RESUME

GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Koplin Del Rio, Los Angeles, CA
Jenkins Johnson, New York, NY

SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS
2011: Artist-In-Residence, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
2009: BLINK Grant Recipient, Madison Arts Commission, Madison, WI
2004: Wisconsin Idea Undergraduate Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Upcoming: Melissa Cooke, Koplin Del Rio, Los Angeles, CA, May-June, 2012
Upcoming: Melissa Cooke, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY, November, 2012
2011: Sometimes I Disappear, Brenau Gallery, Brenau University, Gainesville, GA
2011: Sometimes I Disappear, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2011: Vacuum, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI
2011: Lost Inside You, Caestecker Gallery, Ripon College, Ripon, WI
2011: Lost Inside You, Art Lofts Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2010: You Know Me Better Than I Know Myself, Koplin Del Rio, Los Angeles, CA
2008: Masked, Project Lodge, Madison, WI

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011: Blurring the Lines, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
2011: Generation Next, Layton Gallery, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI
2011: Face To Face: The Changing Face of Portraiture, Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA
2010: DELINEATE, McMaster Gallery, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2010: Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
2010: To See Ourselves As Others See Us, Contemporary WI Portraits, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI
2009: On Paper, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY
2009: West Coast Drawings VIII, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
2008: In Cahoots, Overture Center for the Arts, October 2008, Madison, WI
2007-2008: Paradise Lost, a traveling Climate Change exhibit and community education program
2007: UW-Madison Master of Fine Arts Juried Show, Steinhilber Art Gallery, University of WI, Oshkosh, WI
2006: Paper Work, Shotgun House Gallery, Portland, OR
2006: Fresh Hot Press, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI
2005: Paper Politics, 5 + 5 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY and Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005: Public/Private, National Juried Print Portfoilo, Hughes Fine Art Center, University of North Dakota, ND

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Arkansas Art Center
The Howard Tullman Collection
Wisconsin Union Permanent Art Collection, Madison, Wisconsin
Kohler Art Library Artist Book Collection, Madison, Wisconsin
Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin
Southern Graphics Council Print Collection
University of North Dakota Print Collection
University of Minnesota-Minneapolis Print Collection
Boston Public Library Print Collection

PUBLICATIONS
"New & Notable: Melissa Cooke", American Artist Drawing, Summer 2011, pg 20-22.
ElevenEleven, Issue 11, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, 2011, pg 100-101.
Empty Magazine, Issue 20, 2011, Australia, Pg 52-57.
The Ampersand, Spring 2011, Fordham University Press, Bronx, NY, Pg 26-28 and center photo spread.
New American Painting, No. 89, Midwest Edition., August/September 2010. pg 9, 154-157.
Poets/Artists, February 2011, pg 58-64.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Brouk, Tim, "Artist Melissa Cooke Creates Provocative Pieces with Graphite", Journal and Courier, August 17, 2011.
Dunigan, Peggy Sue, “’Vacuum’ Triggers Emotional Response at Museum of Wisconsin Art”, Express Milwaukee, May 31, 2011.
Turner, Lonnie, “Art City Asks: Melissa Cooke”, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Online, May 20, 2011.
Schumacher, Mary Louise, “In Memoriam: Triennial artists get personal with contemporary”, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 27, 2010, Cue Section, pg 1, 8.
Wisconsin Triennial Catalog, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, May, 2010.
Salas, Rafael Francisco, “REVIEW: To See Ourselves As Others See Us at the Museum of Wisconsin Art”, June 18, 2010.
Smith, Jennifer.  “The Anti-Theme Show”, The Isthmus, May 27, 2010.
Zellen, Jody, “Editorial: Recommendations: Melissa Cooke at Koplin Del Rio Gallery”, Visual Art Source, March 2010.
Wolf, Karin, “Local Artists Make Impression At Armory Shows”, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 21, 2010, Cue Section, pg 8 .
Feinstein, Lea, “Reviews: National ‘On Paper", ARTnews, January 2010, pg 122.
“West Coast Drawings: Drawings VIII”, feature photo, Journal of the Print World, Summer 2009, pg 9.
Lundin, Norman and Koplin Del Rio, West Coast Drawings, 2009, pg. 37.
"Make with the Art", with feature photo, The Onion, Madison, WI, May 15, 2008, pg. 29.

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2011: Visiting Artist, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
2011: Visiting Artist, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE
2011: Visiting Artist, Brenau University, Gainesville, GA
2008-2011: Graduate Degree and Student Coordinator, University of Wisconsin Art Department, Madison, WI
2006-2008: Teaching Assistant, Instructor of Record, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2006-2008: Instructor, Wisconsin Union and UW Continuing Education, Madison, WI
2004-2008: Art Instructor, PEOPLE Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2006: President of Fresh Hot Press, University of Wisconsin-Madison Print Club, Madison, WI
2006: Southern Graphics Council Conference Planning and Organization Assistant, Madison, WI
2005-2006: Studio Assistant at Silver Buckle Press, Madison, WI

EDUCATION
Masters of Fine Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison