Visual Artist
Curriculum Vitae
Melissa Patel
Born 1996, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Education:
2019
BFA, Drawing and Painting, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Group Exhibitions:
2022
Why Do You Create?, Visual Arts Mississauga at Riverwood, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
2022
Splash, Drip, Throw, Visionary Art Collective, Online Gallery
2020
"Re-Imagined" 4th Overzealous Juried Exhibition, Art Space Connect Gallery (Neilson Park Creative Center), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2020
You Are Here, The John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2019
Daegu Art Fair (with Partial Gallery), EXCO (Deagu Exhibition & Convention Center), Buk-gu, Daegu, South Korea
2019
Summer Emerging Artist Exhibition, Gallery1313, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2019
Open Exhibition (Finalist), Art Room Gallery, Online Gallery
2019
Winter Showcase Artist Exhibition, Gallery1313, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2019
Upstart Exhibition, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2018
— 19
10th Annual Experiencing Perspectives Exhibition, Mercedes Benz Financial Services, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
2018
Look Inside Exhibition, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2018
Toronto Upstart Exhibition, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2018
103rd Annual Graduate Exhibition, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Publications:
2020
Overzealous Fine Art Catalogue, page 29.
2020
The 9th Annual Concordia University Undergraduate Art History Conference Catalogue, page 18 –19.
2019
Daegu Art Fair Catalogue, page 236.
2019
Murze: Arts Magazine Issue Eight, page 30, 61.
2019
Into The Void Magazine Issue 13, page 45 – 46.
https://intothevoidmagazine.com/article/interwoven-histories/
2018
10th Annual Experiencing Perspectives Exhibition Catalogue, page 214 – 215.
https://art.mbfs.com/exhibitions/mississauga/2018-19-mississauga/
2018
103rd Annual Gradate Exhibition Drawing & Painting Catalogue, 2018, page 136 – 137.
Collections:
Private Collections held in Canada and the United States
Commissions:
2021
Private Commission, coloured pencil and ink drawing, Gulf Coast, Alabama, United States
2021
Private Commission, oil painting, St. Catherines's Ontario, Canada
2021
Public Commission, oil painting, Coliseum Auto Sales on Weston, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2020
Public Commission, digital composition, Coliseum Auto Sales on Weston, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2020
Private Commission, oil painting, St. Catherines's Ontario, Canada
2020
Private Commission, ink drawing, St. Catherine’s, Ontario, Canada
2019
Private Commission, oil painting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2019
Private Commission, oil painting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2019
Private Commission, ink drawing, St. Catherine’s, Ontario, Canada
2019
Private Commission, 4-panel acrylic painting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2018
Private Commission, ink drawing, St. Catherine's, Ontario, Canada
2016
Private Commission, ink drawing, Gulf Coast, Queensland, Australia
2011
Private Commission, oil painting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Presentations:
“Memories of Migration,” Place Listening: Exploring Material Narratives, featured artist and panellist, Concordia Undergraduate Journal of Art History (CUJAH) 9th annual art history conference,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, March 4, 2020.
Media & Bibliography:
Interview with Partial Gallery, “Meet the Artist: Melissa Patel”, November 28, 2019.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-m6NkCgdlU
Kim Chang, “This Year’s Last International Art Market in Daegu, Daegu Art Fair 2019”, Asia Arts, November 12, 2019. http://m.asiaarts.net/view.php?ud=DK122232183362f6c6bd0e60_38
“The six notable artworks that will be at Daegu Art Fair 2019,” Partial Gallery, November 7, 2019. https://blog.partial.gallery/the-six-notable-artworks-that-will-be-at-daegu-art-fair-2019/
Affiliations & Memberships:
Partial Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Propeller Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
