born in Tallahassee, Florida;
lives and works in New York
Melissa Thorne
Melissa Thorne CV
Education
1998 Master of Fine Arts / California Institute of the Arts / Valencia, CA (USA)
1993 Bachelor of Fine Arts / Carnegie Mellon University / Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
1992 Yale Summer School of Art / Norfolk, CT (USA)
1991 Tyler School of Art / Rome (Italy)
Grands, Awards, Fellowships
2008 Regent’s Faculty Fellowship / Academic Senate, UC Riverside
2007 Santa Fe Art Institute / Artist’s Residency
Joan Mitchell Foundation Scholarship
2004 Ucross Foundation Artist’s Residency
2002 Durfee A.R.C. Grant
1999 – 2000 Core Fellow / Glassell Artist’s Residency / Museum of Fine Arts / Houston, TX (USA)
1997 Durfee Grant for project with Grandma Prisbrey’s Bottle Village / Simi Valley, CA (USA)
1995 Artist’s Residency / Bemis Center for Contemporary Art / Omaha, NB (USA)
Solo Exhibitions
2013 A Wall Around a Window / Devin Borden Gallery / Houston, TX (USA)
2008 A Partial Index of Improvements / Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery / Houston, TX (USA)
2004 Aerials and Elevations / Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery / Houston, TX (USA)
2003 Superstructure / Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects / Los Angeles, CA (USA)
2002 Melissa Thorne: New Paintings / Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery / Houston, TX (USA)
2001 Radiant City / Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects / Los Angeles, CA (USA)
2000 Drawings: plans for small units / Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery / Houston, TX (USA)
1999 A miracle of spatial unity… / Rosamund Felsen Gallery, projectroom / Santa Monica, CA (USA)
1998 Melissa Thorne: paintings / LAX Exhibition / Houston, TX (USA)
Group Exhibitions
2016 DRAWINGS / Galerie Anke Schmidt / Cologne (Germany)
2011 Works on Paper / Devin Borden Gallery / Houston, TX (USA)
Lace Annual Auction / La Mart / Los Angeles, CA (USA)
Site as Symbol / Fellows of Contemporary Art / Los Angeles, CA (USA)
2007 Fata Morgana / Galerie Schmidt-Maczollek / Cologne (Germany)
2006 Fair Exchange / Millard Sheets Gallery / Pomona, CA (USA) / curated by Irene Satsos
2005 Color / Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery / Houston, TX (USA)
Especial / Galerie Schmidt-Maczollek / Cologne (Germany)
Summer Paper / Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery / Houston, TX (USA)
2004 KnitKnit / Sundown Salon / Los Angeles, CA (USA)
Microclimate / Harris Art Gallery / The University of La Verne / La Verne, CA (USA)
2003 Perpetuum Mobile / Galerie Rolf Ricke / Cologne (Germany)
Blue Devin Borden / Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery / Houston, TX (USA)
Armory Show / Los Angeles Projects / New York, NY (USA) / with Susanne Vielmetter
2002 Blend / Harris Art Gallery / The University of La Verne / La Verne, CA (USA)
Systems, Order, Nature / Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery / Houston, TX (USA)
Labyrinths / Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery / Houston, TX (USA)
2001 Are Friends Electric? / Angstrom Gallery / Dallas, TX (USA)
SongPoems / Leslie, Cohan and Browne / New York, NY (USA)
Fabric, Pattern, Needle, Thread / Bakersfield College / Bakersfield, CA (USA)
Bibli-lo-tech / Kerry Inman Gallery / Houston, TX (USA) / curated by Brooke Stroud
Women Rule/ Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery / Houston, TX (USA) / with Agnes Martin, Jennifer Bartlett, Bridget Riley
2000 Core Glassell Building / Museum of Fine Arts / Houston, TX (USA)
Shimmer / Municipal Gallery at Barnsdall / Los Angeles, CA (USA) / curated by Thomas Lawson
1999 L.A. Morgenrot / Galerie Rolf Ricke / Cologne (Germany)