About Jo-Anna Melrose, Artist

J.A. Melrose, Artist in her Rhode Island Studio

Jo-Anna Melrose was born in 1957 and raised on the estate in Lloyd Harbor, New York where her father was head horticulturist. Working on this evocative property on Long Island’s North Shore provided a rich environment for the observation of nature, and inspired Melrose to begin painting at a very young age. The interplay of formal gardens, old growth forests, and shoreline established the basis for the keen sense of balance and color which characterize her representational figure studies and luminous landscapes.

Her formal education includes fine art classes at SUNY College at Buffalo, New York; Stony Brook University, New York; and the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, as well as studio work with master printmakers Nicolette Jelen, and Dan Welden.

Melrose’s meticulous sense of craftsmanship is evident in the wide range of media she has mastered – from commissioned calligraphy and illumination to the illustrations and packaging concepts she has created for clients including Mattel Toys and Ted Bates Advertising Agency. I n addition she has employed her unique vision in the design of stage sets for the Bay Street Theatre, Sag Harbor, New York and Stages Children’s Theatre Workshop, East Hampton, New York.

Melrose continues to draw inspiration from the natural world creating visual meditations of great beauty.

Read the Artist’s Statement.

Gallery inquiries are welcome. Please contact the artist.

J A Melrose – Exhibitions and Awards

2015
Shady Lea Mill “18th Annual Open Studios” North Kingstown, RI
DuBlois Gallery“June Show – Three Women” Middletown, RI
Coleman Center for Creative Studies “Figure Drawings” Newport, RI

2014
Shady Lea Mill “17th Annual Open Studios” North Kingstown, RI
Coleman Center for Creative Studies “Figure Drawings” Newport, RI
Spring Bull Studio & Gallery “Artists Choice” Newport, RI
Spring Bull Studio & Gallery “Petit Oeuvres en Été” Newport, RI
Coleman Center for Creative Studies “Figure Drawings” Newport, RI
Spring Bull Studio & Gallery “Islands” Newport, RI

2013
Spring Bull Studio & Gallery “Les Petit Oeuvres” Newport, RI
Shady Lea Mill “16th Annual Open Studios” North Kingstown, RI
Highline Loft ASCA “Diverse Impressions” NY, NY
Award: Honorable Mention for works on Paper “Repose”
Berkeley College Gallery ASCA “Metaphors” Brooklyn, NY
Coleman Center for Creative Studies“Figure Drawings” Newport, RI
Highline Loft ASCA “Alternative Avenues” NY, NY
Award: Roy Moyer ASCA Memorial Award “Dream”

2012
John Jermain Memorial Library “Solo Show” Sag Harbor, NY

2011
Islip Arts Council “IAC Holiday Show” East Islip, NY
Atlantic Gallery “Away” NY, NY
Guild Hall “Annual Members Show” East Hampton, NY
Atlantic Gallery “Figures to Fig Trees” NY, NY
Atlantic Gallery “Responsive Reading” NY, NY

2010
Atlantic Gallery “Eat Art” NY, NY
Guild Hall “Clothesline Show” East Hampton, NY
Atlantic Gallery “H2O Show” NY, NY

2009
Atlantic Gallery “Ornament Show” NY, NY
Guild Hall “Annual Members Show” East Hampton, NY

2008
John Jermain Memorial Library “Solo Show” Sag Harbor, NY

1999
Gallery North “Group Show” East Setauket, NY
Danette Koke Ramscale Art Associates NY, NY

1998
Gallery North “Group Show” East Setauket, NY

1995
Elaine Benson Gallery “New Generation” Bridgehampton, NY
Goat Alley Gallery “725 Show” Sag Harbor, NY
Gallery East “Small Collectibles” East Hampton, NY
Gallery East “Long Island Landscape” East Hampton, NY

1994
Gallery North “Holiday Show” East Setauket, NY
Gallery East “Our Towns” Amagansett, NY
National Arts Club Gramercy Park South NY, NY
Juried   “Catherine Lorrillard Wolfe Art Club” “98th Annual Open Exhibition”
Juried   Heckshire Museum of Art “98th. Annual Open Show” Huntington, NY
Juried   Vincent Louis Galleries “juried show” NY NY
West Harbor Gallery “Two Women Show” Oyster Bay, NY
Goat Alley Gallery “725 Show” Sag Harbor, NY
Southampton Town Hall “Solo Show” Southampton, NY

1993
Goat Alley Gallery “725 Show” Sag Harbor, NY
Southampton Cultural Center “Group Show” Southampton, NY
Guild Hall “55th. Annual Member’s Show” East Hampton, NY
Goodman Gallery “Group Show” Southampton, NY

1992
Apple Bank “Solo Show” Sag Harbor, NY
Hampton Square Gallery “juried show” Westhampton Beach, NY
Goat Alley Gallery “725 Show” Sag Harbor, NY
Goat Alley Gallery “Points of View” Sag Harbor, NY
Goat Alley Gallery “Group Show” Sag Harbor, NY
Southampton Cultural Center “Group Show” Southampton, NY
Guild Hall “54th Annual Member’s Show” East Hampton, NY
Goodman Gallery “Group Show” Southampton, NY

1977
Nassau Community College
Fire House Gallery “9th Open Print, Drawing, Watercolor”
Award: “Purchase Award” “Self Portrait” Intaglio