MELISSA KRETSCHMER

Nata a Santa Monica, California, 1962
Vive e lavora a New York, USA

Formazione

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

Selezione Mostre Personali

2023
Other Shapes, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf

2022
Melissa Kretschmer, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf

2021
Melissa Kretschmer, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf

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

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

2017
Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germania

2016
ACE Gallery, Beverly Hills, USA
   Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, USA
Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germania

2015
Konrad Fisher Galerie, Berlino, Germania

2014
Drawing Room, Amburgo, Germania
Giacomo Guidi Arte Contemporanea, Roma, Italia

2009
Online Project Room, Dinter Fine Arts, New York, USA

2008
Meert-Rihoux, Bruxelles, Belgio
Galleria Alfonso Artiaco, Napoli, Italia

Yvon Lambert, Parigi, Francia
Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germania

2007
Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, USA
Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Svizzera
ACE Gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA

2004
Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Parigi, Francia
ACE Gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA

2003
Geukens & DeVil, Knokke, Belgio
Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Colonia, Germania

2002
ACE Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
Stark Gallery, New York, USA
Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Svizzera

2001
Boulder Art Museum, Boulder, Colorado, USA

2000
Galerie Cramer, Bon, Germania
Galerie Frank, Parigi, Francia
Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Svizzera

1999
Westenburg, Marfa, Texas, USA

1998
Voix, Arnaud Lefebvre, Parigi, Francia
Caledonian Hall, Royal Botanic Garden, Edimburgo, Scozia
Trans Hudson, New York, USA
Vitrisitu, Arnaud Lefebvre, Parigi, Francia
Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Svizzera

1996
AMO Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA

1994
Fulcrum Gallery, New York, USA
Littlejohn/Sternau, New York, USA

1993
Julian Pretto, New York, USA

1992
Julian Pretto, New York, USA

1990
Between Engagements, Anne Plumb, New York, USA

Selezione Mostre Collettive

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: Belgio – Italia – USA, a cura di Barbara Rose, Reggia di Caserta, Italy

2017
50 Years of Konrad Fischer Galerie 1967-2017, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
Painting After Postmodernism: Belgio – USA, a cura diBarbara Rose, Palacio Episcopal, Málaga, Spagna

2016
Postmodernism, a cura diBarbara Rose, Cinéma Galeries, Bruxelles, Belgio

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

2014
Small is Beautiful, Drawing Room, Hamburg, Germania

2013
Julian Pretto Gallery, Minus Space, Brooklyn, USA

2011
Personal Structures: Time – Space – Existence, Palazzo Bembo, Venezia, Italia

2010
25 Years, Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Svizzera

2009
Anti Icon, Eaton Fine Arts. Inc., West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
One Copenhagen, Stalke Up North, Copenhagen, Danimarca
From a Big Crash to a New Deal, 1000eventi, Milano, Italia
Turtle, Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Parigi, Francia
Assemblage Abstract, Dinter Fine Arts, New York, USA

2008
One More, Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Esjberg, Danimarca
Winter Salon on Paper, Björn Ressle, New York, USA
One More, Thomas Rehbein Galerie, Colonia, Germania

2007
LeWitt x 2, Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida, USA
Summertime, Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basilea, Svizzera
Turtle, Nuäns Ausstellungsraum, Düsseldorf, Germania
The Eclectic Eye: Pop and Illusion, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center,
Colorado Springs, Colorado
21 Years, Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Parigi, Francia
Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basilea, Svizzera
One, Björn Ressle, New York, USA

2006
Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, USA
Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Parigi, Francia
Galerie Alfonso Artiaco, Napoli, Italia
Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basilea, Svizzera
Turtle, Chelsea Space, Chelsea College of Art and Design, Londra, Gran
Bretagna
Small Works – Petit Formats, Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Parigi, Francia
LeWitt x 2, Madison Museum, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Dedica: 1986-2006, Twenty years of the Alfonso Artiaco Gallery, Palazzo della
Arti Napoli, Napoli, Italia
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, Milano, Italia

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

2003
Arnaud Lefebvre, Parigi, Francia
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, Parigi, Francia
ACE Gallery, New York, USA
Ready-Made Color, Galerie Corinne Caminade, Parigi, Francia

2001
Gamel Fraser, Mendocino, California
Geukens & DeVil, Knokke, Belgio
2000
Transparency, Translucency, Opacity, Galerie Frank, Parigi, Francia
Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Svizzera
Rule Modern and Contemporary, Denver, Colorado, USA

1999
Galerie Frank, Parigi, Francia
Transparent Façade, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, California
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

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, Belgio

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, Parigi,
Francia
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, Parigi, Francia
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

1998
Out of Order, Anne Plumb, New York, USA

Collezioni

Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Allianz, Berlino, Germania
Centre Pompidou, Parigi, Francia
University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
FNAC, Parigi, Francia
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA