Biography
MELISSA ANN WOOD (www.MelissaWoodArt.com) received her BFA from Washington University in St. Louis. Her exhibition venues include the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, The Collectors Gallery at the Oakland Museum of California, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery and the Crocker Art Museum.
She was awarded a 2003 residency at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco including exhibitions and demonstrations of her work at the de Young Art Center and the Legion of Honor and was awarded a 2000 ArtReach grant by the Richard L. Nelson Gallery, UC Davis, NELSON ARTfriends.
Wood’s work was chosen in 2005 by the Bolinas Art Museum for a survey of modern abstract art and for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery 2005 Photography survey. Her work was also chosen for "The Crocker-Kingsley Biennial" Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento. Her solo "hive" work has been installed at the Davis Art Center, Davis, CA (2006) and Rogue River Community College, OR (2008).
click here for info on Wood's Selected Teaching, Community Projects.
Click on links below to learn more about:
Legion of Honor - Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco & de Young - Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery
http://www.sfmoma.org/pages/artists_gallery
Crocker Art Museumhttp://www.crockerartmuseum.org
Washington University in St. Louis