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Name: Carlos Melian
Born: Havana, Cuba Live & Work: Chicago, IL Education: Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Florida, 1979 Master of Fine Arts, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1982 Master of Science, Library and Information Science, University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, 1998 My work since 2007 demonstrates a continued path from the previous twenty years with decidedly different materials and methods. A return to painting was my primary concern in 2002 but I could not adopt a formalist approach to picture making. I continued to be involved with “object” making, and hanging (as opposed to standing), even with all the painterly elements and processes that I adopted. My interest is how one object (painting, drawing, panel) relates or compares to another and how simple actions (squaring, halving, hanging, leaning, etc.) generate object(s). The descriptions attached to the titles (all UNTITLED) are mainly verbs to describe how an object or groups of objects are related or created. Exhibitions: 2020 Matter of Fact. Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 2019 UNTITLED (Simple Acts). One person show. Jack Olson Gallery, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 2000 Out of Line. Group show. Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL 1998 Sculpture in Chicago. Group show. Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 1997 One person show. Gus Lucky's Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 1993 If A then A. One person show. Foster Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire. Eau Claire, WI 1993 Chicago Curators Choose Chicago Artists. Group show. Zolla-Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL 1992 Multiples '92. Group show. Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL 1991 Group Show. Abel Joseph Gallery, Chicago, IL 1991 Randolph Street Gallery Benefit Exhibition. Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago IL 1991 Profiles 1. Group show. Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL 1990 New Generations: Chicago. Group show. Carnegie Mellon Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 1981 Constructions, Situations. Group show. Center Gallery, Madison, WI 1980 Hispanic Artists in Wisconsin. Group show. Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI |