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Melinda Ostraff
EDUCATION2004 PhD Environmental Science & Human Geography, Univ. of Victoria, Victoria, BC1996 MS Botany, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT1994 BS Mathematics, Brigham Young University, Provo, UTJoseph Evan Ostraff
EDUCATION1984 MFA University of Washington, Seattle, WA 1982 BFA Brigham Young University, Provo, UT SELECTED ACTIVITIES 2015-25
SOLO/ TWO-PERSON/ SMALL GROUP EXHIBITIONSOur Delicate Ecosystems, Group Exhibition, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT (2025)Monuments, A Two-person Exhibition, Nüart Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (2025)Rocks & Strings, A Two-person Exhibition, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT (2025)The Secret Garden, Group Exhibition, Spori Gallery, Rexburg, ID (2025)
Confluence, A Two-person Exhibition, Nüart Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (2024)Botanicals, A Two-person Exhibition, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT (2024)MOJO.ie, Two-person Exhibition, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT (2023)Liminal, A Two-Person Exhibition, Nüart Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (2022)Our Diminishing Great Salt Lake, Group Exhibition, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT (2022)Abstractions 2021, Five -person exhibition, Nüart Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (2021)Collective Deliberations, A Solo Exhibition, Nüart Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (2020)Our Global Climate Emergency, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT (2020)Abstraction, A Five Person Group Exhibition, Nüart Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (2019)Compression, Recent Works, A Two-Person Exhibition, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT (2017)Turf, A Solo Exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA (2015)Recent Works, A Solo Exhibition, Phillips Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT (2015)JURIED EXHIBITIONSI NEVER READ A BOOK / Book Arts Fair, Basel, Switzerland (2025)801 Book Art Fair, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, Utah (2025)Statewide Annual UT ’25: Painting, Sculpture, and Installation, Southern Utah Museum of Art, Cedar City, Utah (2025)INPA 10, International Painting Annual, A Juried Annual Publication of Works of Recent (2024)Contemporary Painting, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH (2023) The First Biennial Exhibition: An international juried exhibition, Ballinglen Museum of Art, Ballycastle, Co. Mayo (2023)Transcending the West: A National Juried Exhibition, Artworks Center for Contemporary Art, Loveland, CO (2022)Shape In All Its Forms, Site: Brooklyn, An International Juried Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY (2021)Utah Governor’s Mansion Collection Exhibition 2021, Salt Lake City, UT (2021)THE BLOCKS, an exhibit of ten pieces displayed on the Main Street Kiosks, Salt Lake City, UT (2020)Statewide Annual Exhibition 2020: Painting & Sculpture, Utah Division of Arts & Museums, Salt Lake City, UT (2020)Utah Cultural Celebration Center, Salt Lake City, UT (2017-20)Common Ground, A Group ExhibitionBe it ever so humble, A Group ExhibitionBook Works, A Group Exhibition
Works on Paper - National Juried Competition, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Loveladies, NJ (2019)2019 CASPFEST: National Juried Exhibition, Adams Studio Project, 5&J Gallery, Lubbock, TX (2019)Odd Nature, A Group Exhibition, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM (2019)Utah’s 15, A Group Exhibition, Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah (2019)Recent Works, A Three Person Group Exhibition, Phillips Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT (2019)Abstraction at Large, An International Juried Exhibition, Site: Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY (2018)2018 Ink, Press, Repeat: National Juried Printmaking and Book Art Exhibition, University Galleries, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ (2018)Works on Paper 2018, A National Juried Competition, The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, LBI, NJ (2018)Roots and Branches, A Group Exhibition, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT (2018)2017 International Juried Exhibition, The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ (2017)Connect / Disconnect / Reconnect: A Group Exhibition, NorthArt Center, Auckland, NZ (2017)The Chautauqua National Juried Exhibition: ORDER AND CHAOS, Giles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond KY (2017)When Things are Strange, A National Juried Exhibition, Myers Gallery of Art, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks,ND (2017)Statewide Annual 2017: Painting, Sculpture, & Installation, Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT (2017)Be it ever so humble, A Group Exhibition, Utah Cultural Celebration Center, Salt Lake City, UT (2017)The Chautauqua National Exhibition: What if?, Eastern Kentucky University, Giles Gallery, Richmond, KY (2016)Painting and Seeing, An International Exhibition, Department of Art & Art History, University of North Carolina Wilmington, NC (2016)Breaking the Mold, A National Juried Exhibition, Cape Cod Museum of Art, MA (2016)The Weight of the World, A Contemporary Art Exhibition of Affect and Reason, Harry Wood Gallery & Institute for Humanities Research, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (2015)2015 Sustainability Solutions Festival, Group Exhibition, City of Phoenix. Phoenix, AZ (2015)Balance-Unbalance 2015: An International Conference on Water, Climate, and Place Group Exhibition, ASU Galleries. Tempe, AZ (2015)COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS + EXHIBITIONSWeeds, Seeds, and Wonder, A Community Based Installation, Averett Art Center, Statesboro, GA (2026)
Work in Progress Murals by Jann Haworth and Liberty Blake, World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland ( 2025) (Participant)https://www.forbes.com/sites/neloliviawaga/2025/01/15/a-cultural-awakening-at-the-world-economic-forums-annual-meeting-2025-in-davos/
See Me, A Sticker Art Project - 400+ Participants (2024)Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Art Gallery, North Adams, MASITE Santa Fe, Santat Fe, NMPrince George's Community College Art Gallery, Largo, MDGeorgia Southern University Art Gallery, Statesboro, GAInstalled in the West Desert, UT
Inherit, An International Multi-Disciplinary Exhibition (2022-24)Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UTBallinglen Art Center, Ballycastle, IREChester University Art Gallery, Chester University, UK
Breaking Bread, A Community Drawing Installation (2024)Interdisciplinary Academic Building Gallery, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA Greenhouse Project, A Group Exhibition (2024)Finch Lane Gallery, Salt Lake City, UTAverett Art Center, Statesboro, GA
Lines Through Time: Interpreting Family History Through Art (2023)Averitt Center for the Arts, Rosengart Gallery, Statesboro, GAInterdisciplinary Academic Building Gallery, Georgia Southern University,Statesboro, GA
Drawn Together, A Botanical Inks-Community Based Drawing Installation (2022)The Mesa Art Center, AZThe i.d.e.a. Museum, Mesa, AZThe Arizona Museum of Natural History, Mesa, AZ
Don’t Read This/ V1, V2, V3 (2021-22)Salt Lake City Library-Main Gallery, Salt Lake City, UTSpringville Museum of Art, Springville, UTThe Museum at Union Station, Myra Powell Gallery, Ogden, UT
Bio.graphic – A Cooperative Drawing Project (2021-22)MCLA Gallery 51, North Adams, MA
Harris Fine Arts Center, Gallery 303, Provo, UTNew Mexico School of Art and Design, Santa Fe, NM
Breaking Labyrinths: A Collage + Walking + Video Project (2020-21)New Mexico School of Art and Design, Santa Fe, NMHub Art Studios and Gallery, Liverpool, UKBackroads: Art, Less Traveled, A National Juried ExhibitionVestige Concept Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Oddsplace(s), A Cooperative Book Arts Project (2019-20)MCLA Gallery, North Adams, MAThe Museum at Union Station, Myra Powell Gallery, Ogden, UTThomas Nelson Community College Gallery, Hampton, VA
Okjökull, ágúst 2019 – Vatnajökull, ágúst 2219, An announcement for a funeral 200 years in the future (2020-21)Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library at Yale University Library, Yale University, CTThe Peace Factory, Tel Aviv, IsraelBook Arts Collection, Cleveland Institute of Art, OHBallinglen Art Museum Collection, Ballycastle, Co Mayo, IRESpecial Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of UtahSpecial Collections, Rice University, Houston, TXSpecial Collections, Baylor University, Waco, TX
Bee in Her Bonnet: Clothing Reform and the Suffragist Movement, A Book Arts Project (2019-20)Peninsula Fine Art Center, Newport News, VAMCLA Gallery 51, North Adams, MASusan B Anthony Birthplace Museum, Adams, MA
Waiting,, A Group Installation (2016-18)Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VAGallery 51, North Adams, MAHarris Fine Arts Center, Provo, UT
Woman/Women Exhibit, A Collaborative Exhibition (2017)Human Rights Gallery, The Leonardo, Center, Salt Lake City, UTGalerie du Centre, Paris, France
Work in Progress women’s mural by Jann Haworth, Museum of Art, Provo, UT (2017)Mapping Our Turf, A Group Exhibition, Limerick School of Art & Design, Limerick, Ireland (2015)Western Wilds, A Group Book Arts Exhibition (2015)Contemporary Art Space Chester (CASC), Chester University, Chester, UKLet It Flow, A Collaborative Community Based Installation, Ballinglen Arts Foundation Art Gallery, Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland (2015)SELECTED AWARDS (2015-25)Fellowship Award and Artist Residency, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland (2025, 2022, 2015)Governor's Mansion Award, Salt Lake City, UT (2024)Utah Arts Council Fellowship Award, Utah Arts Council, Salt Lake City, UT (2010, 1998, 1993)Utah’s 15: The State’s Most Influential Artists, Utah Division of Arts and Museums Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT (2019)Artist Residency, Achill Henrich Boll Artist International Residency, Achill Island, Co. Mayo, Ireland (2018)