Melody Cleary - Oregon Artist - Resume

          Galleries
          
          The Geezer Gallery, Portland OR  (503) 244-0441

         Public Collections          

          2008 City of Beaverton, City Hall - 2 works
          2015 The Barcelona at Beaverton - 3 works
          2016 Hawthorne East Portland - NW Housing Alternatives - 4 works
​          2016 Isabella Court, Vancouver - REACH Community  Development 

        Corporate Collections & Purchases
  • Samaritan Health Services-Albany OR, Heartspring Wellness Center - 4 works
  • ABC/Disney "Desperate Housewives" season 7 - 4 reproductions

    Private Collections
  • Arizona
  • Oregon:  Beaverton, Portland, Salem, Tualatin, Lafayette, McMinnville, Newberg, Lake Oswego
  • California:  Carlsbad, Fontana, Santa Barbara, Ladera Ranch, San Rafael
  • Florida:  Palm Beach Gardens, Atlanta
  • Georgia:  Atlanta
  • Maryland:   Mechanicsville, Rock Hall
  • Pennsylvania:  Lancaster
  • New York:  Victor                                           
  • Texas:  Round Rock
  • Australia:  Tarragindi Queensland & Brighton Victoria 
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  • Publications my art appears in:
                "Nature in the Abstract" by Lynne Cunningham, Aug 2014.
                "Painting in Acrylics:  The Indispensable Guide" by Lorena                                   Kloosterboer, Oct 2014, Firefly Books.
Solo Shows
2013 Dec-Feb 2014 St. Vincent Hospital, West Wing, Portland OR
2012 New Seasons Progress Ridge
2012 Beaverton Arts Comm, Cedar Hills Rec Center
2011 Beard’s Framing, Streets of Tanasbourne, Hillsboro OR
2010 Dec-Feb 2011 – St. Vincent Hospital, West Wing, Portland OR
2010 June - Elsinore Framing & Fine Art Gallery, Salem OR
2008 Mar-May – American Red Cross Life’s Crossing Gallery, Portland OR

Juried Shows / Invitationals / Awards
2016 Beaverton Arts Mix! - President's Award
2016 Int'l Soc of Acrylic Painters Int'l open juried show - Stephen Quiller, juror.
2015 Sherwood Center for the Arts "Pacific NW Artists" show
2015 Int'l Soc of Acrylic Painters juried open online exhibition - Linda Kemp, juror
2014 Int'l Soc of Acrylic Painters - Ampersand Art Supply award - Caroline Jasper, juror
2014 Beaverton Arts Mix juried show
2014 Lake Oswego Festival "Fire and Water" & "Tiny Vision" exhibits
2014 Art on Broadway - March, April guest shows
2013 Int'l Society of Acrylic Painters - Juror, Robert Burridge - Cheap Joe's merchandise award.
2011 Contemporary Fine Art Int’l Fall Miniature Juried Show
2012 & 2011 Beaverton Visual Arts Showcase
2011 Lake Oswego Visual Chronicle Invitational Exhibit
2010 WSO Spring Exhibition, Brookings OR (Award of Distinction) 
2010 April - City of Lake Oswego “Enduring Forests” Show
2010 Beaverton Visual Arts Showcase
2009 Oswego Heritage House annual holiday art sale
2009 WSO Spring Exhibition, Astoria OR
2009, 2008 Kingstad Gallery group exhibitions, Beaverton OR
2009, 2008 Int’l Society of Acrylic Painters Online Exhibition (attained Signature status) - jurors John Cogan, Maxine Masterfield.
2008, 2007, 2006 Waterlily Festival, Hughes Water Gardens, Tualatin OR
2008 WSO Spring Exhibition, Hood River OR
2007 Beaverton Visual Arts Showcase
2007 WSO Fall Exhibition, Prineville OR
2007 Sequim Arts Juried Exhibition, Sequim WA
2006 Beaverton Visual Arts Showcase - People's Choice Award
2006 Westmoreland Art Nationals Juried Exhibition, Latrobe PA – “Wet Deck 2”