Melissa Potter
Page 1 | Biography
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Born: U.S.A.
Lives: Chicago/New York
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1997
M.F.A. Rutgers University. New Brunswick, NJ
1992
B.F.A. summa cum laude. Virginia Commonwealth University. Richmond, VA
Russian Language Program. Moscow, Russia
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2010
“Infrastructures and Territories.” VersionFest 2010. Chicago, IL
2009
“Balkan Aphorisms on Women.” Print edition at Akademija Center for Graphic Art and Visual Research. Belgrade, Serbia
“ArcheTime.” The Tank, NYC
“Ovulation and Pregnancy.” International Museum of Women (online exhibition)
Solo Exhibition. Vranje Cultural Center. Vranje, Serbia
Solo Exhibition. Andrews Art Museum. Andrews, NC
2008
“Live with It.” Photo West Gallery. Philadelphia, PA
"Art364B: The Collective." New York University Kimmel Center Gallery. New York, NY
2007
"Oktopus." Student Cultural Center. Belgrade, Serbia
"eFEMera: The Art of Feminist Activism." Binghamton University Museum. Binghamton, NY
"Welcome Back Show." Mason Gross Galleries. New Brunswick, NJ
"Refuse/Refuse." Pochron Studios. Brooklyn, NY
2006
"From the Inside Out." St. John's University. NYC
2005
"8 x 8." CULUJ Gallery. Belgrade, Serbia
"The True Mirror: Contemporary Identity in Art." City Without Walls. Newark, NJ
2004
"The Wedding Project." 65 Hope Street Gallery. Williamsburg, Brooklyn
“Eat Me." 65 Hope Street Gallery. Williamsburg, Brooklyn
2002
“Regarding Gloria." White Columns. NYC
2001
“Feminism and Pop Culture." SUNY New Paltz. New Paltz, NY
2000
“Paper Trail." Rutgers University. New Brunswick, NJ
“Good Business is the Best Art." Bronx Museum of the Arts. Bronx, NY
"Whodunnit?" performance and poster project on the streets of Belgrade, Serbia
“Whodunnit?”, a video aired on Studio B Television. Belgrade, Serbia
1998
“Artists in the Marketplace 18th Annual Exhibition." Bronx Museum. Bronx, NY
1997
“Fun Feminists." Solo Exhibition. Rutgers University
Rutgers M.F.A. Group Exhibition. West Beth Gallery. NYC
Gala. 1708 Gallery. Richmond, VA
“What the Flux?” Performance. Rutgers University
College Art Association M.F.A. Exhibition. Hunter College Gallery. NYC
1996
“Myopia." Solo Exhibition. 1708 Gallery. Richmond, VA
1995
Al Henson Memorial Performance. Judson Church. NYC
The Arboretum Gallery. Solo Exhibition. Richmond, VA
1994
“Fifteen." Ackme Gallery. Richmond, VA
“Women at Work." Rear Window Gallery. Winchester, VA
1993
Group Exhibition. Anderson Gallery. Richmond, VA
“Eight Centuries of Progress." C&P Telephone Gallery. Richmond, VA
“Continuum." James Center Gallery. Richmond, VA
1992
Group Exhibition. Anderson Gallery
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Bradford, Victoria, “10 Questions for Mel Potter.” Columbia College Chicago CAA Blog,
Heap, Emily, A Student’s Perspective on Views of Feminism’s Future, WomanMade Gallery website,
Milica Lapcevic, "Ako vam dosadi sadrzaj vaseg ormara, pretvorite ga u - hartiju" (interview), Studio B, February 29, 2008.
Jelena Stevanovic, "Life in Belgrade and New York," (interview), Politika, August 7, 2007.
"Deadlines and Headlines (featured artist)," NYFA Current, February 28, 2007,
Benjamin Genocchio, "Searching for an Identity in Newark," The New York Times, Sunday, March 20, 2005.
Bethany Clark, "The Wedding Project" (review), Sugarzine,
Shane McAdams, "The Wedding Project," (review), The Brooklyn Rail, October 2004.
Karen Rosenberg, ed., "The Wedding Project" (editor's recommendation), New York Magazine, September 20, 2004.
Radio interview with Prairie Miller, "Art Magazine," WBAI, April 16, 2004.
“Letter to the Editor," Art in America, July, 2003, p. 11.
Carey Lovelace, “Feminism at 40," Art in America, May, 2003, pp. 67-71.
Joanna Burton, “Calling Gloria," X-Tra, Volume 5, Issue 3, 2003 .
Barbara Pollack, “Gloria” and “Regarding Gloria," ArtNews, February, 2003, p. 127.
Merrily Kerr, “Regarding Gloria at White Columns,” Flash Art, January/February 2003, p. 51.
Tamsen Green, “Gloria’s Offspring: The Feminist Legacy in Art," Columbia Daily Spectator, October 10, 2002.
Television Interview, “Svetionik," Studio B Television, Belgrade, Serbia, March 2000.
Television Interview, “Urbazam," Studio B Television, Belgrade, Serbia, March 2000.
Radio Interview with Sasha Rakesic. “Kultura," Radio Pancevo, Pancevo, Serbia, March 2000.
Radio Interview with Sasha Markovic. Radio B292, Belgrade, Serbia, March 2000.
Olivera Vukotic, “Marionete od papira," nedeljni Dnevnik, April 7, 2000, p. 21.
M. Marjanovic, “Intervju," Blic, March 27, 2000, p. 11.
Holland Cotter, “One Museum, Five Shows, and a Million Lives and Passions," New York Times, August 14, 1998.
Sharon Seitz, “Image Conscious," Home News and Tribune, New Brunswick, NJ, March 28, 1997, p. 8.
Television Interview, TKR Channel 6 Evening News, New Brunswick, NJ, March 29, 1997.
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2010
Ministry of Culture. Belgrade, Serbia : Grant to support film, Ammunition for the virgin
2009
Faculty Development Grant. Columbia College, Chicago.
2008
Fulbright Senior Specialist Program. Belgrade, Serbia.
2006
Fulbright Traditional Scholars Program. Belgrade, Serbia: Fellowship to teach and research papermaking and the Faculty of Fine Art, Belgrade, Spring 2006.
2004
International Fine Arts Assembly Artists' Residency. Visegrad City Gallery. Visegrad, Bosnia
2003
Trust for Mutual Understanding: Grant to teach papermaking program in tandem with environmentally-friendly printmaking at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Belgrade, Serbia.
2000
ArtsLink Collaborative Projects: Grant to teach and collaborate with artists in Serbia.
1998
Artists in the Marketplace Program. Bronx Museum of the Arts. Bronx, NY
1997
Watts Scholarship. Rutgers University
1994
Penland School of Crafts Work Study. Bookmaking and Lithography. Penland, NC
1992
Reynolds Gallery Award. Richmond, VA
World Study Scholarship. Virginia Commonwealth University: Grant to study women artists in Russia.
Painting and Printmaking Award of Merit. Virginia Commonwealth University
Women's Studies Research Grant. Guilford College. Greensboro, NC: Grant to develop a lecture on Minoan art.
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CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2003
“Renewal: Eastern European Women Artists." CASE Museum. Jersey City, NJ
“The Wedding Project.” 65 Hope Street Gallery
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“The Necessity of Hand Printing: Pear of the Snowlands, Buddhist Printing at the Derge Parkang,” AfterImage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism, Volume 3, No. 5, pp. 31-32.
“Jelena Juresa, Belgrade, Serbia,” ArtPapers, March/April 2010, p.46.
Editor’s Choice, “Zoran Todorovic: Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade,” BOMB, Number 111/Spring 2010, pp. 12-13.
“Interview: Christina McPhee,” BOMBlog,
“Version Fest, Chicago: Editor’s Choice,” BOMB Magazine, Issue no. 108, Summer 2009, p. 13.
“Belgrade,” Proximity Magazine, Issue no. 4, 2009, p. 134 – 138.
"Flash Reviews" (Oliver Musovik exhibition review, MoCA, Skopje), Flash Art, March/April 2008, p. 149.
"Fulbright Scholar Stories," Council for International Exchange of Scholars website,
"Serbian Papermaking: Crop Evolution and Microindustries," Hand Papermaking, Volume 21, number 2, Winter 2006. "Conversations with Don Carroll and Christian Haye," NYFA Current Special Edition, October 5, 2005
"Where's the Dough?" NYFA Current, June 29, 2005
"Ask Artemisia on Street Vending for Artists in New York City," NYFA Quarterly, Winter 2005. "Ask Artemisia on Unemployment Benefits," NYFA Quarterly, Fall 2004.
"Ask Artemisia on Venture Philanthropy and Funding Credits," NYFA Quarterly, Summer 2004.
"Ask Artemisia on the Florence Biennial," NYFA Quarterly, Spring 2004.
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