Jim Melchert (American, born )

Timeline

1930
Born in Ohio
Resides in Oakland, CA
Education:
1952 Princeton University A.B.
1957 University of Chicago M.F.A.
1961 University of California, Berkeley M.A.
Academic Appointments:
1961-65 San Francisco Art Institute
1965-92 University of California, Berkeley
Non-Academic Appointments:
1977-81 National Endowment for the Arts Director, Visual Arts Program
1984-88 American Academy in Rome, Director
Awards
1964 Louis Comfort Tiffany Fellowship
1970 Adeline Kent Award, San Francisco Art Institute
1978 Honorary Fellow, NCECA
1984 Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts Degree, San Francisco Art Institute
1988 Honorary Fellow of the American Craft Council
1993 Citation for Distinguished Service in the Visual Arts, National Association of Schools of Art and Design;Honorary Doctor of Fine Art Degree, Maryland Institute, College of Art
1998 Visiting Artist, European Ceramics Work Centre, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands; Regis Master Series, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2000 Keynote Speaker, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

Exhibitions

2011
Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2010
Local Treasures: Six Extraordinary Artists, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2008
Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA (Solo Exhibition)
2007
Eye Sites: Jim Melchert, paul kotula projects, Ferndale, MI (Solo Exhibition)
2005
Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA (Solo Exhibition)
2004
Tate Modern, Liverpoole, ENGLAND
2003
Columbus College of Art & Design, OH
2003
Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA; Revolution, Ferndale, MI (Solo Exhibition)
2002
Bay Area Center for the Consolidated Arts, Berkeley, CA (Solo Exhibition)
2002
Kansas City Art Institute, H & R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO; The Work Space, New York, NY; Yerba Buena Center, San Francisco; The Drawing Center, New York, NY
2001
National Museum of American Art, Washington DC;Kemper Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO; World Ceramic Biennale, Ichon, Korea; Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona
2001
Revolution, Detroit; Franklin Parrish Gallery, New York (Solo Exhibition)
2000
Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2000
Howard Yezerski, Boston (Solo Exhibition)
1999
Revolution, Detroit; Robert Mondavi Winery, Oakville, CA (Solo Exhibition)
1999
Revolution/NY, New York; Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI; Haas Fine Art Center, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
1998
Center Gallery, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit
1998
Revolution, Detroit (Solo Exhibition)
1997
Garth Clark Gallery, New YorK; paul kotula projects, Detroit; California College of Art and Crafts, Oliver Art Center; Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis; Las Vegas Art Museum
1996
Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco; Nancy Margolis, New York; Tullie House Museum, touring throughout the UK through 1998
1996
Jernigan Wicker Fine Arts, San Francisco (Solo Exhibition)
1995
Revolution, Detroit; Jernigan Wicker Fine Arts, San Francisco (Solo Exhibition)
1995
Chicago Art Institute, Betty Rymer Gallery
1994
California Crafts Museum, San Francisco; Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock
1994
Revolution, Detroit (Solo Exhibition)
1993
Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
1992
Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia (Solo Exhibition)
1991
Holly Solomon Gallery, New York (Solo Exhibition)
1991
The Drawing Center, New York; Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
1989
College of Notre Dame, Belmont (Solo Exhibition)
1984
Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco (Solo Exhibition)
1981
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco (Solo Exhibition)
1978
Gallerie Fignal, Amsterdam (Solo Exhibition)
1977
National Museum of American Art, Washington,D.C.; Museum of Contemporary Arts, Chicago
1975
Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco. Daniel Weinberg Gallery, San Francisco (Solo Exhibition)
1974
The Biennial, Sidney
1972
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; Documenta 5, Kassel
1972
Gallery Reese Galley, San Francisco (Solo Exhibition)
1970
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco; Obelisk Gallery, Boston (Solo Exhibition)
1970
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1969
Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; American Museum of American Art, Washington D.C.
1968
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
1968
Gallery 669, Los Angeles (Solo Exhibition)
1966
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1963
Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris
English (US)

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