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A plein air painter of New York City, Patricia Melvin has been painting landscapes for the past twenty-five years. Primarily self-taught, she studied with Gabriel Laderman and Robert Beverly Hale at the Art Students' League, and with Martin Pajeck, student of Max Beckmann. She also studied in Paris and Amsterdam, where she did her first plein air painting.
She has painted and exhibited in the United States and Europe, and now lives in the Lower East Side, where, she says, "I feel the history of the city and the continuity of life; the old buildings seem to live and breathe. Because of their low height, I can see a lot of the sky. This gives me joy and enables me to capture the beauty and drama of nature even in the city."
Ms. Melvin’s paintings capture not only the visual aspects of these city scenes as a photograph would do, but also the life and feel of the many different communities of New York.
Melvin has had solo exhibitions in New York City, San Francisco, Bridgehampton, and Amsterdam, and has participated in group exhibitions at the Williamsburg Art & Historic Center, Brooklyn; Kertesz Fine Art, San Francisco; The Schoolhouse Gallery, Croton Falls; and G.W. Einstein, Broome St. Gallery, Bowery Gallery and the Noble Maritime Collection in New York City. Her paintings are on display at the Berkshire Art Gallery, 80 Railroad St., Great Barrington, MA.
Born: New York City Education: BA in Classics & Fine Art, New York University, New York, NY The Art Students League, New York, NY Independent Study in Paris and Amsterdam Selected Solo and Two-person Exhibitions: 2008 'Memories of the Lower East Side', E. 4th St. Gallery, 67 E. 4th St., NY,NY 2007 'Shadows & Lights,' Manhattan Athletic Club, 277 Park, NY,NY 2005 Shakespeares Sister, 270 Court St., Bklyn, NY 2002 Chelsea & Co., 179 Main St., Great Barrington, MA 2002, 01Jody Alan Goldstein Fine Art, New York, NY; Bridgehampton, NY 2001 Beaux Arts Gallery, Woodbury, Ct 1997 The Schoolhouse Gallery, 1 Owens Rd., Croton Falls, NY 1996 Chuck Levitan Gallery, Grand St., NYC 1994 The Depot, Mill Valley, CA 1989 Beaux Arts Gallery, Southbury, CT Selected Group Exhibitions: 2009 "Women:Diverse Interludes", Andre Zarre Gallery, 529 W. 20th St., NY, NY "Bowery Gallery Juried Exhibition," Bowery Gallery, 530 W. 25th St, NY,NY 2008Federation of Modern Painters & Sculptors, Broome Street Gallery, 498 Broome St., NY, NY "Summer Light" Westbeth Gallery, 55 Bethune St., NYC, NY 'Landing Salt', Pearl St. Gallery, Boston, MA. 'Tugs, Night & Day', Noble Maritime Collection, Staten Is., NY. Federation of Modern Painters & Sculptors,StFrancisCollege,Brooklyn, NY. 2007 Kelly Gallery, 368 E. 8th St, NY, NY. 'Selections fr The Federation of Modern Painters & Sculptors' Westbeth Gallery, NYC 2006-07'Salt Mountain,' The Noble Maritime Collection, Staten Island, NY 2006 'Women of the Streets' 3 Plein Air Painters, Shakespeare’s Sister, Bklyn, NY 'Painting the Metropolis19 Contemp Artists', Edctnl Alliance, 197 E. Broadway, NYC East Village Parks Conservancy Art Show, Phatory Gallery, E. 9th St. NYC 2005,00,99Artistas de Loisaida 9th Annual, Lincoln Center,NY,NY Crossing Brooklyn Bridge, The Red Hook Painters, Bklyn. Borough Hall. 2004,05Holiday Art Show, Object Image Gallery, 91 5th Ave., Brooklyn, NY 2004-08Broome St. Gallery Holiday Invitational Exhibition, 498 Broome St., NY, NY 2004 Crossing Brooklyn Bridge, Williamsburg Art & Historic Center,Brooklyn(andCurator) Crossings, Images of NY Bridges, Object Image Gallery, 91 5th Ave., Brooklyn, NY Audubon Artists Assoc Member Exhibition, Woodhaven, NY 2003 An Artists Life, Broome Street Gallery, 498 Broome St., NY, NY Paintings of the Meat Packing District, Macelleria, 48 Gansevoort St, New York, NY 2002,04Annual Exhibit, John Noble Museum, Staten Island, NY Holiday Show, Main St. Gallery, Dobbs Ferry, NY 2001 World Trade Exorcisms, Gallery X, 23 W. 129th St., NY, NY Expressions of Light, Skylight Gallery, Cedar Tavern, NY, NY 2000 Gardens, Buildings & Birdhouses, Main St. Gallery, Dobbs Ferry, NY 1999 The Big Apple, NY Mercantile Exchange, NY, NY From Union Square to Battery Park, NY Law School, 47 Worth St, NYC 1998 Feast for the Eyes, The Educational Alliance, 197 E. Broadway, NYC World Artists for Tibet, Blue Mt. Gallery, 121 Wooster St., NYC 1997-02Annual Exhibit, Bronx River Art Gallery, 1087 E. Tremont, Bronx, NY 1997-03, 05Annual Small Works Invitational, Blue Mt Gallery, NYC 1997 Summer Invitational, Winter Invitational, Chuck Levitan Gallery, 42 Grand St., NYC Hori-Zonal Components, Bronx River Art Center & Gallery, Bx., NY 1996 Group Exhibition, The Emerging Collector, 62 Second Ave., NYC 1995 The $800 Show, G.W. Einstein, 591 Broadway, NYC 1994 Schoonmaker Group Exhibition, Schoonmaker Building, Sausalito, CA 1988 The Alliance of Figurative Artists, Ten Worlds Gallery, Warren St., NYC 1987 The Street Painters and Guests, Lever House, Park Ave at 53rd St., NYC Gallery Artists Retrospective, Circle Work Visions Gallery, 117 E, 7 St., NYC Urban Plight, Urban Light, The Cityscape Explored, Circle Work Visions Gallery Selected Public and Private Collections: Barnes Coy Architects, Bridgehampton, NY Cahoon Museum, Cotuit, MA Hales & Co., NY and CA Naomi Hemple, Argosy Bookstore, NY, NY Les Pierres Antiques, NY, NY Matty Maher, McSorley’s Old Ale House, NY,NY The New School, NY, NY The Noble Maritime Collection, Staten Island, NY The Ken Ratner Collection, NY, NY Webster Hall, NY, NY Grants: 2002 New York Foundation for the Arts Grant 2003 Noble Maritime Collection Grant for Lithography Professional Affiliations: Member, Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors New York Artists' Equity Selected Publications: Oxford University Press Text Book, Interview and Paintings. The Irish Echo (NYC), with illus., June 11-17, 2008, p. 28. 'Little boats with Big Responsibilities', Staten Is Advance,2/24/08,pp1-2E,with Illus. 'Up at Lous Fish, The Fulton Fish Market Chronicles' film by Mantlo&Lynn, 2006 Metro, with illustration, February 3-5, 2006, p. 2. New York Times, illustration, July 24, 2005, Sec. 14 (Long Island), p.13. Marquis Whos Who in America, 2005. The Villager (NYC), with illustration, July 28, 2004, p. 31. The Berkshire Eagle, with illustration, Aug. 10, 2003, p. A-1. Sievert, Robert,"Street Verismo", www.Artezine.com, No. 9, 2003. The Villager, with illustration, June 11, 2003, p.31. Westchester County Times, with illustration, Jan. 2003, p. 4. OShaughnessy, Tracey, "Beaux Arts Exhibit Shows New Yorks Softer Side", Waterbury Republican , Oct. 11, 2001, with illustration, pp. 1D-3D. "Public Connections", The Newtown Bee, September 28, 2001. "Previews", Litchfield County Times, with illustration , Sept. 21, 2001. Journal of the American Planning Association, , with cover illustration, Winter, 2001, p. 9. OShaughnessy,Tracey,"Art Work to Warm a Winters Day," Waterbury Republican, Jan.26, 2001, p.12B. Besonen, Julie, "Alpha-best City", The NY Daily News, illustration , April 9, 2000, p. 2. Petrillo, Jackie, "Gardens, Buildings and Birdhouses," The Rivertowns Enterprise, March 31, 2000, p. 23. "On Location", Antiques and the Arts Weekly , with illustration, Jan. 28, 2000, p. 79. Kadet, Ann, "Listings", Tribeca Trib, Vol. V, No. 9, May, 1999. "Artsbeat," The Villager, September 10, 1997, p.9. "Summer Show," The Patent Trader, with illustration, Aug. 7, 1997. 'East Side Arts', Our Town, illustration, Vol. 26, No. 38, Aug. 15, 1996. The Villager, July 31, 1996. "Sunday Spotlight," The NY Daily News, with illustration, August 27, 1995. "Melvins Exhibit at First Federal," Voices, January 5, 1994, p.39. The Palm Beach Post, with illustration, March 6, 1990, p. 2B. Voices, Woodbury, Ct., with illustration, August 16, 1989, p. 54. "This Week in CT", The New York Times, with illustration, June 18, 1989, CN p.14. The Waterbury Republican, with illustration, May 28, 1989. "Gallery Features New York Painter," Voices, with illustration, May 24, 1989, p. 90. Corcoran, Terry, Waterbury Republican, with illustration, July 6, 1987, p. A-10. Also at various galleries and alternative spaces in Shelter Island, NY, Southbury, Ct, San Francisco, CA, and Amsterdam, Holland. Patricia Melvin's paintings are also on display at The Berkshire Art Gallery, 80 Railroad St., Great Barrington, MA.