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About

Melissa Bor­man is a Min­neapo­lis pho­tog­ra­pher drawn to idyl­lic land­scapes imbued with sym­bolic mean­ing, from which she makes images that relay her own inti­mate and immer­sive expe­ri­ences. Her work has been exhib­ited through­out the United States and in Ire­land. Her series of pho­tographs, Sea Level, was fea­tured in a three-person exhi­bi­tion, Mara/Thalassa/Kai: The Sea, at the Uni­ver­sity of New Orleans St. Claude Gallery in July 2011.

Edu­ca­tion

San Fran­cisco Art Insti­tute, San Fran­cisco, CA, MFA, 1998
Uni­ver­sity of Nebraska Lin­coln, Lin­coln, NE, BA, Art and Film Stud­ies, 1996

Selected Solo Exhibitions

Mitre­box, Min­neapo­lis, MN, The Wider Sense, 2011
Prairie Wood­work­ing Stu­dio, Min­neapo­lis, MN, A Sea of Trou­bles Meets the Trees Them­selves, win­dow installation, 2011
SOO Visual Art Cen­ter, Min­neapo­lis MN, A Sea of Trou­bles Meets the Trees Them­selves, win­dow installation, 2007
Joseph Gaz­zuolo Art Gallery, North Hen­nepin Com­mu­nity Col­lege, Brook­lyn Park, MN, A Sea of Trou­bles Meets the Trees Them­selves, 2007
Hard­man Gallery, Mer­cer Uni­ver­sity, Macon, GA, Pic­tures from the Sea, 2004
Spar­row, Trea­sure, Den­ver, CO 2003
Pho­tog­ra­phy Depart­ment, Uni­ver­sity of Nebraska, Immer­sion, 2002

Selected Group Exhibitions

Uni­ver­sity of New Orleans St. Claude Gallery, New Orleans, LA, mara/thalassa/kai: the SEA, Three-person show, 2011
Cen­tury Col­lege Gallery, White Bear Lake, MN, Fac­ulty Exhi­bi­tion, 2010
Edge Gallery, Den­ver CO, mara/thalassa/kai: the SEA, Three-person show, 2010
MN State Fair Fine Arts Build­ing, St. Paul, MN, Min­nesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhi­bi­tion 2010 and 2009
In Color 2, San Fran­cisco, CA, Some Kind of Sum­mer, 2009
Trum­pet, New Orleans, LA, Con­nect: a Prospect 1 Bien­nial Satel­lite Exhi­bi­tion, 2008
Museum of Arts and Sci­ences, Merge Visual, Macon, GA, 2008
Dia­blo Val­ley Col­lege Art Gallery, Pleas­ant Hill, CA, Places Between: Artists Work­ing with Pho­tog­ra­phy and Sculp­ture, 2008
Bur­ren Col­lege of Art Stu­dios, County Clare, Ire­land, Open Stu­dios, 2008, 2007, 2006
The Bel­fry Cen­ter, Found Objects, Min­neapo­lis, MN, 2006
Den­sity, Min­neapo­lis, MN, Het­e­ro­clite, 2005
Iron­ton Stu­dios & Gallery, Den­ver, CO, The Sea, col­lab­o­ra­tive instal­la­tion, 2004
Andeken, Den­ver, CO, Cairde II (cat­a­log), 2004
Aber­crom­bie Art Gallery, McNeese State Uni­ver­sity, Lake Charles, LA, Pho­tog­ra­phy Invi­ta­tional, 2003
Part­ner­ship Gallery, Uni­ver­sity of Col­orado at Den­ver Fac­ulty Exhi­bi­tion, Den­ver, CO, 2002
The Bed­ford Gallery, Wal­nut Creek, CA, Objects Con­sid­ered, 2001
San Fran­cisco Arts Com­mis­sion Gallery, San Fran­cisco, CA, The Home Show, 2001
SF Cam­er­a­work Ben­e­fit Auc­tion, Cel­e­brate Vision, San Fran­cisco, CA, 2001

Press

NOLA Defender, Tha­lassa, Tha­lassa! Kathy Rodreguiz, July 18, 2011
NolaVie.com, Ris­ing Art: Waters run deep in Mara/Thalassa/Kai: The Sea, Geor­gia Kennedy, 2011
The Con­tra Costa Times, Seen: Art in the Bay Area, Jan­u­ary 29, 2008
Mer­cury News Blog, Art At Dia­blo Col­lege, Lynn Casey, Jan­u­ary 29, 2008
The Pulse, Hot Tick­ets, Art Shanty Projects, Vol­ume 9, Issue 44, Feb­ru­ary 1–7, 2006
The Den­ver Post, See into Liq­uid, Kyle MacMil­lan, Feb­ru­ary 3, 2006
The Den­ver Post, Top 10 Front Range Exhi­bi­tions of 2004, Kyle MacMil­lan, Decem­ber 26, 2004
West­word, Day by Day Picks, Jan­u­ary 8, 2004
Artweek, Pre­views, Novem­ber 2001, Vol. 32, Issue 11, 2001

Teach­ing

Full-Time Fac­ulty, Art and Women and Gen­der Stud­ies, Cen­tury Col­lege, White Bear Lake MN, 2004-present
Pro­gram Leader/Faculty, Inter­dis­ci­pli­nary Art, Sum­mer Study Abroad, Bur­ren Col­lege of Art, County Clare, Ire­land, 2003-present
Res­i­dent Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor, Creighton Uni­ver­sity, Omaha, NE 2003–2004
Instruc­tor, Uni­ver­sity of Col­orado Den­ver, Den­ver, CO, 2001–2003

Guest Artist /Lectures/Juror

Juror, Macon Film Fes­ti­val 2011, Macon GA, 2011
Juror, White Bear Cen­ter for the Arts Mem­bers Exhi­bi­tion, White Bear Lake, MN, 2008
Guest Port­fo­lio Reviewer, Min­nesota Cen­ter for Pho­tog­ra­phy, Min­neapo­lis, MN 2008
Guest Artist, Bethel Uni­ver­sity Art Depart­ment, St. Paul, MN 2007
Guest Artist, Chester Col­lege of New Hamp­shire, Man­ches­ter, NH, 2005
Guest Artist, North Hen­nepin Com­mu­nity Col­lege Art Depart­ment, Brook­lyn Park, MN, 2005
Guest Artist, Uni­ver­sity of Nebraska Art Depart­ment, Lin­coln, NE, 2004
Lec­ture, Museum of Con­tem­po­rary Art/Denver, 2003
Lec­ture, Col­orado Pho­to­graphic Arts Cen­ter, Den­ver, CO, 2003