melanie.walker@colorado.edu
303-492-5482
office: N201
website: www.airworks-studio.com

Occupational Arenas

Artist, Sculptor, Costumer, Installation Sculpture, Interactive Environmental Installations, Photographer, Digital Imaging, Curator and Archivist

Specializations

Historic Photographic Processes, Digital Imaging, Costume Design, Puppetry, Public Art

Education

M.F.A. Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 1975
B.A. San Francisco State University, San Francisco, Calif., 1972

Selected Awards

Colorado Council for the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship, 1996
National Endowment for the Arts–Photography Fellowship, 1995
Aaron Siskind Foundation Fellowship, 1992
Al Smith Fellowship in New Genres, 1992
Southern Arts Federation Sculpture Fellowship, 1991
NEA Inter-Arts Grant, Administered by New Langton Arts, San Francisco, Calif., 1989
Polaroid Materials Grant, 1987 and 1988"Paths Home" Regis University, 1997"

Selected Permanent Collections

SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, Washington, DC
PRINCETON ART MUSEUM, Aaron Siskind Archive, Princeton, NJ
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, Los Angeles, Calif.
FRIENDS OF PHOTOGRAPHY, San Francisco, Calif.
CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY, Tucson, Arizona.
POLAROID CORPORATION, Cambridge, Massachusetts
CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART, Norfolk, Virginia
SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF ART, San Francisco, Calif.
ST. PETERSBURG MUSEUM OF ART, St. Petersburg, Florida
GRAHAM NASH COLLECTION. Los Angeles, Calif.

Selected Commissions

2003
Alaska Art in Public Places Program, Denali Elementary School, Anchorage, AK
Washington Metro Rail System, Suitland Station, Washington, DC
Family Crisis Center, Denver Department of Human Services, Denver, CO
California Teacher’s Association, Burlingame, CA
San Diego Port Authority, Chula Vista, CA
2002
University of Arizona, Special Collections Library & Communications Commons, Tucson, AZ
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Longmont Art in Public Places Program, Longmont, CO – 2 projects
North Boulder Recreation Center, Boulder, CO
Boulder Department of Transportation, Boulder, CO
Westminster Public Safety Department, Westminster, CO – 2 projects
AstraZeneca Pharmaceutical Co., Wilmington, DE
2001
Aurora Community College, Aurora, CO
University of Central Florida, Classroom Building, Orlando, FL
2000
University of Colorado Health Sciences Cancer Center, Fitzsimmons Medical Center, Denver
Arapahoe Community College, Littleton, CO
City of Grand Junction, City Hall, Grand Junction, CO
1998
Front Range Community College, Westminster, CO, Campus Center Entryway
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Columbine Hall
1996
Osha Laboratory, Portland, OR"Shadows" detail from an installation, Home On The Range, at Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art , 1996

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1998: Camerye Voyeurage, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
1997: Paths Home, O’Sullivan Art Center, Regis University, Denver, CO
1996: Home on the Range, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
Personifications, Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
1995: Myopic Mythologies, Griffin Fine Arts, Costa Mesa, Calif.
1992: Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
1991: Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, Calif.
1988: Aaron Arts Center, Mills College, Oakland, Calif.
1981: Lightsong Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
1978: Lightwork Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York