MELISSA KRETSCHMER

1962, Born Santa Monica, California, USA
Lives and works in New York, USA

Education

1988 MFA, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, USA
1986 BFA, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, USA

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2023
Other Shapes, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf

2021
Melissa Kretschmer, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf

2020
Melissa Kretschmer. Beneath the Surface, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf

2018
Melissa Kretschmer. Drawn Sawn Cut, Galleria Alfonso Artiaco, Naples, Italy
Melissa Kretschmer and Li Trincere Present New Paintings, David Richard
Gallery, New York, USA

2017
Melissa Kretschmer. Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany

2016
Melissa Kretschmer. ACE Gallery, Beverly Hills, USA
Melissa Kretschmer. Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY, USA
Melissa Kretschmer. Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany

2015
Melissa Kretschmer. Konrad Fisher Galerie, Berlin, Germany

2014
Melissa Kretschmer. Drawing Room, Hamburg, Germany
Melissa Kretschmer. Giacomo Guidi Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy

2009
Melissa Kretschmer. Online Project Room, Dinter Fine Arts, New York, USA

2008
Melissa Kretschmer. Meert-Rihoux, Brussels, Belgium
Melissa Kretschmer. Galleria Alfonso Artiaco, Naples, Italy
Melissa Kretschmer. Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
Melissa Kretschmer. Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany

2007
Melissa Kretschmer. Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, USA
Melissa Kretschmer. Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Switzerland
Melissa Kretschmer. ACE Gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA

2004
Melissa Kretschmer. Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France
Melissa Kretschmer. ACE Gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA

2003
Melissa Kretschmer. Geukens & DeVil, Knokke, Belgium
Melissa Kretschmer. Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Köln, Germany

2002
Melissa Kretschmer. ACE Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Melissa Kretschmer. Stark Gallery, New York, USA
Melissa Kretschmer. Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Switzerland

2001
Melissa Kretschmer. Boulder Art Museum, Boulder, Colorado, USA

2000
Melissa Kretschmer. Galerie Cramer, Bon, Germany
Melissa Kretschmer. Galerie Frank, Paris, France
Melissa Kretschmer. Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Switzerland

1999
Melissa Kretschmer. Westenburg, Marfa, Texas, USA

1998
Melissa Kretschmer. Voix, Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France
Melissa Kretschmer. Caledonian Hall, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland
Melissa Kretschmer. Trans Hudson, New York, USA
Melissa Kretschmer. Vitrisitu, Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France
Melissa Kretschmer. Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Switzerland

1996
Melissa Kretschmer. AMO Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA

1994
Melissa Kretschmer. Fulcrum Gallery, New York, USA
Melissa Kretschmer. Littlejohn/Sternau, New York, USA

1993
Melissa Kretschmer. Julian Pretto, New York, USA

1992
Melissa Kretschmer. Julian Pretto, New York, USA

1990
Melissa Kretschmer. Between Engagements, Anne Plumb, New York, USA

  

Selected Group Exhibitions

2018
Two Artists, Two Exhibitions, A Conversation, David Richard Contemporary Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Beyond Black and White, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Painting After Postmodernism: Belgium – Italy – USA, curated by Barbara Rose, Reggia di Caserta, Italy

2017
50 Years of Konrad Fischer Galerie 1967-2017, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
Painting After Postmodernism: Belgium – USA, curated by Barbara Rose, Palacio Episcopal, Málaga, Spain

2016
Postmodernism, curated by Barbara Rose, Cinéma Galeries, Brussels, Belgium

2015
Melissa Kretschmer & Russell Maltz: Plywood, Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY, ù
USA
Govern the Case: The Work in its Making From the Sixties to the Present Days, Pinacoteca Comunale, Città di Castello, Italy
30 years, Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland

2014
Small is Beautiful, Drawing Room, Hamburg, Germany

2013
Julian Pretto Gallery, Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY, USA

2011
Personal Structures: Time – Space – Existence, Palazzo Bembo, Venice, Italy

2010
25 Years, Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland

2009
Anti Icon, Eaton Fine Arts. Inc., West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
One Copenhagen, Stalke Up North, Copenhagen, Denmark
From a Big Crash to a New Deal, 1000eventi, Milan, Italy
Turtle, Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France
Assemblage Abstract, Dinter Fine Arts, New York, USA

2008
One More, Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Esjberg, Denmark
Winter Salon on Paper, Björn Ressle, New York, USA
One More, Thomas Rehbein Galerie, Köln, Germany

2007
LeWitt x 2, Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida
Summertime, Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basel, Switzerland
Turtle, Nuäns Ausstellungsraum, Düsseldorf, Germany
The Eclectic Eye: Pop and Illusion, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center,
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
21 Years, Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France
Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basel, Switzerland
One, Björn Ressle, New York, USA

2006
Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, USA
Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France
Galerie Alfonso Artiaco, Naples, Italy
Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basel, Switzerland
Turtle, Chelsea Space, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, Great
Britain
Small Works – Petit Formats, Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France
LeWitt x 2, Madison Museum, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Dedica: 1986-2006, Twenty years of the Alfonso Artiaco Gallery, Palazzo della Arti Napoli, Naples, Italy
Peep Show, Rule Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA
It Takes a Lifetime, Paula Barr Chelsea, New York, USA

2005
Glass, Seriously, Dorsky Projects, Long Island City, New York, USA
Galerie 1000eventi, Milan, Italy

2004
Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland
Armored, Planet Thailand, Brooklyn, New York, USA
ACE Gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA
Election, American Fine Arts, New York, NY, USA

2003
Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France
Selections From The LeWitt Collection, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut, USA
Minimalism And More: Contemporary Art From The Frederick R. Weisman
Art Foundation, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California, USA

2002
Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France
ACE Gallery, New York, USA
Ready-Made Color, Galerie Corinne Caminade, Paris, France

2001
Gamel Fraser, Mendocino, California, USA
Geukens & DeVil, Knokke, Belgium

2000
Transparency, Translucency, Opacity, Galerie Frank, Paris, France
Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Switzerland
Rule Modern and Contemporary, Denver, Colorado, USA

1999
Galerie Frank, Paris, France
Transparent Façade, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, California, USA
Rule Modern and Contemporary, Denver, Colorado, USA

1998
Art Miami ’98, special projects installation, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Vision Festival, Orensanz Arts Center, New York, USA
Foot Falls, Greenport, Long Island, New York, USA
Transparent Façade, The Work Space Gallery, New York, USA
Out of Order, Anne Plumb, New York, USA

1997
The Whole World in a Small painting, II, Trans Hudson, New York, USA
Art Auction 6, Long Beach Museum, Long Beach, California, USA
3rd Annual Holiday Group Show, Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, California,
USA
CIAP (Vereniging voor culturele informative en actueel pretenkabinet),
Hasselt, Belgium

1996
In Small Dimensions, Andre Zarre, New York, USA
AMO Gallery, Gramercy International, Los Angeles, California, USA
Epitaphs, Ed Thorp Gallery, New York, USA
Recent Acquisitions: The Collection of Julian Pretto, Wadsworth, Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Formal Abstraction, Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, California, USA
Image/After Image, The Work Space Gallery, New York, USA
Erik Satie, Robert Smithson, Melissa Kretschmer, Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris,
France
Trans Hudson, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

1995
Material Abuse, Trans Hudson, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Julian’s Show, Littlejohn/Sternau, New York, USA
The Whole World in a Small Painting, Trans Hudson, Jersey City, New Jersey,
USA

1994
Five Abstract Artists, Littlejohn/Sternau, New York, USA
New Recruits, In Collaboration, Santa Monica, California, USA
Beyond Virtual, Back to Actual, Fulcrum Gallery, New York, USA
Faith, Fetish, Spirit, Westenburg Gallery, Gt. Barrington, Massachusetts, USA

1993
Inaugural Exhibition, TennisportArts, Long Island City, New York, USA
Contemporary Drawings, Part II, ARENA, New York, USA
Works on Paper, Julian Pretto, New York, USA
Beyond Paint, Tibor de Nagy, New York, USA
Silent Echoes, TennisportArts, Long Island City, New York, USA
Jours Tranquilles à Clichy, TennisportArts, Long Island City, New York, USA
Jours Tranquilles à Clichy, Paolo Goyannes, Paris, France
BOMB magazine benefit exhibition, Fawbush Gallery, New York, USA

1992
Small Works, Julian Pretto, New York, USA
Rumored Paintings, Anne Plumb, New York, USA
Slow Art, PSI Museum, Long Island City, New York, USA
ARENA, New York, USA

1991
Surface Issues, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, USA
Abstract Painting: Process and Material, Ben Shahn Gallery, Paterson College,
Wayne, New Jersey, USA
Constructed Black Paintings, Julian Pretto, New York, USA

1990
New Talent, Julian Pretto, New York, USA

Collections

Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Allianz, Berlin, Germany
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
FNAC, Paris, France
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA