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Select Awards and Grants
2018 Nominee for United States Artists Fellowship
2018 Greater Columbus Arts Council AITC Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson Grant and Supply Grant
2017 Greater Columbus Arts Council AITC Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson Research Grant
2017 Juror's choice Award, Image OHIO, Juror Drew Sawyer
2017 Juror's choice Award, 10th Annual Ohio Online Visual Artist Registry
2016 Greater Columbus Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship Award, Painting
2014 Greater Columbus Arts Council Supplies Grant
2013 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award - 3D
2010 GCAC, Franklin County Neighborhood Arts, Artists in the Community Grant
2008 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award - Craft
2007 GCAC, Franklin County Neighborhood Arts, Artists in the Community Grant
Residencies
2019 Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson VT.
2017 Mass MOCA, Asset for Artists International Artist Residency, MASS MoCA North Adams, MA
2008 Greater Columbus Arts Council 3 month International Artist Residency to Dresden Germany
Fellowships
2016 Wexner Center for the Arts Film and Video Residency Program Project Commission
2013 Honorarium, Grammatical Errors, Alice F. Harris K. Weston Art Gallery Cincinnati, OH
2012 Honorarium, Belle Isle Public Art Exhibition, Access Arts, Detroit, MI
Select Exhibitions
2020
Three person with Bianca Beck and Leeza Meksin, Hammond Harkins Gallery, Columbus OH
2019
Solo Exhibition, “Distance Loop” William J and Pearl L Lemmon Visiting Artist Gallery, Kent State University
Duo Trio, Riffe Center for the Arts, (Curator, Christine Shearer Fowler) Columbus OH
2018
From Her Perspective, Firehouse Art Center, Longmont, CO
KCAI Biennial, The Epsten Gallery,(Curator Quang Bao) Kansas City MO
OH+5 Juried Exhibition, The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens OH
Objectified 2018, at the CICA Museum, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
2017
Meatball, with the Mint Collective, Spring Break, Brooklyn immersive Brooklyn, NYC
Ohio Arts Council Riffe Gallery Biennial Juried Exhibition, Riffe Gallery, Columbus OH
Greater Columbus, GCAC Fellows exhibition, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Resonator TV, Resonator Art Space Norman, OK
ImageOHIO 17 the Fort Hayes Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus OH, Juror, Drew Sawyer
2016
Solos Exhibition, “Boxed” video screening space at the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus OH
Femmes’ Video Arts Festival pt 1, The Situation Room, Los Angeles, CA
Femmes’ Video Arts Festival pt 2, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
Nikisi Project, Front Range Community College and The Center for Visual Arts, Denver CO
Two-person Girls in Pantyhose with Danielle Julian Norton Angela Meleca Gallery, Columbus OH
2015
Solo Exhibition, “Opaque” Denison Museum, Granville, OH
Metamorphosis of Boarders, Museum of Sisters Aslamazyan, Guimri, Armenian Republic
Ohio Shorts, Wexner Center for the Arts Columbus, OH
2014
Stripped, Sam Francis Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Niche Print Portfolio MAPC Print conference Detroit, MI
Average Path Length, Plymouth State University, NH
2013
Solo Exhibition, “Grammatical Errors” Alice F. and Harris K. Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Kentucky National 2013, Eagle Gallery, (juror Jill Dawsey) Murray State University, Murray, KY
Average Path Length, SGC Conference, (curator Fawn Atenco) Milwaukee, MI
2012
Solo Exhibition, “Negotiating Pre-Existing Condition” Bryant Art Center, Granville, OH
Brot & Salz, Kunstraum Peripherie, (curators Kathrin, Lena Krahl and Stefanie Busch) Coburg, Germany
Belle Isle Public Art Exhibition, Access Arts, (juror, Louis Casinelle) Detroit, MI
2011
Two-person Openhouse with Tina Beifuss, Mastul e.V. Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany
Für die mit der Sehnsucht /For whom with the desire, Kunstraum Peripherie, Coburg, Germany
2010
Solo Exhibition, “Nachbarschaft Verlasse” Raskolnikow Galerie e.V., Dresden, Germany
Unter Oberflachen, Delikatessenhaus,(curator Stefanie Busch) Leipzig, Germany
2009
Solo Exhibition, “Needle and Paint” Wehrle Gallery, Ohio Dominican U, Columbus, OH
Here and Beyond, Riffe Center Gallery,(curator Margo Crutchfield) (catalogue) Columbus, OH
2008
Solo Exhibition, “Sunbonnet Sue in Trouble” Gehe 8 Kunstraum und Ateliers, Dresden, Germany
Solo Exhibition, “Melissa Vogley Woods” Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH
Devotion To Threads, Woodland Pattern Gallery, (curator Faythe Levine) Milwaukee, WI
Craftism, Reclaiming Craft and Creating Community, Lawton Gallery,(curator Faythe Levine) (catalogue),Green Bay, WI
2007
Sum of the Parts, Surface Design Association, Kansas City Art Institute,(jurors Jan Myers-Newbury & Kyoung Ae Cho) Kansas City, MO
Fiberarts International Exhibition, (juror Dorothy Caldwell) (catalogue)
Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA, The Clay Center for the Arts, Charleston, WV, Museum of Craft+Design,Charlotte, NC
Collaborative Art Projects
2016 “Airbnb (blue/blue)”, Cudelice Brazelton 2 channel video, Publication, and 3 digital paintings
2015 “Torrance” collaborative off-site performance space, Clintonville, OH (curated by Rashana Smith)
2014 Ten Tiny Performances, “Why don’t you do something to help me” Performance collaboration with Danielle Julian Norton, Columbus, OH
Select Curatorial Activities
2018- “Middlechild” curating collective centered in Columbus, OH (founding member)
2016-18 “Mint Collective” curating group, exhibition space and studios (artist member)
2014 “Tracers Takes Over” organized by Melissa Vogley Woods and Jennifer Reeder – exhibition, panel series on race, LGBTQIA, and feminism now, Workshops at Hopkins Hall Gallery and Grrrrl rock concert at Ace of Cups, Columbus OH (Co-Organizer)
2013 “Room to Let III” exhibiting 27 artists in 4 houses King-Lincoln Columbus, OH, (Director, Curator)
2012 “Rooms To Let II” exhibiting 30 artists in two empty donated houses, Franklinton, OH (Director, Curator)
2012 “Adoration” at ArtPrize, Curating Calder Plaza, and Grand Rapids, Department Building, Grand Rapids, MI (Curatorial Team member)
2012 “Public Lighting” Light based exhibition with Ry Wharton, Farrow Building, Franklinton, OH (Co-Curator)
2012 “Object/Imprint” Urban Art Space, with Josh Foy, Columbus, OH, (Co-Curator)
2011 “Paper Moon II” Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, OH, (Curator)
2010 “Rooms To Let I” exhibiting 16 artists in one house, Franklinton, OH (Director, Curator)
2010 “Housewarning” Hopkins Hall Gallery, with Tina Biefuss, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, (Co-Curator)
2010 “Shared Spaces” Faculty Biennial, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH, (Curator)
Select Bibliography
2020 Brooklyn Rail, Art Seen, Joey Tang
2019 Luxe Interiors + Design Magazine, feature
2018 Youngspace, artwork and interview with Kate Mothes, Curator
2018 OyG Projects, artwork feature as finalist
2018 “Artist combines Architectural, Human images in Works”, Peter Touguette, Columbus Dispatch
2017 "The Force of Ambiguity, the videos and paintings of Melissa Vogley Woods" Lisa Volpe (Essay)
2017 Video database Archive, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles CA
2017 Peripheral Vision Issue 2, Peripheral Vision Arts
2017 “Melissa Vogley Woods” Hiss Magazine, Print publication, Issue 1
2017 “Exhibition Preview, Greater Columbus Arts Council at the CMA”, Jim Fisher, Columbus Alive
2015 "Best of 2016: "Boxed" Jim Fischer, Columbus Alive
2014 “A Lesson in Grammar” Jane Durrell, CityBeat, Cincinnati, OH
2014 "Mi Casa Es Su Arte" Jackie Mantey, Columbus Monthly, Columbus, OH
2013 Studio Visit Magazine, International Juried Catalogue, (juror, Dina Deitsch)
2013 “Giving Vacancy Another Look”, Marc Lefkowiitz, CAN: Collective Arts Network Journal, Cleveland
2012 “Concepts of Home Reside in Empty House” Melissa Starker, Col. Dispatch
2011 “Dream Dissected, Works focus on Downside of American Notion of Homeownership” Christopher Yates, Columbus Dispatch
2011 “Das Haus Das jetzt der Bank Gehort” Andrea Rook, Kultur Buhne, Dresden, Germany 2010 `
2009 “Here and Beyond”, Daniel Shellenbarger, The Ohio Channel
2008 “Commentary Forms Fabric of Textiles”, Betty Biexrud-Strigens, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Education
2012 MFA, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1992 BFA, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Teaching 2010-
Visiting Full-time, Part-time and Adjunct Faculty at: Kenyon College, Denison University, Columbus College of Art and Design, Ohio State University, Columbus State Community College.
Visiting Artist or Artist talk 2008-2019
Stockton University Galloway NJ, University of Dayton, Dayton OH, Wright State University Dayton OH, Denison Museum Granville, OH, Weston Art Gallery Cincinnati OH, Miami University Department of Art Oxford OH, Columbus College of Art & Design Columbus OH, Ohio State University Columbus OH, Pomerene Art Center Coshocton OH, Kent State University, Kent OH, Fort Hayes Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus OH, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH