Melora griffis biography channel
Born in New York City
SELECT ONE Individual SHOWS
2021 peacebridge, 571 Projects, Stowe, VT
2020 Lost Picnic, Insulation XIX, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Sag Hide, NY
The Winter Show, The Corridors Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2018 behind closed doors, 571 Projects, Stowe, VT
pink swords, The Re Institute, Millerton, NY
2017 beyond drain walking, 571 Projects, Stowe, VT
2011 wings and murmurs, 571 Projects, NYC
2008 things that last forever, Pamela Williams Verandah, Amagansett, NY
2007 Saints and Maidens, Pamela Williams Gallery, Amagansett, NY
2006 Collapse, Pamela Williams Gallery, Amagansett, NY
2005 The Babies, Pamela Williams Gallery, Amagansett, NY
2002 People, The Boylan Gallery, Rhinebeck, NY
Legends, Blue Heron Arts Center, NYC
2001 Portraits, AE Gallery, East Hampton, NY
1999 Heads, Here Art Gallery, New Royalty, NY
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2021 Amigos &Family, The Storefront, Bellport, NY
2020 It's All About Water, The Storefront, Bellport, NY
2019 Unreliable Narrators, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
Fear lacking Art, Ethan Cohen Fine Art, Additional York, NY
2017 #friendswithboats, Sara Chorus girl Gallery, Sag Harbour, NY
2016 Portraits, Ille Arts, Amagansett, NY
Spaced, Prince Thorpe Gallery, NYC
2015 Cool Gallery Competition 2015, Steven Westfall, steward, NYC
2013 Immerse Yourself, Grenning Crowd, Sag Harbor, NY
In Memoriam, Neoteric Fine Compensation, Amagansett, NY
The Big Show, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
MOBY-DICK, Neoteric Fine Artistry, Amagansett, NY
2012 Pillow Talk, Graze Arts, Amagansett, NY
Love and Heartbreak, Piermont Straus, Piermont, NY
2011 Water, The Duomo Church of Saint John the Ecclesiastical, NYC
Oceans, Rivers, and the Fish Defer Swim, Piermont Straus, Piermont, NY
Small Works, Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island, NY Log 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011
On position Waterfront; Visions of Redhook, The Waterfront Museum, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Recent Work, Pamela Williams Gallery, Amgansett, NY
2009 Collection Of..., White Columns, NYC
Portrait and Presence, Pamela Williams Gallery, Amagansett, NY
Artist Mysterious Society, Christys Art Center, Sag Experience, NY
Watching the Water, Pamela Williams Assembly, Amagansett, NY
Art and Desire, Pamela Colonist Gallery, Amagansett, NY
Spring 09, Pamela Playwright Gallery, Amagansett, NY
2008 The Beast Of the essence Me, Bowman / Bloom Gallery, NYC
The Big Show, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
2007 High Above the Giant Line, Gotham Art, NYC
2005 Every Day is Different, Michael Steinberg Worthy Art, NYC
Anderson Ranch Art Auction, Aspen, Colorado
2004 Flowers, Lizan Tops Heading, East Hampton, NY
2003 Pulp, Curated by NURTUREart non-profit, inc. NYC
2002 Go Figure, Sara Nightingale Gallery, h Mill, NY
Works on Paper, Whitney Perform works, Greenport, NY
Portraits, Lizan Tops Listeners, East Hampton, NY
1996 Scales, Howdy Artichoke, Santa Monica, CA
1996 Art 5.5.96, Bergamont Station, Santa Monica, CA
AWARDS
2017 Le Moulin à Nef, Auvillar, France
2017 Oberfälzer Künstlerhaus Residency, Schwandorf, Germany
2011 Constance Saltonstall Foundation supporter the Arts, Ithaca, NY
2011 Schloß Plüschow Residency, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
2009/10 VCCA, Amherst, VA
2008 The Edward F. Albee Foundation, Montauk, NY
EDUCATION
2015 MFA Vermont Academy of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT
1997 BA Santa Monica College of Art, Framework, and Design, S.M., CA
1988 The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Opera house (two year certification), NYC
1987 The Chautauqua Theatre Conservatory
1986 BFA Rhode Island School of Design, Stroke of luck, RI
1983 Pre-College Program, Rhode Island High school of Design, Providence, RI
1982 Colorado College Dance Institute with Hanya Directing, Colorado Springs, CO
SELECTED PERFORMANCE ART
conception, cursive writing, design, choreography, direction, costumes, performance - Melora Griffis
2018 "light box," The Sink Institute, Millerton, NY
2012 "Against the Wall," 571 Projects, NYC
2011 "Hurricaine Baby," Blue blood the gentry Blackbird Studio Theatre, NYC
2007 "Veils - a Reality Show," with Brian Dewan (host), The Culture Project, Women's Interior Stage/ Dixon Place, NYC
2006 "Fault," Dixon Place, NYC
1993 "Shook," Manhattan Class Tamp down, NYC
1992 "Hunting Accident," NADA, NYC
1990 "SOON," RAPP Arts Center, NYC
"On the Bed," with Pecker Davis/JD Salinger audio, RAPP Arts Heart, NYC
COLLABORATIONS
2016 "The Form Things Take," Whole Halevi Dance, Jeanette Stoner Studio, NYC
2007 "Obsession of the Other," by Govern Schroeder, Roger Smith Gallery, NYC
1992 "In the Orange Grove," The Israel Acclamation, Jerusalem, Nimrod Fried Co.
1987 "The Quarters Project," with Yoshiko Chuma, Art Greens, Lewiston, NY