art of allowance

MELISSA KATHERINE

Education

-East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 1978-1981
 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, minor Communications Art
-University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1976-1978
-Western Piedmont Community College, Morganton, NC, 1995-1999

Exhibitions (Selected Solo)

-Root and Vine, Morganton, NC 2023

-Idlewild Interiors, Winston Salem, NC, 2022

-Louise Jones Brown Gallery, Durham, NC (with Steve Clarke), 2010
-Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC, 2009

-Miriam Preston Block Gallery, Raleigh, NC, 2009
-Duke University, Durham, NC, 2000
-Louise Gilbert Gallery, Statesville, NC, 1999
-Caldwell Arts Council, Lenoir, NC,1998
-Wilkes Art Gallery, North Wilkesboro, NC, 1998
-Rachel Compton Gallery, Statesville, NC, 1998
-Lenoir-Rhyne College Visual Arts Center, Hickory, NC, 1997
-Rock School Art Gallery, Valdese, NC, 1997
-Signature Art Gallery, Morganton, NC, 1996
-Wellington B. Gray Gallery, ECU, Greenville, NC, 1981

Exhibitions (Selected Group)

-Colorium-2023, Canada Exhibition and Publication 2023

-Femina, Canada Exhibition and Publication 2023

-Woman, Canada 2023

-Terra Gallery, Columbus, OH, 2010
-Litmus Gallery, Raleigh, NC, 2008
-Halle Cultural Arts Center, Apex, NC, 2008
-City of Morganton Municipal Auditorium, Morganton, NC, 1995
-N.C. Comm. College Exhibit, Raleigh, NC, 1999
-Rock School Art Gallery, Valdese, NC, 1996
-Arts Council Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC, 1999

Competitions

-COTA Spindale, NC 2023 (Award)

-RSAF Open Competition, Valdese, NC 2023

-FALC 28th Annual Juried Exhibition, Cary, NC 2023

-RSAF Open Competition, Valdese, NC (Award), 2022

-GMAAA Juried Show, 2008
-FALC 14th Annual Juried Show (Award), Cary, NC 2008
-NationsBank Regional Comp., Lincolnton, NC (Award), 1999
-CVVAL Fall Competition, Hickory, NC (Award), 1999
-Texas National 99, Nacogdoches, TX, 1999
-27th Annual Competition for NC Artists, Fayetteville, NC, 1999
-CVVAL Spring Competition, Hickory, NC (Award), 1998
-Burke Kaleidoscope Competition, Morganton, NC (Award), 1998
-RSAF Open Competition, Valdese, NC (Award), 1998
-Southeastern Spectrum, ’97, Winston-Salem, NC, 1998
-Burke Kaleidoscope Competition, Morganton, NC (Award), 1998
-Waterworks Regional Competition, Salisbury, NC, 1997
-NationsBank Competition, Statesville, NC (Award), 1997
-RSAF Open Competition, Valdese, NC (Award), 1996
-RSAF Open Competition, Valdese, NC (Award), 1995
-CVVAL Fall Competition, Hickory, NC (Award), 1995

Permanent Collections

-Idlewild Interiors, Winston Salem, NC

-Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory, NC
-Rock School Arts Foundation, Valdese, NC