Melodie Provenzano lived and worked in New York City until 2020. After receiving her BFA from Parsons School of Design in 1996, she freelanced for more than a decade painting window displays, showrooms and various commissioned projects for fashion companies including, Saks 5th Avenue, Donna Karan, Louis Vuitton, Ferragamo, Chanel and Hermes. At this time, she sharpened her drawing and painting skills while developing her fine art. Melodie has exhibited in group shows at The Brattleboro Museum, VT, The Chelsea Art Museum, NYC, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA, and solo shows at Lyons Wier Gallery, NYC, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL, The University School of Nashville, TN, and Nancy Margolis Gallery, NYC. She has also written and recorded songs as "Connie Acher", releasing five LPs on Flipped Out Records and her most recent "For Giving" on UK label Golden Lab. Melodie currently lives and works in the countryside near Nashville, TN.
Photo by David Harry Stewart
Born in Hudson, NY, 1974
EDUCATION
1996
BFA Parsons School of Design
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Seeing Oneself in Others II, University School of Nashville, Nashville, TN, September 5 - October
2022
Greatest Hits, Willow Oak Center for Arts and Learning, Springfield, TN, August 18 - December 28
2020
Seeing Oneself in Others, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY, February 27 - April 11
2015
Stealth Peace, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY, May 14 - June 20
2014
Raw Ribbon, University School of Nashville, Nashville, TN, January 9 - February 10
2012
Rock Center, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY, November 15 - December 15
Selected Work 2005-2011, 5th Avenue Windows of Saks Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, October 5-12
2011
Drawn Together: Melodie Provenzano & Philippe Simille, The Marketplace Gallery, Albany, NY, May 6-28
2010
Melodie Provenzano & Rachel Hovnanian, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL, December 11 - February 5
It’s My Birthday!, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY, February 12 - March 8
2008
Debutant, Lyons Wier Ortt Gallery, New York, NY, September 5 - October 4
2006
Selected Paintings, Saks Fifth Avenue Windows, New York, NY, March 6-13
2005
Resonance: Works by Melodie Provenzano and Richard Monge, Space Other, Boston, MA, September 10 - October 22
2004
Paintings & Works on Paper, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD, June 12 - September 6
2002
33 Paintings by Melodie Provenzano, North Pointe Cultural Arts Center, Kinderhook, NY, October 23 - December 31
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Pink is Punk, Atelier Sea Grandon, Warsaw, IN, July 21 - August 26
BASH, The Collection at Bobby Hotel, Nashville, TN, April 21 - Sept 2
Nashville in Rhythm, Soundwaves Gallery at Geodis Park, Nashville, TN, February 25 -
2022
Waterfall Artful Living, Gratitude: Collection 2022, Waterfall Mansion & Gallery, New York, NY, Decemebr 1 - 31
Voices of Nashville, The Soundwaves Gallery at GEODIS Park, Nashville, TN, February 26 - December 4
2021
Light House, Waterfall Mansion & Gallery, New York, NY, February 6 - March 27
2020
Clear Vision, Museum of Contemporary Art Long Island, Patchogue, NY, September 12 - October 25
2019
Art for Tibet, Gallery 8, New York, NY, November 2 - 7
2018
Art for Tibet, Tibet House, New York, NY, November 1
Infinite Grace, The Waterfall Mansion, New York, NY, April 14 - June 30
UNICEF Next Generation Art Party, 800 MAIN, Venice, CA, February 24
Outside the Lines, The Fourth Annual NAC Drawing Invitational, The National Arts Club, New York, NY, February 1 - 24
I Dare! Dare I?, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY, January 11 - February 10
2017
Artists for Truth Benefit, SpaceCamp Gallery, Baltimore, MD, June 2
The Warmth of Winter, National Arts Club, New York, NY, December 19 - January 7
Gallery Artists: Pre-Christmas Exhibition, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York. NY, December 1 - January 7
2016
Small Works, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY, February 18 - March 26
2015
Art for Tibet, Paddle8.com, New York, NY, December 7 - 21
Still Lifes: Perceptions of Inanimate Objects, Evelyn E. Jorgenson Gallery, Moberly, MO, October 1 - November 12
All Good, curated by James Frederic Rose, Guddahl Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, October 8 - November 8
Only 2.5 Hrs from GWB, curated by Pia Dehne, Hamden Inn and Orphic Gallery, NY, July 19 - August 29
Observations and Collections, Hatton Gallery at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, February 6 - March 6
2014
Bingo!, Platform Gallery, Baltimore, MD, November 21 - December 14
Painting Now, Florence Quater Gallery at Southwest University of Visual Arts, Tucson, AZ November 8 - December 5
A Precious Few, Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ, July 5 - August 3
Feel Life Summer Art Festival, Waterfall Mansion, New York, NY, June 12 - September 16
Art for Tibet, Tibet House, New York, NY, May 15
2013
Small & Large Packages, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN, December 5 - January 4
Nurture Art Benefit, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, NY, October 28
KIAF/13 Korea International Art Fair, Eugene Gallery, Gangnam-gu Seoul , South Korea, October 3-7
Art Southampton, Lyons Wier Gallery, Southampton, NY, July 25-29
The Goddess, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA, June 1-29
WAGMAG Benefit, English Kills Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, May 21
2012
Art Miami, Lyons Wier Gallery, Miami, FL, December 4-9
Art for Tibet, Tibet House, New York, NY, December 1
Nurture Art Benefit, Charles Bank Gallery, New York, NY, Nov. 4-5
Dexterity, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY, July 11 - August 11
Graphomania, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA, June 30 - July 21
Fun in the Sun, The Highline Loft, New York, NY, May 10-19
Grey Full, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY, January 13 - February 11
2011
MATA Benefit: Original Artwork by Christian Marclay, Melodie Provenzano, and more…, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY, October 18
Nuture Art Benefit, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY, October 11
Major Grey, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA, July 30 - August 27
24/7, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY, June 16 - July 16,
Here & Now, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY, January 8-29
2010
Singles, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA, June 12 - July 3
Still Life, Holly Farrell, Amy Mahnick, Melodie Provenzano, Todd Knopke, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY, May 6 - June 30
2009
PALMS, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Another Damn Good Painting Show, Lyons Wier Galley, New York, NY, May 28 - June 28
Playing Around, Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT, April 5 - July 26
Endless Summer Exhibition, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY
Champagne & Baloney, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY, March 19 -April 18
Pulse NY, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Small Works Show, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, June 26 - July 27
2006
Art of the Word, Haven Arts, Bronx, New York, June 5-30
2005
Summer Splendor - Donald Baechler, Richard Bosman, Louisa Chase, Morgan Cohen, Dennis Farber, Luis Flores, Kay Hwang, Melodie Provenzano, Ruth Root, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD, July 12 - August 27
2004
New Prints 2004/Summer, International Print Center, New York, NY, June 24 - July 30
Works on Paper-Park Avenue Armory, Goya Contemporary, New York, NY, February 26-29
Palm Beach Contemporary, Goya Contemporary, Palm Beach ,FL, January 8-13
2003
IFPDA Fair-Park Avenue Armory, Goya Contemporary, New York, NY, November 6-9
Summer Selection: Sally Egbert, Bernhard Hildenbrandt, Hermine Ford, Gail Deery, Robert Salazar, Louisa Chase and Melodie Provenzano, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD, July 31 - September 2
Scent, The Proposition, New York, NY, May 15
Works on Paper-Park Avenue Armory, Goya Contemporary, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY, February 27 - March 2
San Francisco International Art Expo-Fort Mason Center, Goya Contemporay, San Francisco, CA, January 17-20
2002
No-Home Show, Eugenia Vargas Residence, Miami, FL
No Show, Frederic Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
Art Palm Beach-International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches, Goya Contemporary, Palm Beach, FL, January 11-15
Art Miami-Miami Beach Convention Center, Goya Contemporary, Miami, FL, January 4-8
1998
Absolut Secret, David McKee Gallery, New York, NY, December 16-19
1997
You’ve Got a Hot Ass...the Revenge of L.H.O.O.Q., 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY, October 6-17