Melinda
Résume
| EXHIBITIONS | ||
| May-December 2008 | Solo Exhibition | Hotel Waldhaus am See, St.Moritz, Switzerland |
| July 2007 | Group Exhibition | Kultursaal, Pontresina, Switzerland |
| February 2007-2008 | To view | Stuevetta, Marguns, Celerina, Switzerland |
| July 2003 | Solo Exhibition | Kurverein "Rondo", Pontresina, Switzerland, Retrospective |
| April 2003 | Group Exhibition | Art Student's League Gallery, NY City |
| January 2003 | Group Exhibition | Art Student's League Gallery, NY City |
| June-August 2002 | Solo Exhibition | Hotel Waldhaus am See, St.Moritz, Switzerland, "Fascinations of Nature" |
| April 2002 | Group Exhibition | Art Student's League Gallery, NY City |
| January 2002 | Group Exhibition | Art Student's League Gallery, NY City |
| August 2001 | Solo Exhibition | Hotel Suvretta House, Private, St.Moritz, Switzerland, "Farbiger Sport im Engadin" |
| July 2001 | Solo Exhibition | Restaurant Affenkasten, Aarau, Switzerland, "Expressions in Neocolor" |
| February-April 2001 | Solo Exhibition | Hotel Waldhaus am See, St.Moritz, Switzerland, "Farbiger Sport im Engadin" |
| February 2000 | Solo Exhibition | Hotel Waldhaus am See, St.Moritz, Switzerland, "Expressions in Neocolor" |
| January-March 1999 | Solo Exhibition | Hotel San Gian, St.Moritz, Switzerland, "New Styles in Neocolor" |
| PUBLICATIONS | ||
| July 2003 | Engadiner Post | Newspaper, Switzerland |
| June 2003 | Engadiner Post | Newspaper, Switzerland |
| September 2002 | Bündner Tagblatt | Newspaper, Switzerland |
| February 2001 | Engadiner Post | Newspaper, Switzerland |
| December 2000 | Waldhaus Post | Magazine, Switzerland |
| January 2000 | Engadiner Post | Newspaper, Switzerland |
| December 1999 | Waldhaus Post | Magazine, Switzerland |
| February 1999 | Engadiner Post | Newspaper, Switzerland |
| EDUCATION | ||
| 2001 - 2004 | The Art Student's League of New York | NY City, USA |
| 1997 - 2001 | Draftsman appren- tice, Architecture | Samedan, Switzerland |
| ART INSTRUCTORS | ||
| 2003-2004 | Anthony Palumbo | The Art Student's League, NY |
| 2002-2003 | Nelson Shanks | The Art Student's League, NY |
| 2002 | Robert Cenedella | The Art Student's League, NY |
| 2001-2004 | William Scharf | The Art Student's League, NY |
| 2001-2003 | Kenneth McIndoe | The Art Student's League, NY |
| 2001 | Michael Burban | The Art Student's League, NY |
| 2001 | Joseph Peller | The Art Student's League, NY |
Artist Statement
(Born in Switzerland, December 8, 1981)
I grew up in a small town in the mountains of Switzerland, near the village of St.Moritz, which is a touristic resort for people from all over the world. As I was surrounded by mountains and nature a great part of my youth was spent doing a lot of outdoor activities and sports. I must have inherited my love for drawing and painting from my Dutch mother whose whole family is artistically inclined. At 16 I had to decide on a profession, I chose a 4-year apprenticeship as a draftsman. Although I enjoyed my studies mostly, I pursued my hobby of painting during my free time, and on the encouragement of friends I had my first show in January 1999 in a Hotel in St.Moritz. It proved to be a great success and many enjoyed the new colorful Neocolor-Style. I have never stopped painting since that year. I finished my apprenticeship as a draftsman, and those two years were very busy since I had my studies and Art shows at the same time. In the Summer of 2001, after receiving my Diploma, I decided to completely concentrate on Art and I moved to NYC to study at a professional Art School.
I always felt great joy in painting portraits in all different kinds of ways; it is fascinating to see the person looking at me as if I recreated that person. I always challenge myself to bring out that persons character in the painting.
My collection, "Details of Nature in New York" means very much to me, since I found a new way to express my surroundings the way I see them. I am now combining two passions: photography and painting, with capturing moments and details one might not usually notice; in so doing I create my own vision of the object with atmosphere and character in a painting.
Growing up surrounded by nature I guess I have always taken it for granted and it never seemed to be very special to me. But living in a quite opposite kind of surrounding in a city like New York, I suddenly found myself searching for nature and looking at it from a completely different angle. It fascinated me how nature finds a way to grow in the unfriendliest places and tries to break through man's world of concrete and metal. The contrast in this city is so unique and captivating to me that I hope to be able to transmit to people through my paintings my fascination with it and it's atmosphere, my love for Art as well as bringing out a side of New York we might not yet have noticed.
Now moved on to Oregon, the surroundings are quite different again, beautiful nature and an abundance of flowers and plants as I have never seen before. It inspired me to create a new collection, reflecting the beauty and breathtaking variety of God's creation.
