"New Work." School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD. March - April 2001.
"Leap" Performance piece. Gallery 244, University of Massachusetts, New Bedford, MA. January 27, 2000.
"222" Performance piece. Gallery 244, New Bedford, MA. April, 1998.
"Site Lines" Installation. Gallery 244. November, December, 1997.
"Objects, sculpture and furniture." West Gallery, College Park, MD. August, September 1997.
"Artscape: Monument," Along Mt. Royal Avenue, Baltimore, MD. July 2001 - March 2002. Part of Baltimore's Annual Festival of the Arts.
"Maximum Capacity" Gallery Four, Baltimore, MD. July - August 2001
"MFA Thesis Show" University Gallery, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. May 2000.
"Martha Stewart Doesn't Live Here Anymore: Martyrdom and Transgression in 2000" Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College af Art, Boston. April 2000.
"On the Edge of Wearable" Gallery 244. October, 1999.
"Figurative Emergence" ArtWorks! Gallery for Traditional and New Media, New Bedford, MA. July- August, 1999.
"Survivors" group show of art from salvage. Gallery 244. March, 1999.
"Emerging Artists" Annual Juried Exhibition. Gallery on the Circle, 18 State Circle, Annapolis, MD June, July, 1997.
"On the Map." University of Maryland Art Gallery. April, May, 1997.
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Master of Fine Arts, June 2000
University of Maryland College Park, Bachelor of Arts, 1993-1997
Rated one of the 10 Best shows in Baltimore for 2001. "New Work " at School 33 Art Center by Peek Review, www.peekreview.net
June 1997 Juror's Award of Merit at Emerging Artists show.
May 1997 First Place Colonel Wharton award for senior exhibition.
May 1996 Van Crews Jr. full year scholarship for design portfolio.
Fall 200 - Present. Adjunct Faculty, Senior Sculpture Instructor. Baltimore School For the Arts.
Fall 1998- Fall 1999. Graduate Student Instructor for Basic Drawing courses. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, MA
Spring- Summer 1998. Summer Facilities Manager. Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts (NISDA) Nantucket, MA
Spring 1996- Summer 1997. Cabinet Maker. John Calvin Furniture Design Columbia, MD
Winter- Spring 1997. Sculptor's Assistant . John Ruppert, Sculptor Baltimore, MD
Proficiency with all woodworking machinery and hand tools.
Metal fabrication skills including MIG, TIG, and Arc welding.
Experience with a variety of moldmaking techniques, including resin-bonded sand, wooden molds for concrete and plaster, multi-part plaster molds, and lifecasting.
All images copyright Mark Melonas.