Melissa Vandenberg
Professor of Art
Education
- MFA Southern Illinois University Carbondale
- BFA College for Creative Studies
Research & Academic Interests
- Studio Art
- Curation & Gallery Management
- Professional Practices for Artists
- Cultural Event Planning
Publications
- Smoke 'em if you got 'em, Melissa Vandenberg, Maus Contemporary, Birmingham, AL (2022)
- Star Spangled! American Flags in Art, Editors Ashley Rooney and Stephanie Standish, Schiffer Publishing (2016)
- New American Paintings #112, Open Studios Press (2014)
- International Drawing Annual 6, Manifest Creative Research Gallery & Drawing Center (2012)
Associations, Affiliations & Work History
- Polvo en el Viento, Monterrey, Mexico & Briggs Memorial Gallery, Long Beach, CA (2026)
- INTO ACTION, Democratic National Convention, Resolution Studios, Chicago, IL (2024)
- Konst i Ån, Norrtälje Konsthall, Norrtälje, Sweden (2023)
- Boundless, Montgomery Museum of Fine Art, Montgomery, AL (2022)
- Temper & Conduct, Alabama Contemporary Art Center, Mobile, AL (2021)
- Of Care and Destruction, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA (2021)
- Bra Bröd / DISTANCIO, Gummifabriken, Värnamo, Sweden (2020)
- Needle-and-Bowl, Antigravity Project, The Rockwell Museum, Corning, NY (2019)
- Motherland in Art, Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Krakow, Poland (2018)
- Your Body is a Battleground, VOLTA NY 2017, New York, NY (2017)
- Third Space, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL (2017)
- Luxembourg Art Prize, Galerie Hervé Lancelin, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (2016)
Awards & Accolades
- Artist Travel Grant (Sweden), Great Meadows Foundation, Louisville, KY (2018)
- Artist Travel Grant (Iceland), Great Meadows Foundation, Louisville, KY (2017)
- Luxembourg Art Prize Finalist, Galerie Hervé Lancelin, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (2016)
