Grove, 2019: Installation view of site-specific wall painting with individual acrylic paintings on linen, 18 x 46 feet. Painting installation for the exhibition “Aftereffect,” curated by Elissa Auther and Emily Joyce, Museum of Contemporary Art,
Grove, 2019: Installation view of site-specific wall painting with individual acrylic paintings on linen, 18 x 46 feet. Painting installation for the exhibition “Aftereffect,” curated by Elissa Auther and Emily Joyce, Museum of Contemporary Art,
Grove, 2019: Installation view of site-specific wall painting with individual acrylic paintings on linen, 18 x 46 feet, detail. Painting installation for the exhibition “Aftereffect,” curated by Elissa Auther and Emily Joyce, Museum of Contempora
Grove, 2019: Installation view of site-specific wall painting with individual acrylic paintings on linen, 18 x 46 feet. Painting installation for the exhibition “Aftereffect,” curated by Elissa Auther and Emily Joyce, Museum of Contemporary Art,
Fiddlehead , 2019: Acrylic on linen on panel, 28.75 x 23” Photo credit: Wes Magyar
Nightwatch , 2019: Acrylic on linen on panel, 28.75 x 23” Photo credit: Wes Magyar
Cabin , 2019: Acrylic on linen on panel, 28.75 x 23” Photo credit: Wes Magyar
Lichen , 2019: Acrylic on linen on panel, 28.75 x 23” Photo credit: Wes Magyar
Burning Bush , 2019: Watercolor, gouache and colored pencil on paper, 16.25 x 13” Exhibited as part of “Everyday Perfection,” Albany International Airport Gallery, curated by Kathy Greenwood. Photo credit: Jason van Stavaren More information: h
Night Message , 2019: Watercolor, gouache and colored pencil on paper, 16.25 x 13” Exhibited as part of “Everyday Perfection,” Albany International Airport Gallery, curated by Kathy Greenwood. Photo credit: Jason van Stavaren More information:
Ring Path , 2019: Watercolor, gouache and colored pencil on paper, 16.25 x 13” Exhibited as part of “Everyday Perfection,” Albany International Airport Gallery, curated by Kathy Greenwood. Photo credit: Jason van Stavaren More information: http
Deep Vale , 2019: Watercolor, gouache and colored pencil on paper, 16.25 x 13” Exhibited as part of “Everyday Perfection,” Albany International Airport Gallery, curated by Kathy Greenwood. Photo credit: Jason van Stavaren More information: http
Holler, 2018: Watercolor and gouache on paper, 14.75 x 14.75” Photo credit: Jason van Stavaren
Fiddlehead I, 2018: Watercolor and gouache on paper, 14.75 x 14.75” Photo credit: Jason van Stavaren
Widow’s Peak, 2018: Watercolor and gouache on paper, 14.75 x 14.75” Photo credit: Jason van Stavaren
Study #4, 2018: Watercolor, gouache and colored pencil on paper, 12.5 x 10” Photo credit: Melissa Thorne
Study #3, 2018: Watercolor, gouache and colored pencil on paper, 12.5 x 10” Photo credit: Melissa Thorne
Study #2, 2018: Watercolor, gouache and colored pencil on paper, 12.5 x 10” Photo credit: Melissa Thorne
Study #1, 2018: Watercolor, gouache and colored pencil on paper, 12.5 x 10” Photo credit: Melissa Thorne
Shadde , 2017: Installation view of exhibition at BUSHEL, Delhi, NY. Site specific ink wall painting on existing walls, framed works on paper installed on wall painting. Photo credit: Heather Phelps-Lipton More information: https://bushelcollect
Shadde , 2017: Installation view of exhibition at BUSHEL, Delhi, NY. Site specific ink wall painting on existing walls, framed works on paper installed on wall painting. Photo credit: Heather Phelps-Lipton More information: https://bushelcollect
Shadde , 2017: Installation view of exhibition at BUSHEL, Delhi, NY. Site specific ink wall painting on existing walls, framed works on paper installed on wall painting. Photo credit: Heather Phelps-Lipton More information: https://bushelcollect
Perseids , 2017: Watercolor, ink and gouache on collaged paper, 17.5 x 14". Photo credit: Jason van Stavaren
Fitches Crossing , 2017: Watercolor, ink and gouache on collaged paper, 17.5 x 14". Photo credit: Jason van Stavaren
Slow Shake (Lake ), 2017: Watercolor, ink and gouache on collaged paper, 17.5 x 14". Photo credit: Jason van Stavaren
Full Moon in Capricorn , 2017: Watercolor, ink and gouache on collaged paper, 17.5 x 14". Photo credit: Jason van Stavaren
Shadde , 2017: Watercolor, ink and gouache on collaged paper, 17.5 x 14". Photo credit: Jason van Stavaren
Fireflies , 2017: Watercolor, ink and gouache on collaged paper, 17.5 x 14". Photo credit: Jason van Stavaren
Desert Center 1 , 2016: Ink and graphite on existing wall, 38 x 38". Site-specific painting, one of a series of four created in abandoned cabins in Desert Center, CA, during a 2016 residency with Epicenter Projects. Photo credit: Lance Gerber Ph
Desert Center 4 , 2016: Ink and graphite on existing wall, 38 x 38". Site-specific painting, one of a series of four created in abandoned cabins in Desert Center, CA, during a 2016 residency with Epicenter Projects. Photo credit: Lance Gerber Ph
Desert Center 3 , 2016: Ink and graphite on existing wall, 38 x 30". Site-specific painting, one of a series of four created in abandoned cabins in Desert Center, CA, during a 2016 residency with Epicenter Projects. Photo credit: Lance Gerber Ph
Untitled WC2 , 2016: Watercolor and gouache on paper, 15 x 12". Excerpt from an ongoing series of works on paper exploring architectural patterns accumulated during an extended research trip to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The patterns are taken from s
Untitled WC4, 2016: Watercolor and gouache on paper, 15 x 12". Excerpt from an ongoing series of works on paper exploring architectural patterns accumulated during an extended research trip to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The patterns are taken from s
Untitled WC3 , 2016: Watercolor and gouache on paper, 15 x 12". Excerpt from an ongoing series of works on paper exploring architectural patterns accumulated during an extended research trip to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The patterns are taken from s
Untitled WC1 , 2016: Watercolor and gouache on paper, 15 x 12". Excerpt from an ongoing series of works on paper exploring architectural patterns accumulated during an extended research trip to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The patterns are taken from s
By the Light or the Eye, 2015: Exterior installation view, acrylic enamel and milled sintra on existing storefront. Site-specific painting installation made for GRIDSPACE, an artist-run storefront in Brooklyn, New York. Photo credit: Alan Wiener
By the Light or the Eye , 2015: Interior installation view, ink and watercolor on existing wall (left), framed letterpress print (right). GRIDSPACE, Brooklyn, NY. Photo credit: Alan Wiener More information: https://gridspace.org/archive/melissa-
Aperture , 2015: Unique letterpress print with hand-painted watercolor, 8.5 x 10.5" each. Two examples from a limited edition print series made with GRIDSPACE editions, in collaboration with printer Ruby Kapka/NSFW Presse.
Calamus , 2015: Ink and watercolor on paper, 7.5 x 6". Photo credit: Melissa Thorne
Greensboro , 2015: Ink and watercolor on paper, 7.5 x 6". Photo credit: Melissa Thorne
Heat Lightning , 2015: Ink and watercolor on paper, 7.5 x 6". Photo credit: Melissa Thorne
Pipevine , 2015: Ink and watercolor on paper, 7.5 x 6". Photo credit: Melissa Thorne
Screen Study , 2014: 64 x 78", acrylic ink on existing cement wall, Pereira da Silva community, Rio de Janeiro.
A Wall Around a Window, 2013: Installation view, Devin Borden Gallery, Houston, TX. Acrylic paintings installed on site-specific wall painting, ink and graphite, 10'8" x 40 feet. Photo credit: Logan Beck More information: https://issuu.com/dev
Untitled (Rocks) , 2013: Acrylic on linen on panel, 40 x 32". Photo credit: Logan Beck
Untitled (Louver) , 2013: Acrylic on linen on panel, 40 x 32". Photo credit: Logan Beck
A Wall Around a Window , 2013: Installation view, Devin Borden Gallery, Houston, TX. Photo credit: Logan Beck More information: https://issuu.com/devinbordengallery/docs/a_wall_around_a_window_9a545ff87b28e2
Untitled (Olana) , 2013: Silkscreen wall-hanging on hand-dyed linen, 2 panels 72 x 48" each, + hand-turned maple stool with acrylic enamel surface, 16" diameter x 12". Photo credit: Logan Beck
Untitled (Olana) , 2013: Detail view of stool with machine-milled relief face. Photo credit: Logan Beck
A Wall Around a Window , 2013: Alternate installation view with second wall painting, Devin Borden Gallery, Houston, TX. Photo credit: Logan Beck More information: https://issuu.com/devinbordengallery/docs/a_wall_around_a_window_9a545ff87b28e2
A Wall Around a Window , 2013: Installation view, Devin Borden Gallery, Houston, TX. Photo credit: Logan Beck More information: https://issuu.com/devinbordengallery/docs/a_wall_around_a_window_9a545ff87b28e2
A Wall Around a Window , 2013: Detail with framed watercolors installed on wall painting. Photo credit: Logan Beck More information: https://issuu.com/devinbordengallery/docs/a_wall_around_a_window_9a545ff87b28e2
A Wall Around a Window, 2013: Installation view, Devin Borden Gallery, Houston, TX. Photo credit: Logan Beck
Ranchstone Repea t, 2012: Ink and graphite on existing column, 32 feet x 16” x 16.” Site-specific painting made for the exhibition “Material Occupation,” curated by Corinna Ripps Schaming. University Art Museum, University at Albany/SUNY, NY.
Ranchstone Repeat , 2012: Detail, ink and graphite on existing column, 32 feet x 16” x 16.” Site-specific painting made for the exhibition “Material Occupation,” curated by Corinna Ripps Schaming. University Art Museum, University at Albany/SUNY,
Repeater , 2011: Ink, watercolor and graphite on existing wall, 9' 6” x 32' 4”. “Site as Symbol” exhibition, curated by Survey West Collaborative, FOCA exhibition space, Los Angeles, CA.
Repeater , 2011: Ink, watercolor and graphite on existing wall, 9' 6” x 32' 4”. “Site as Symbol” exhibition, curated by Survey West Collaborative, FOCA exhibition space, Los Angeles, CA. Installation view of exhibition with works by Jill Newman a
Stamp, 2010: Watercolor and ink on cut paper, 17 x 15”.
Divider , 2010: Watercolor and ink on cut paper, 17 x 15”.
Patch , 2010: Watercolor and ink on cut paper, 17 x 15”.
Repeater , 2010: Watercolor and ink on cut paper, 17 x 15”.
Rockslide Rocksolid , 2010: Installation view, Optical Project, Houston, TX. Listening room with hand-printed linen sound curtains, custom furniture and original audio on limited edition vinyl records.
Rockslide Rocksolid , 2010: Custom audio table with vinyl records, 20 x 20 x 16".
Rockslide Rocksolid , 2010: Alternate installation view with secondary curtain pattern.
Rockslide Rocksolid , 2010: Sound curtain patterns, screen-printed on hand-dyed linen in collaboration with Gray Area Print, Los Angeles, CA.
Landslide/Solid , 2010: Original 12”, two-sided vinyl record in edition of 100, featuring song covers by the artist. Custom vinyl color and offset litho sleeves.
Patch Repeat , 2011: Letterpress and unique watercolor collage, 8 x 10” each. Two examples from a limited edition print series made for Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, in collaboration with printer Leslie Ross-Robertson/Wavelength Press.
Melissa Thorne with Fol Chen, Untitled (Wiener Werkstatte textile length) , 2008: Original watercolor and audio, produced as a CD edition of 50. The 50 x 50” artwork (above) was subsequently cut into 5” square CD sleeve cards, to accompany a sound
Eight-Story High Rise , 2007: Ink, watercolor and gouache on paper, 28 x 25”.
Geode, 2007: Ink and watercolor on paper, 19 x 16".
Demonstration Earthship , 2007: Watercolor, ink, gouache and collage on paper, 34 x 30".
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