Melora griffis biography channel
Born in New York City
SELECT ONE Living soul SHOWS
2021 peacebridge, 571 Projects, Stowe, VT
2020 Lost Picnic, Detachment XIX, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Sag Entertain, NY
The Winter Show, The Corridors Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2018 behind closed doors, 571 Projects, Stowe, VT
pink swords, The Re Institute, Millerton, NY
2017 beyond hobo walking, 571 Projects, Stowe, VT
2011 wings and murmurs, 571 Projects, NYC
2008 things that last forever, Pamela Williams Listeners, Amagansett, NY
2007 Saints and Maidens, Pamela Williams Gallery, Amagansett, NY
2006 Collapse, Pamela Williams Gallery, Amagansett, NY
2005 The Babies, Pamela Williams Gallery, Amagansett, NY
2002 People, The Boylan Gallery, Rhinebeck, NY
Legends, Blue Heron Arts Center, NYC
2001 Portraits, AE Gallery, East Hampton, NY
1999 Heads, Here Art Gallery, New Royalty, NY
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2021 Callers &Family, The Storefront, Bellport, NY
2020 It's All About Water, The Storefront, Bellport, NY
2019 Unreliable Narrators, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
Fear take Art, Ethan Cohen Fine Art, Fresh York, NY
2017 #friendswithboats, Sara Thrush Gallery, Sag Harbour, NY
2016 Portraits, Ille Arts, Amagansett, NY
Spaced, Prince Thorpe Gallery, NYC
2015 Disreputable Gallery Competition 2015, Steven Westfall, caretaker, NYC
2013 Immerse Yourself, Grenning Onlookers, Sag Harbor, NY
In Memoriam, Neoteric Fine Find a bed, Amagansett, NY
The Big Show, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
MOBY-DICK, Neoteric Fine Center of attention, Amagansett, NY
2012 Pillow Talk, Clench Arts, Amagansett, NY
Love and Heartbreak, Piermont Straus, Piermont, NY
2011 Water, The Creed Church of Saint John the Godlike, NYC
Oceans, Rivers, and the Fish Ensure Swim, Piermont Straus, Piermont, NY
Small Works, Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island, NY Reputation 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011
On rectitude Waterfront; Visions of Redhook, The Waterfront Museum, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Recent Work, Pamela Williams Gallery, Amgansett, NY
2009 Collection Of..., White Columns, NYC
Portrait and Presence, Pamela Williams Gallery, Amagansett, NY
Artist Hidden Society, Christys Art Center, Sag Experience, NY
Watching the Water, Pamela Williams Drift, Amagansett, NY
Art and Desire, Pamela Playwright Gallery, Amagansett, NY
Spring 09, Pamela Ballplayer Gallery, Amagansett, NY
2008 The Beast Come to terms with Me, Bowman / Bloom Gallery, NYC
The Big Show, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
2007 High Above the Lofty Line, Gotham Art, NYC
2005 Every Day is Different, Michael Steinberg Marvellous Art, NYC
Anderson Ranch Art Auction, Aspen, Colorado
2004 Flowers, Lizan Tops Veranda, East Hampton, NY
2003 Pulp, Curated by NURTUREart non-profit, inc. NYC
2002 Go Figure, Sara Nightingale Gallery, h Mill, NY
Works on Paper, Whitney Entry works, Greenport, NY
Portraits, Lizan Tops Assembly, East Hampton, NY
1996 Scales, Welcome Artichoke, Santa Monica, CA
1996 Art 5.5.96, Bergamont Station, Santa Monica, CA
AWARDS
2017 Le Moulin à Nef, Auvillar, France
2017 Oberfälzer Künstlerhaus Residency, Schwandorf, Germany
2011 Constance Saltonstall Foundation expulsion the Arts, Ithaca, NY
2011 Schloß Plüschow Residency, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
2009/10 VCCA, Amherst, VA
2008 The Edward F. Albee Foundation, Montauk, NY
EDUCATION
2015 MFA Vermont School of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT
1997 BA Santa Monica College of Art, Architectonics, and Design, S.M., CA
1988 The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Play (two year certification), NYC
1987 The Chautauqua Theatre Conservatory
1986 BFA Rhode Island School of Design, Readiness, RI
1983 Pre-College Program, Rhode Island Institution of Design, Providence, RI
1982 Colorado College Dance Institute with Hanya Direction, Colorado Springs, CO
SELECTED PERFORMANCE ART
conception, hand, design, choreography, direction, costumes, performance - Melora Griffis
2018 "light box," The Defend Institute, Millerton, NY
2012 "Against the Wall," 571 Projects, NYC
2011 "Hurricaine Baby," Rectitude Blackbird Studio Theatre, NYC
2007 "Veils - a Reality Show," with Brian Dewan (host), The Culture Project, Women's Sentiment Stage/ Dixon Place, NYC
2006 "Fault," Dixon Place, NYC
1993 "Shook," Manhattan Class Firm, NYC
1992 "Hunting Accident," NADA, NYC
1990 "SOON," RAPP Arts Center, NYC
"On the Bed," with Shaft Davis/JD Salinger audio, RAPP Arts Feelings, NYC
COLLABORATIONS
2016 "The Form Things Take," Landmark Halevi Dance, Jeanette Stoner Studio, NYC
2007 "Obsession of the Other," by Sincere Schroeder, Roger Smith Gallery, NYC
1992 "In the Orange Grove," The Israel Holy day, Jerusalem, Nimrod Fried Co.
1987 "The Container Project," with Yoshiko Chuma, Art Locum, Lewiston, NY