Melissa Johnson
Brooklyn, NY
melissa@melissajohnsonstudio.com
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2018 Processing, Old Stone house, Brooklyn, NY
Curated by Katherine Gressel
Sequence, Mobile Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
Curated by Gowanus Swim Society
2017 Good-Bye Gowanus, Mobile Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
Curated by Gowanus Swim Society
Luminous Flux, The Pink House, Brooklyn, NY
Curated by Upstairs Projects
In Situ, The Pink House, Brooklyn, NY
Curated by Upstairs Projects
2016 Total Request Alive, Otion Front Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Curated by Bethany Dinsick
Natural/Unnatural, Square Dot Plus Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Curated by Gowanus Swim Society
Altar Spaces, Monk Space, Los Angeles, CA
Curated by The Glinda's
2015 Telestrations, Halyards, Brooklyn, NY
Curated by Gowanus Swim Society
Wish You Were Here, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Members Salon, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Curated by Rhia Hurt
2013 Connection//Disconnection, Lennies, Bloomington, IN (Solo)
WomenExposed8, Fell Building, Bloomington, IN
Curated by Filiz Cicek
2012 International Collective Exhibition, Gallery Le Logge, Assisi, ITALY
Curated by Marina Merli
The Fame Disease, The Bishop, Bloomington, IN
Curated by Lori Canada
WomenExposed7, Trained Eye Art Center, Bloomington, IN
Curated by Filiz Cicek
2011 Bestiary, Paper Crane Gallery, Bloomington, IN
Curated by Luke Woodaman
2010 Thesis, SOFA (Grunwald) Gallery, Bloomington, IN
Curated by Betsy Stirratt
PUBLIC ART & COMMISSIONS
2016 Delancey Mural, 100 Gates mural project, Manhattan, NY
2015 Canal St. Mural, 100 Gates mural project, Manhattan, NY
2013 What’s On T.V.?, outdoor sculpture, SculptEVV, Evansville, IN
2012 Pancake Season, mural, The Village Deli, Bloomington, IN
2012 Brain Extravaganza!, outdoor sculpture, Jill Bolte Taylor, Bloomington, IN
2012 Pilgrimage of The Power Woman, outdoor sculpture, Arte Studio Ginestrelle, Assisi, ITALY
2011 Recycle, mural, Lennie’s, Bloomington, IN
2008 Harvesting Our Sun & the Milky Way Galaxy, outdoor sculpture, with John David Mooney, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN
PANELS & FAIRS
2016 Bulletproof Soul, Discussion Panel + Zine Fair, Manhattan, NY
RESIDENCIES & INTERNSHIPS
2015 Prop & Set Design assistant, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Puppet & Prop assistant for Jessica Scott, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Arte Studio Ginestrelle, International A.I.R., Assisi, ITALY
EDUCATION & ORGANIZATIONS
2017 Co-Founder & Curator of Upstairs Projects, art event hosting team
2015 Gowanus Swim Society: Art Collective, member & promoter,
Brooklyn, NY
2010 BA of Art & Minor Art History, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
PRESS
2017 "In Situ- Opening Reception hosted by Upstairs Projects", Art in Brooklyn, February
26, 2017, (Web Post)
"The 20 best cheap things to do this weekend, chocoholic edition", Brokelyn,
March 2, 2017, (Web Post)
2016
"Gowanus Open Studios to Host Record Number of Artists Despite Evictions", DNA INFO, October 12, 2016 (Web Post)
"Street Art in New York City Just Got 100 Times Better", Architectural Digest,
September 15, 2016, (Web Post)
"THE 100 GATES PROJECT FILLS THE GATES OF NEW YORK BUSINESSES WITH
STREET ART", Juxtapoz Magazine, September 13, 2016, (Web Post)
"Lower East Side’s art project celebrates its 100th mural", Curbed NY,
September 12, 2016, (Web Post)
"Photos: 100 LES Security Gates Have Been Taken Over By Street Art", Gothamist,
September 12,2016, (Web Post)
"100 GATES Project in Lower East Side Celebrates its 100th Mural at Katz’s
Delicatessen", Untapped Cities, September 9, 2016 (Web Post)
"Metal Gates Unfurl as Colorful Canvases on the Lower East Side", The New York
Times, September 8, 2016 (Web Post)
"100 Gates Project Crosses Finish Line with Colorful Katz's Deli Mural", DNA INFO,
September 8, 2016, (Web Post)
"The LES ‘100 Gates Project’ Reaches its Centennial Goal with Katz’s Deli Mural"
Bowery Boogie, August 24, 2016, (Web Post)
"100 Gates Project Continues To Beautify The Lower East Side", YIMBY,
July 8, 2016, (Web Post)
2015 "Gowanus Open Studios Returns: Come See Nearly 350 Artist Spaces",
Brownstoner, October 12, 2015 (Web Post)
“100 Gates is Back With The Mural Madness in LES”, FlavorPill,
Sept 11, 2015 (Web Post)
“See Street-Art on Storefront Security Gates That Are Completely
Legal”, TimeOut NY, August 10, 2015 (Web Post)
“More Murals Are Coming To The LES’ Roling Metal Gates”, Curbed
NY, August 8 2015 (Web Post)
“These 9 Women Are Helping Turn Metal Security Gates into Beautiful
Works of Art”, Cosmopolitan, Sept 2, 2015 (Web Post)
2013 “Sculpt EVV finalists present wide variety of art, statements”, Courier and Press, June 12 2012
“ARTS BEAT: SculptEVV returns with new sculpture, new competition, more celebrations”, Courier and Press, June 8, 2012 “Second SculptEVV Opens This Summer”, Newsletter of the College of Liberal Arts,
USI, Spring 2013, page 6
2012 “Collettiva Artistica”, Il Rubino, December 2012, page 6
“ASSISI International Contemporary Arte Guide 2012”, Arte Studio Ginestrelle, page 12
“Local artist commissioned for mural, strives for career”, Indiana Daily Student, June 2012
“Jill Bolte Taylor Brains Map”, WTIU, July 2, 2012
“Using Brains to Build Healthier Communities”, Brain World Magazine, pages 54-56
“B-SIDES: Bloomington brain exhibit gives us something to think about”, Tribune Star, May, 17, 2012
“Make Way Bloomington, Here Come the Brains!”, Bloom Magazine, April/May 2012, Cover and Feature article
2010 “Art degree: graduates discuss their futures”, Herald Times, May 9
