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Born Pittsburgh, PA

EDUCATION

2015       MFA, Painting and Drawing, University of Houston, Houston, TX
2010       BFA, Painting, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022       In Handling a Flower, El Sur, Mexico City, MX
              Pressure Cookie, Art League Houston, Houston, TX
2021       Cake Lake Lake Cake, Shed Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2019       The Love Lives of Stones, Galleri Urbane, Dallas, TX
2018       Swoon, Front Gallery, Houston, TX
2017        A Hole A Pool A Moon, Galleri Urbane, Dallas, TX
2016        Party Tricks, Terminal 136, San Antonio, Houston, TX
                Portals and Prophecies, Cardoza Fine Art, Houston, TX
                 Lady Palace, GalleryHOMELAND, Houston, TX. In conjunction: Tight Sticks, an installation at HomeCORE.
2015        Paintings and Other Delights, Thesis Exhibition, Project Space Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, TX
                Everything All At Once, Matchbox Gallery, Rice University, Houston, TX
                After Party, Rhizome Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2014        Jam Don't Shake, Settlement Goods & Design, Houston, TX
                Always Plus One Day, Fresh Arts, Houston, TX
2011       Formal Seductions, Arts Collinwood, Cleveland, OH
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022      
Contemporary Texas Women Artists: Abstraction Here & Now, Art Museum of Southeast Texas,   Beaumont, TX. Curated by Caitlin Clay
                Texas Emerging Vol. 3, Foltz Fine Art. Co-curated by Jonathan Paul Jackson
                Houston is a Scam Rap Tape, Pablo Cardoza Gallery
               Texas Artists, Women of Abstraction, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX. curated by Deborah Fullerton
2021       Tactile Sublime, Dodomu Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
               The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX. curated by Cecilia Fajardo-Hill

2020       Xanax Party: Time to Chill, Private Eye Gallery, Houston TX, curated by Pablo Cardoza
2019       When the Wind Comes Right Behind the Rain, Point of Contact Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
              Earthly Delights, Arc House, Houston, TX
               This is How I Do This, HCC Central Faculty Exhibition, Houston Community College, Houston, TX
               2019 Alumni Exhibition,  The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH. Curated by Courtenay Finn
               No More Tears, Survival Kit Gallery, Cleveland, OH
               You Are Standing On A Prehistoric Ocean, Sandusky Cultural Center, Sandusky, OH
2018       TX Contemporary, Houston, TX, presented by Pablo Cardoza Gallery
               Rendezvous, Goldmark Cultural Center, Dallas, TX. Curated by Meredith Cawley
2017         Families and Feminisms, Kent State University, Stark, OH
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Temporary Havens, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX. Curated by Dean Daderko
                The Reflection in the Sword of Holofernes, Galveston Artist Residency, Galveston, TX. Curated by Sallie Barbee and Eric Schnell
 2016        Houston vs. Dallas, Blue Orange Gallery, Houston, TX. Curated by Brandon Zech
                Homelife, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX. Organized by Dana Frankfort and Gael Stack
                Girls Just Wanna, Galleri Urbane, Dallas, TX
                Payday Lenders, Cardoza Fine Art, Houston, TX
                Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art, Williams Tower, Houston, TX Juror: Brady Roberts

2015        Expectations & Accessibility, Blue Orange Gallery, Houston, TX
                AMoA Biennial 600: Sculpture, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX. Curator: Leigh Arnold            
                Here and Now,
Galleri Urbane, Dallas, TX. Curator: Adrian Zuniga
                37th Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Blaffer Art Museum, University of Houston, Houston, TX
               META, Houston City Hall, presented by Love Street, Houston, TX
              30th Annual International Exhibition, Tyler at University of Texas, Meadows Gallery, Tyler, TX Juror: James R. Pace
              Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art, Williams Tower, Houston, TX Juror: Dean Sobel
2014       Apply Pressure Here, Project Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, TX
                Connect Five, 4411 Montrose, Houston, TX
                {____ +____}, (____ + ____}, {____ + ____}: A Collage Show , (SCENE) Metrospace, East Lansing, MI Juror: Michelle Word           
               Under Construction,
SOHO20 Gallery, NY, NY Juror: Sharon Matt Atkins
               One of Us, Barbee Manshun, Houston, TX
               School of Art Student Exhibition, Blaffer Gallery, Houston, TX
2013       The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX. Juror: Duncan MacKenzie

              This End Up, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
              School of Art Student Exhibition, Blaffer Gallery, Houston, TX
              Disturbance of Distance, Box13 Artspace, Houston, TX. Curator: Kimberly Aubuchon
              U of H Graduate Painting Students Exhibition, College of the Mainland Art Gallery, Texas City, TX
2012      HOWBOUTNOW, 4411 Montrose Galleries, Houston, TX 
             
Wide Open Spaces, Iris Studio, Little Italy, Cleveland, OH    
              In-Turn, Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH. Curator: Meghana Karnik                
              Made For Cutting, Forum Gallery, Cleveland, OH. Curator: Michael Abarca
2011      Second Annual Bazaarbeque, Forum Gallery, Cleveland, OH          
              Full Service, VAT Coventry Center, Cleveland Heights, OH
              Kunst Eaters: An 18 Night Affair With the City of Berlin, The Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland, OH
2010      Member’s Exhibition, Arts Collinwood, Cleveland, Ohio
              Little Things, BFA Thesis Show, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH               
              SIE 64, Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland, OH. Jurors: Dario Robelto, Pascual Sisto, Christa Donner
2009       The Way We Live Now, The Cleveland Foundation, Cleveland, OH. Curator: Maryam Ohadi

RESIDENCIES
2022       El Sur, Mexico City, MX
2020        The Printing Museum, Houston, TX
2017       Artist Studio Program, Lawndale Art Center, Houston TX
2016
      Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2018-         Campus Contact, Southeast Campus, Houston Community College, Houston TX  
                 Professor of Visual Arts, Houston Community College, Houston, TX
                 GCIC (Gulf Coast Intercollegiate Consortium) Representative
2017-18      Instructor, Art, Paris Junior College, Paris, TX
2016-17    Instructor, Art League Houston, Houston, TX
2015-17   Adjunct, Houston Community College, Houston, TX
                Summer Instruction Adjunct, Fundamentals of Drawing, University of Houston, Houston, TX
2014       Teaching Fellow, Fundamentals of Painting, University of Houston, Houston, TX
                Teaching Fellow, Fundamentals of Printmaking, University of Houston, Houston, TX

2013       Member, Student Leadership Board, Center for Arts Leadership, University of Houston, TX
               Teaching Fellow, Fundamentals of Drawing, University of Houston, Houston, TX
2012        Installation Assistant, Franklin Evans: houstontohouston, Diverse Works, Houston, TX
2010-12 Technical Assistant, Painting and Drawing Depts., Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
GUEST LECTURE
2016        Visiting Artist Lecture, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
2013       The Big Slide Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2010       Populating the Future of University Circle: The Student Body, Panel Discussion hosted by the Women’s Council of the Cleveland                       Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH. Moderator: Dee Perry
2009       Report from New Orleans: The Painting Department Presents PROSPECT.1, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
PRESS

 2018       http://voyagehouston.com/interview/art-life-melinda-laszczynski/      
              https://www.artspace.com/magazine/news_events/the_hot_list/8-covetable-artists-to-acquire-at-pulse-55822

2016       New American Paintings, MFA Annual, Juror: Catherine Taft
2014       MAKE8ELIEVE, Party Issue #5: http://www.make8elieve.com/
2013       New American Paintings, No. 111 MFA Annual, Juror: Lisa D. Frieman
               http://www.thegreatgodpanisdead.com/2013/07/betsy-huete-five-pieces-from-big-show.html
2012       Featured artist:  http://arthound.com/2012/06/artist-crush
               Featured artist: http://www.booooooom.com/2012/09/11/artist-melinda-laszczynski/
AWARDS
2019        Finalist, Wendy Wagner Foundation Summer 2019 Grant
               Let Creativity Happen! Grant, Houston Arts Alliance
2016       Bedichek-Orman Grant for Professional Development, Houston Community College, Houston, TX
2013       Jon Hohlt and Roger Wich Scholarship, University of Houston
               Presidential Second Year Scholarship, University of Houston
2012       Susan Vaughn Scholarship, University of Houston
               Presidential First Year Scholarship, University of Houston
2010       Student Leadership Award, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
               Top 20 Finalist, The President’s Traveling Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art



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