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Melissa Rubin

Melissa Rubin Melissa Rubin Melissa Rubin
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  • Portfolio
    • Transitions: Recent Work
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    • Fragments
    • Surfacing
    • Still/Standing
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Born New York, NY

Lives & works VT


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021

Canal Street Art Gallery, Bellows Falls, VT; TRANSITIONS

2020

Canal Street Art Gallery, Bellows Falls, VT; Artists Spotlight

Main Street Arts, Saxtons River, Vermont; TRANSIENCE

2019

Atlantic Gallery  New York, NY; NIGHT VISION(s)

2014 

John Molloy Gallery New York, NY;  Surfacing 

Burgdorff Gallery Southern Vermont College, Bennington, VT; Still/Standing 

2013 

Berlin Library Berlin, NY; Paintings, Drawings, Prints

2001   

Tiffany Peay Gallery   New York, NY;  Corsets

2000     

The New York Public Library   New York, NY;  New Mixed Media Work


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023

Canal Street Gallery, Bellows Falls VT: New Work: Represented Artists Show

2022

MAPSpace, Port Chester, NY: INTIMACIES; curated by Patricia Miranda and 

Gaby Collins Fernandez

Art Center at Morro Bay, CA: CONVERGENCE; curated by Pamela Smith Hudson

Atlantic Gallery, NY, NY: Lines of Thought

Canal Street Gallery, Bellows Falls, VT: New Work

Carter-Burden Gallery, NY, NY: Lost & (re)Found 

2021

Atlantic Gallery: Connections V: Artists Inviting Artists

Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill: Waxing, Now Waning  Pandemic

ODETTA Digital: Page Turner

Atlantic Gallery Digital: Visible Spectrum and UPlift

New York Artists Circle (online): Lost & Found: A Personal Vision

Canal Street Gallery, Bellows Falls, VT: Summer Group show

Canal Street Gallery, Bellows Falls, VT:  ART!: Just in Time

2020

ODETTA Digital online exhibition hosted by SHIM Art Network on Artsy.net: 

Essential Works

ODETTA Digital online exhibition hosted by SHIM Art Network on Artsy.net: Pandemic Proof: ODETTA Digital Inaugural Exhibition 

Atlantic Gallery Digital , Hosted by SHIM Art Network on Artsy.net: New Day

Atlantic Gallery Digital , Hosted by SHIM Art Network on Artsy.net: First View

International Encaustic Artists;Curated by Lora Murphy: Vignettes in Wax and Words

ODETTA Digital Inaugural Exhibition: Sea Change

Atlantic Gallery NYC: FUTURE (Perfect): An online exhibition 

The Corona Sidestep: A Virtual Exhibition  Organized and Curated  by Joanne Mattera 

2019

Canal Street Gallery, Bellows Falls, VT: Art For All

Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY;  Connections IV: Artists Selecting Artists

Canal Street Gallery, Bellows Falls, Vermont: Summer Group Show

John Molloy Gallery, New York, NY; WAXworks: A 4-Person Show 

Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia, PA;  Plein Air / Plain Air / Plane Air; A 5-person Show curated by Carol Taylor-Kearney

2018

New York Artists Circle Online Exhibition: STILLNESS: Curated by Elizabeth Mead

Atlantic Gallery , New York NY;  SMALL WORKS / BIG HEARTS

Pelham Art Center, Pelham NY;  Waxing Poetic: Melissa Rubin, Michael David, Gene Keigel, Cecile Chong, Deborah Winiarski, Katharine Dufault;Curated by Katharine Dufault

Museum of Encaustic Art, Santa Fe, NM;  Melting Pot / Melting Point

Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY; Connections III: Artists Selecting Artists

Pace Gallery New York NY;  LREI Art Auction  

Atlantic Gallery New York NY;  Present Tense 

2017

Rockaway Artists Alliance Fort Tilden, Rockaway, New York, NY;  InkSplash: Art of Impressions      

Atlantic Gallery New York NY;  Connections II 

Dan Welden Studio Sag Harbor, NY;  Fourth Annual Print Parade: Solar Plate Etching Exhbition

Art on Paper Fair at Pier 36, John Molloy Gallery New York, NY 

2016 

Rockaway Artists Alliance New York, NY  InkSPLASH 2016: Invitational Printmaking Exhibition

Atlantic Gallery New York, NY  Connections I: Invitational Exhibition

San Luis Obispo Museum of Art San Luis Obispo, CA  Another Way of Keeping a Diary

Museum Of Encaustic Art Santa Fe, NM  Making Your Mark

2015 

Rockaway Artists Alliance New York, NY;  InkSPLASH 2015: Invitational Printmaking Exhibition

Wheelhouse Gallery Santa Fe, NM;  Cupid’s Arrow

Encaustic Art Institue Santa Fe, NM;  National Encaustic Exhibition

2014 

Museum of the City of New York New York, NY;  Rising Waters 2.0: Images of Sandy 

Nave Gallery Annex Somerville, MA;  65˚: An Exhibition of Contemporary Encaustic Art   

2013 

Albuquerque International Airport Albuquerque, New Mexico;  Selections from the Encaustic Art Institute’s Permanent Collection 

Chashama Gallery Chelsea New York, NY;  AFTER AFFECTS: An exhibition of work by artists affected by Hurricane Sandy and supported through NYFA's Emergency Relief Fund

POWERHOUSE Arena Brooklyn, NY;   Sandy: Devastation, Document, Drive / A Photo Exhibition 

2012          

Rockaway Artists Alliance New York, NY; InkSPLASH 2012

Encaustic Art Institute Cerrillos, New Mexico; National Invitational Encaustic Exhibition

Rockaway Artists Alliance New York, NY;  ArtSPLASH 2012

Saatchi & Saatchi Gallery New York, NY;  LREI Art Auction

2011          

Rockaway Artists Alliance New York, NY;  ArtSPLASH 2011 & InkSplash2011  

2009          

Gallery OMS   Fort Lee, NJ; Invitational Exhibition

Bank Street College New York, NY; Alumni Exhibition

2008          

Golden Key Gallery   Oklahoma City, OK;  Japan Through Art Teachers Eyes: A traveling exhibition

Japanese Consulate   New York, NY;  Japan Through Art Teachers Eyes: A traveling exhibition

2007 

Dolan Art Center Locust Valley, NY;  Japan Through Art Teachers Eyes: A Traveling Exhibition

2006          

Gallery I-20   New York, NY; Invitational Exhibition

The Nightingale-Bamford School   New York, NY;  Art Heads

2001         

The New York Public Library   New York, NY;  Artist-in-Residence Three Person Show


EXHIBITION DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT

2023

Atlantic Gallery New York, NY

Tenuous Threads, Part 1 & 2: Work Created with Textiles, Fibers, Threads and Mixed Media

Curated by Patricia Miranda

2021

Atlantic Gallery New York, NY

(re)Building: Work Created with Encaustic and Cold Wax

Curated by Jerry McLaughlin

2017 

Atlantic Gallery New York, NY;

Hopeful Darkness: Work Created with Encaustic and Cold Wax

Curated by Ingrid Dinter; Sponsored by International Encaustic Artists Org.

2018

Museum of Encaustic Art Santa Fe, New Mexico

Melting Pot/Melting Point 

Curated by Francisco Benitez; Sponsored by International Encaustic Artists Org.


COLLECTIONS

Museum of Encaustic Art Santa Fe, New Mexico

Private Collections In the U.S.A., Europe and New Zealand


SELECTED PERFORMANCES & PRODUCTIONS

1998 

“Practical Magic”, Directed by Griffin Dunne, Warner Bros. Productions

Artwork used in set for film starring Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock

1988    

Meredith Monk and Lanny Harrison: Costume design and construction for performances at La Mama and other venues


AWARDS, GRANTS & RESIDENCIES

2019

International Encaustic Conference: Binnie Bernstein Scholarship

Provincetown, MA (Awarded by the Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill)

2017 

MASS MoCA: Master Abstraction Residency, North Adams, MA

2013 

The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Artist Emergency Grant 

NYFA Hurricane Sandy Emergency Relief Grant with support from the Warhol, Rauschenberg & Lambent Foundations

2012

Museum of Encaustic Art  Santa Fe, New Mexico; Painting chosen for permanent collection

2007&2009  

Artist’s Fellowship, TASIS Artist’s Residence 

Les Tapies, St. Pierreville, France

2006  

Japan Fulbright, Recipient Japan Fulbright Teacher Program 

Marquis Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in American Education Inclusion in 2006 publication

2003  

Stone Foundation Grant Bank Street College of Education, New York, NY

1998-2002  

The New York Public Library Artist-in-Residence


PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA

October 2020 Wax Fusion: A Digital Publication of International Encaustic Artists.org "A Virtual Call and Response: An Unusual Instagram Collaboration" by Melissa Rubin 

September 2019 WhatsArtBlog.com "Glimpses of the Night" A review of NIGHT VISION(s) by Carol Taylor-Kearney

February 2019 WhatsArtBlog.com "Fun With Homonyms" a review of the exhibition 'Plein Air, Plain Air, Plane Air', By Ruth Wolf

Dec 2017 WhatsArtBlog.com “Hopeful Darkness at Atlantic Gallery” By Carol Taylor-Kearnery

August 2014 The Rockaway Times “Artist Finds Inspiration in Rockaway” By Bianca Fortis, 08/28/14

Spring 2014 Encaustic Arts Magazine “Calm After the Storm: Melissa Rubin” Article and cover featured artist  

April 2013 ARTnews Magazine“When Storm is Collaborator” By Rachel Wolff

April 2013 International Encaustic Artist’s Newsletter Authored and art featured in article “Surviving Sandy: Painting as a Catalyst for Healing”

Feb. 2013 CBS This Morning “The Art of Healing” Interviewed and featured prominently in review of ‘After Affects’ 

The Huffington Post “Art After Sandy” By Ula Ilnytzky; Review of ‘After Affects’ exhibition

The Rockaway Wave“From the Artists Studio”By Susan Hartenstein; Interview and reference to ‘After Affects’ exhibition 

Oct. 2011     NY1 Evening News Art featured in coverage of InkSplash 2011 Printmaking Exhibition exhibition at RAA

The Rockaway Wave  “Revelation in Ink”By Susan Hartenstein; Featured in review of InkSplash2011


REPRESENTATION & PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

ODETTA Digital on SHIM Art Network; Artsy.net

Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY

Atlantic Gallery Digital on SHIM Art Network; Artsy.net

John Molloy Gallery, New York NY

Canal Street Art Gallery, Bellows Falls VT

Museum of Encaustic Art, Santa Fe NM

New York Artists Circle, New York NY

Crit Lab

InternationalEncausticArtists.org

American Alliance of Museums


EDUCATION

Bank Street College of Education; MS Ed. in Arts Leadership

School of Visual Arts, BFA / Post-Bac in Art Education






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