Annual Image Conference, Habitations of the Word, Art and the Spiritual Ecology of Place, Seattle, Washington, "Taking Responsibility: Preserving Sacred Space."

2000 Seattle University, Gallery Talk.

1999 Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, Lyme Connecticut, "The Art of Description."

1998 Yale University, Institute of Sacred Music, New Haven, Connecticut, "Saints Now: Medieval Hagiography and Contemporary Art."

1998 Richard Hugo House, Seattle Washington, "Appearances."

1997 University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington, "Contemporary Figurative Realism: My Interests and Influences."

1997 Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine, "Contemporary Figurative Realism: My Interests and Influences."

1997 Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, "Contemporary Figurative Realism: My Interests and Influences."

1994 University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington, "Making Moves in a Visual Game: Strategies for Structuring Images."

1992 Pierce College, Tacoma, Washington, "The Visual Language of Memory."

1992 Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, "Finding a Personal Visual Vocabulary."

1990 San Jose State University, "Painting a Powerful Language."

1990 California State University Long Beach, "Painting a Powerful Language."

1990 University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington "Painting a Powerful Language."

1990 Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin, "Painting a Powerful Language."

1989 Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, "Dreaming Myths."

1985 St. Andrews Presbyterian College, Laurinburg, North Carolina, "References and Sources for My Work."

1985 Women's Caucus for Art, Richmond, Virginia, "Curator and Artist."

1984 Annual Meeting of the Richmond Artist's Association, Richmond, Virginia, "Engaging the Viewer".

MEMBERSHIPS:

College Art Association
Puget Sound Association of Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Beta Kappa Delta of Washington

COMMISSIONS:

Portrait of Janeanne Upp and Dale Meyer, 2005.

Portrait of Susan Pierce for the University of Puget Sound, 2002.
Portrait of Dorothy Stimson Bullit for Belo Corp., Dallas, Texas and KING Broadcasting, Seattle, Washington, 1998

COLLECTIONS:

Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington.
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Seattle University Law School, Seattle, Washington.
Betty & Stanley Scheinbaum, Brentwood, California.
Francis Fife, Charlottesville, Virginia.
Bradford Johnson, Chestertown, Maryland.
Barry Head, Sag Harbour, New York.
Steven Hadley, New York City.
Gerry Haggerty, New York City.
Edward Hernstadt & Maia Wechsler, New York City.
Arthur Naiman, Tuscon, Arizona.
Shonna Valeska, New York City.
Lynn Lazeroff, New York City.
Marie Chun, Calabasas, California.
Elizabeth Langhorne, Charlottesville, Virginia.
Nancy Mottet, Mercer Island, Washington.
Susan Resneck Pierce, Gig Harbor, Washington.
John Dillon, Gig Harbor, Washington.
Ronald and Harriet Fields, Tacoma, Washington.