Christina Melchiorre                                                                                                                                      portfolio   about   cv


Education


2022

-Master of Fine Arts | Interdisciplinary Studio

  Winthrop University

  Rock Hill, SC


2019

-Bachelor of Arts | Studio Art

  Coastal Carolina University

  Conway, SC




Exhibitions


2022

-Sprengeri Studio Gallery

  MFA Thesis Exhibition: Amaranthine

  Rock Hill, SC


2021

-Online Performance Art Festival

  Attempting Insanity

  https://www.facebook.com/groups/312737635724995/permali  nk/1531791537152926/

  https://youtu.be/GAre5FSRsQ4

Online


2019

-Florence County Museum: Pee Dee Regional Art Competition

  Hobson’s Choice

  Florence, SC


-Portfolios: Senior

  Hobson’s Choice

  Conway, SC


2015

-16th Annual Horry-Georgetown High Schools Juried Art Exhibition

  Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night

  Myrtle Beach, SC

  *Awarded Best in Show


-15th Annual Horry-Georgetown High Schools Juried Art Exhibition

Self Portrait

Myrtle Beach, SC




Speaking Engagements


2022

-Artist Talk

  Winthrop University

  Rock Hill, SC

  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1eEGj4Qg77MfDQEEPeEtw5vXfRpGxs-Zy?usp=sharing


-MFA Graduate Open Studios

  Winthrop University

  Rock Hill, SC


-3MGS

  Winthrop University

  Rock Hill, SC

  https://www.winthrop.edu/graduateschool/3-minute-graduate-showcase.aspx

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a2kKuYbepIyPaoi15vJYfWZNPFEFWcRZ/view?usp=drivesdk

  *Awarded 1st Place


2021

-Artist Talk

 Winthrop University

 Rock Hill, SC
 
 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MixJWlfUIHWAPTwxHBO8f9B52XXqrABK/view?usp=sharing


-Virtual Workshop

  Winthrop University

  Rock Hill, SC

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DkgrAEWNOXtTGIeQPuIYcoHHLfP5uW67/view?usp=sharing


-3MGS

  Winthrop University

  Rock Hill, SC

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gyc-SBGp4OASLsJfYKM0LvxBFoNKj1fa/view?usp=sharing


-Guest Lecturer

 Winthrop University

 Rock Hill, SC


2020

-Artist Talk

  Winthrop University

  Rock Hill, SC


-MFA Graduate Open Studios

  Winthrop University

  Rock Hill, SC


2019

-Artist Talk

  Coastal Carolina University

  Conway, SC




Publications


2019

-Archarios, 28th Edition

  Jermaine


-Archarios, 28th Edition

  Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night


2018

-Archarios, 27th Edition

  Fathers Are Dads Too




Related Experience


2019 – 2022

-Graduate/Teaching Assistant

  Department of Fine Arts

  Winthrop University

  Rock Hill, SC


-Manages and creates content, programming, and promotional materials for department social media accounts and department events including recruitment and visiting artists (image and writing).

-Manages, assists, and participates in special projects that highlight the Department and Fine Arts students on campus and in the community (i.e. Murals, university/college/community events, homecoming, and recruitment events) as well as other duties required by the department.

-Manages the student gallery spaces, which are available for students to use for exhibitions and exhibition testing, and aids them in their installations by teaching them how to install artwork by gallery standards using traditional and/or unorthodox methods, proper tool usage and room restoration if necessary.

-Manages the “Creator Space”, a technology library that is available for students to check out various pieces of equipment (cameras, speakers, microphones, etc.) as well as to use the stationary equipment in the room (large format printers, 3D printers, VR headset, etc.



2018 – 2019

-Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery

 Student Assistant/Work Study

Manages the gallery space, (helps keeps it in a constant state of cleanliness and organization), meets exhibiting artists and assists in setting up their pieces throughout the gallery. Completes various tasks including, but are not limited to, cutting different materials (wood, glass, metal, etc.), constructing apertures that will be placed in the gallery, altering the gallery space to accommodate the artist’s needs, adjusting necessary lighting, creating special arrangements within the space, and contributing to an overall pleasing appearance.



-Office of New Student and Family Programs

 Orientation Leader

Engages with students to be a resource, as well as to lead them, throughout their transition into Coastal Carolina University, present to various groups of people by using public speaking/ communication skills, received vigorous training in team building exercises to provide a comfortable, but growth-inducing, environment among co-workers, obtained the necessary knowledge for any conflict resolution situation, learned information the students and/or family members may need to know when consulted, and how to be an efficient, present, encouraging, adapting, observant, understanding, and humble leader.




Awards, Grants, Scholarships


2022

-3MGS 1st Place Award

  Winthrop University

  Amaranthine

  Rock Hill, SC

  300

  https://www.winthrop.edu/graduateschool/3-minute-graduate-showcase.aspx

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a2kKuYbepIyPaoi15vJYfWZNPFEFWcRZ/view?usp=drivesdk


2015 – 2019

-Coastal Carolina University

  Horry County Higher Education Commission Visual and Performing Arts Award

  2,500


-Coastal Carolina University

  Visual Arts Performance Award

  2,100


-Coastal Carolina University

  Visual and Performing Arts Scholarship

  2,000


-Myrtle Beach Art Museum

  Best in Show

  Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night

  200



© 2023 by Christina Melchiorre