Melissa May Metzler contemporary art
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ceramic sculpture ​ All images and content ©2025 Melissa May Metzler

​Selected Exhibitions:

2025
John Michael Kohler Arts Center And I Will Tell You Mine June-Nov 2025 Sheboygan WI
Leland Gallery Desert Mirage exhibition March La Quinta, CA
West Loop Contemporary Art Expo  Feb 2025 Chicago IL

2024
Neville Museum 79th Annual Juried Art Show  Oct 2024 - Jan 2025 Green Bay, WI
Bradley Gallery Lakeland University Sept - Oct  Plymouth, WI
Artists Center  Nov - Dec Palm Desert, CA
Miller Art Museum, Small Works Show May-July Sturgeon Bay WI

Hardy Gallery, 62nd Annual Juried Show May-July  Ephraim WI
Art Garage Art of the Automobile July Green Bay WI
Art4Shelter for Simpson Housing Services April Minneapolis MN
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2023
LHUCA, National Contemporary Portraiture Show Dec-Jan 2024 Lubbock TX 
Neville Museum 78th Annual Juried Exhibition Oct-Jan 2024, Green Bay WI
Art Garage juried show Nov-Dec Green Bay WI
Nicolet Art Gallery juried show Dec-Jan 2024, Rhinelander WI 
311 Gallery national juried show Dec  Raleigh, NC 
St. Paul Art Crawl October St Paul, MN
Rahr-West Museum Being: A Recognition of Self and Other, Aug-Sept Manitowoc, WI
Solidarity Gallery: Faces of Our Communities September St Paul, MN
Art Garage Inspired By, Aug-Sept Green Bay, WI
​Two Bridges Gallery August Sturgeon Bay, WI
Hardy Gallery 61st Annual Juried Show June-July, Ephraim, WI
Leland Gallery 
Group ceramic exhibition March, La Quinta, CA

2019
Clio Art Fair  New York, NY

Landmark Center, New Realities (Chaos) solo show  St Paul, MN

2018 

Flow Art Space Capabilities and Depths of the Human Mind solo show Salt Lake City, UT

2016  

AZ Gallery Sixth Annual Lowertown Art Show (Invited), St Paul, MN
Anderson Center Art Gallery Summer Invitational group exhibition Red Wing, MN 

2015

AZ Gallery Annual Lowertown Art Show (Invited)  St Paul, MN
The Art House Art by America: National Review of 2-D Contemporary Art (Jurors James Yood, Ginny Voedisch The Art Institute of Chicago)  Chicago, IL
University of Minnesota Boynton Health Service Gallery Multiple Layers  Minneapolis, MN
Guenzel Gallery Salon show, Fish Creek, WI

2014 

First Street Gallery National Juried Exhibition (Jed Perl, art critic and author) New York, NY 
Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition Wide Open 5 National Juried Exhibition (Paulina Pobocha, MoMA) New York, NY 

2013  

AZ Gallery Third Annual Lowertown Art Show St Paul, MN

2012  

Bloomington Art Center Member Exhibition (Juror Yesomi Umolu Curatorial Fellow Walker Art Center) Bloomington, MN
Burnet Gallery Art4Shelter  Minneapolis, MN

2011  

Pen & Brush Gallery Invitational Group Exhibition New York, NY

2010  

Viridian Artists Curator’s Slideshow 21st International Juried Show (Elisabeth Sussman, Whitney Museum of American Art) New York, NY

2010  

Minneapolis Institute of Arts Foot in the Door  Minneapolis, MN

2009  

Pen & Brush Gallery International Juried Group Exhibition (Curator Edward J. Sullivan, NYU) New York, NY

2009  

Minneapolis Foundation Group Exhibition Minneapolis, MN

2008  
Fine Arts Exhibition MN State Fair (Juror Wendell Arneson, Prof. St. Olaf College), St Paul, MN

2007  

Gallery at Christ the King exhibition Minneapolis, MN

2005  

 Institute for Health and Healing solo exhibition Minneapolis, MN 
Gallery Ten Two-person exhibition Gills Rock, WI 
Lillian Hogan Davis Gallery, Saint Mary's University group exhibition, Winona, MN

2004  
Anderson Center Art Gallery group exhibition, Red Wing, MN
Phipps Center for the Arts group exhibition, Hudson, WI
 

Awards and Residency:
2016  Judge's Award Lowertown Art Show AZ Gallery St. Paul, MN 
2014  Curator’s Choice Award Wide Open 5 at BWAC (Therese Urban, artist;  Award of Recognition (Curator Paulina Pobocha, MoMA) Brooklyn, NY
2012  Excellence Award 2-D Bloomington Art Center Juror Yesomi Umolu Curatorial Fellow Walker Art Center Minneapolis, MN
2009  First Place Award International Exhibition Pen and Brush Gallery Curator Edward J. Sullivan NYU New York, NY
2009  Publication Studio Visit Magazine, The Open Studios Press
2008  Honorable Mention Fine Arts Exhibition MN State Fair Juror Wendell Arneson St. Olaf College St Paul, MN
2008  Juried Media Winner St Paul Art Crawl
2003  Jerome Foundation Emerging Artist Award for Residency Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies Red Wing, MN


Member:
+Wisconsin Visual Artists NE WI
https://www.wisconsinvisualartists.org/

+Saint Paul Artists Collective St Paul MN
https://www.stpaulartcollective.org/

+Artists Council Palm Desert CA
https://acstore.artistscouncil.com/collections/member-gallery