Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae
Melissa Carmon
education
Colorado State University, Philosophy, honors, Phi Beta Kappa, 2008
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD): Foundation Studies, Illustration, Printmaking 2005-2006
SOLO SHOWS
Solo show, Bolt Gallery, 144. S. Mason, Fort Collins, CO Feb 1- March 31, 2019
Solo show, Otterbox featured artist, Otter Shop 151 Mountain Ave, Fort Collins, CO April 6, 2018
Solo show, Everyday Joe’s, 144 S. Mason, Fort Collins, CO June 1-July 3 2016
Solo Show, Look, Living Fire Arts Gallery, Fort Collins, CO, March 7- April 5, 2015
Solo Live Drawing Performance and Group Show, for The Unbroken Thread, Loveland, CO, November 2014
Solo Show, Bath Gardens and Nursery, Fort Collins, CO, Nov 1-3, 2013
Solo show, Colorado State University Drawing Wing, Fort Collins, CO, Fall 2001
Group Shows
Duo Show, 200th Anniversary of Botanist Edwin James ascent of Pike’s Peak and the Discovery of Colorado Native Plants New to Science, Show with Photographer Mark James, Mantiou Springs Heritage Museum, July 2020 — Postponed due to Pandemic
Group Show, Reclaim, Bridge Gallery at Denver Seminary, Aug 24- Dec 8, 2015
Group Show, Presence, CORE Gallery Annex, Denver, CO May 28- June 14, 2015
Duo show with printmaker Susan Clark-Ort, Gallery Bleu, Fort Collins, CO, January 11- March 9, 2014
Group Show, Art in Bloom, with floral designer, Dr. Marcella Wells, Fort Collins, CO February 2013
Group Show, Novella performance reading, Clifton Fowler Library Art Show, Lakewood, CO, 2005
Group Show, Jon’s Blue Note, Fort Collins, CO, Collective Art Exhibition Fall 2001
Group Show, 1st Place Award in Congressional District, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., 2000-2001
Corporate collections
Art and Technology
9-Painting Commission for HID Global; currently part of their corporate collection at their headquarters in Austin, TX, 2015
Awards & Honors
Otterbox Featured Artist, Show to benefit Habitat for Humanity, Fort Collins, CO, April 2018
Guest lecturer for Creative Connect, Loveland, CO, Spring 2015
Live drawing performance and group show for The Unbroken Thread, Loveland, CO, Nov 2014
Guest Juror for Wilderness Art Show, Celebrating 50 Years of the Wilderness Act, with Dr. Marcella Wells, Sept 2014
Featured Designer for Pax Modern luxury design interiors launch, 2011
Quid Novi Festival Commemorative Poster design with Jonathan Myers, 2010
1st Place Congressional District, for portrait “Liberty Belle,” 2001
Other Honors:
Literary Club President, 2004-2005; 1st Place Essay on Ethics for Dean’s Scholarship, 2005;
2020- BP Portrait Show, painting selected for final round of consideration (top 10% worldwide), by the National Portrait Gallery in London
Guest Speaker, Bolt Gallery, March 2019
Collaborative Presentation with Inspire Duo, Bolt Gallery, Feb 2019
Guest Speaker, Everyday Joe’s, June 2016
Guest lecturer for Creative Connect, Spring 2015
Color Theory lecture, Living Fire Arts Spring 2015
Artists and Writers Workshop, Leader and Course designer, 8 Week Workshop, Summer 2014
Academic Teaching Experience:
TA for English Literature, CCU 2004
TA for English Literature, Advanced Creative Writing, CCU 2005
German Tutor, 2004-2005
teaching & Speaking
Voyage Denver, June 2019
“Meet Melissa Carmon of Fort Collins.”