Education
University of Memphis, BA 1994
Solo Exhibitions
2011 Looking for One thing, Finding Another, The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, Tn
2007 Foster Ave Paintings, Material Gallery, Memphis, TN
2005 38 N. McLean Paintings, Material Gallery, Memphis, TN
2000 To Bavaria, Swampland, Regensburg, Germany
1998 Recent Work, Otherlands, Memphis, TN
1996 New Paintings and Prints, Otherlands, Memphis, TN
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 The Art of Science, with Rozelle Arts Guild and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
2011 Permission To Roam, Levy Galler, Buckman Performing Arts Center, Memphis, TN
2010 We Like Each Other, Marxhausen Gallery of Art, Concordia University, Seward, NE
2010 52nd Annual Delta Exhibit, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
2009 Contemporary Abstraction, Amanda Schedler Fine Art, Birmingham, AL
2009 U8 – Fourth Annual, Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna BC, Canada
2009 Tennessee Abstract Painting, Cheekwood Museum, Nashville, TN
2008 Price Is Right, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
2007 Class of 2007, Lantana Projects, Memphis, TN
2005 Annual Winter Group Exhibition, Second Floor Contemporary, Memphis, TN
2001 Art Farm Group Exhibition, Art Farm Gallery, Memphis, TN
2000 New Artists 2, Delta Axis @ Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN
1999 SOMA Group Show, Troy Glasgow Images, Memphis, TN
1996 White Trash/Black Velvet, Tobey Gallery, Memphis, TN
1994 New Absurdist, Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN
1992 Windows and Walls, Rainbo Club, Chicago, IL
Selected Publications
Commercial Appeal, Artist Does Much With Color, Fredric Koeppel, 2007
Memphis Flyer, Material Man – A New Art Space Showcases the works of Melissa Dunn, Chris Davis, December 10, 2005
Bluff: Memphis Arts Papers, Fall 2000 (cover illustration)
Professional Experience
Flicker Street Studio, Instructor, 2010 – present, Memphis, TN
Sam Rosby Ceramic Studio, Studio Assistant, 1987-1990, Chicago, IL
Carol DeForest Ceramics, Studio Assistant, 1996-1997, Memphis, TN
Wayne County Ramblin’ (Feature Film), Production Designer, 2000, Memphis, TN
17” Cobras (Short Film), 2003, Production Designer, Memphis, TN
Forty Shades of Blue (Feature Film), Art Department Assistant, 2004, Memphis, TN
Walk the Line (Feature Film), Art Department Assistant 2004, Memphis, TN