Melody Saraniti
Education:
MFA School of the Art Institute Chicago. Chicago, IL. 2009.
Bachelor of Fine Arts – Kent State University. Kent, OH.
Group and Solo Exhibitions:
*solo shows marked with an asterisk
2012 Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL “Front and Center”
2011 *Gallery 175, Chicago, IL. “Altered Alterations” Curated by Sarah Krepp
2011 “Geometrically Speaking II” River View Lofts, Chicago IL. *Thomas Masters Gallery, Chicago, IL. “New Abstraction”
2010 Noyse Cultural Center, Evanston, IL. “New Noyse”
2010 School of the Art Institute, Chicago IL. “MFA Exhibition”
2009 Gallery X, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL. “A Hirsute Affair”
2008 *School of The Art Institute Chicago, Chicago, IL. Project for “The Wall” Thomas Masters Gallery, Chicago, IL. Group Exhibition “15 Years”
2008 *Thomas Moser Cabinetmakers, Featured Artist, Chicago, IL. Montserrat Art Gallery, Watertown, MA. “Frame 301”
2007 *Thomas Masters Gallery, Chicago, IL. “Passage”
2006 Union Street Gallery, Chicago, IL. National Juried Exhibition “Aha! Epiphanies & Breakthroughs”
2006 Art Chicago, Exposition of International Galleries; Thomas Masters Gallery.
2006 Rockaway Artist Alliance, Fort Tilden, N.Y. National Juried Exhibition “Paper Trail”
2006 Firehouse Plaza Art Gallery, Nassau, NJ. National Juried Exhibition “Making the Cut”
2006 Thomas Masters Gallery, Chicago, IL. Group Exhibition “Blue Period”
2002 Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL “New Talent 2”
2001 ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL. National Juried Exhibition “National 1”
2000 ARC Gallery, Regional Juried Exhibition “Regional V11” Chicago, IL.
2000 Pilsen East Gallery. Chicago, IL. “Melody Saraniti and Valerie Hagarty”
Awards and Honors:
2013 South Logan Arts Coalition Artist in Residence. Chicago, IL
2012 C.A.A.P. Individual Artist Grant, City of Chicago Depart. of Cultural Affairs.
2008 Jaharis Scholarship SAIC, Chicago
2007 Vermont Studio Center Artist in Residency- Johnston, VT.
2006 Juror’s award, Aha! Epiphanies & Breakthroughs, Union St. Gallery, Chicago Heights IL.
2006 C.A.A.P. Individual Artist Grant, City of Chicago Depart. of Cultural Affairs.
2001 C.A.A.P. Individual Artist Grant, City of Chicago Depart. of Cultural Affairs.
2000 C.A.A.P. Individual Artist Grant, City of Chicago Depart. of Cultural Affairs.
2000 Oxbow Professional Artist Residency- Saugatuck, MI.
Press and Video Features:
2013 Sixty Inches From Center, Video of “Gravitational Pull” at Design Cloud by CG project.
2013 Art Ltd Magazine, Feb/March 2013 Issue. Review “Drips + Grids” by Robin Dluzen.
2011 Gozamos.com. Interview for “Altered Alterations” at Gallery 175 by Corey Nuffer