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Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts

Melissa Oresky

Professor, Painting and Drawing
Wonsook Kim School of Art
Office
CVA Center For The Visual Arts 212d
Office Phone
(309) 438-7634office
phone
Email
mdoresk@ilstu.eduemail
Website
www.melissaoresky.comwebsite
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Biography

Melissa Oresky makes work in painting and collage, with a particular interest in landscape as a space that bridges painting, lived experience, environmental consciousness, and speculation. She has been exhibiting for twenty years, in cities throughout the United States, as well as in Germany; New Zealand; and South Korea.

Current Courses

ART 496.001 Master Fine Arts Exhibition And Supportive Statement

ART 261.001 Painting Survey

ART 444.001 Studio Work: Painting

ART 314.002 Topics in Drawing

ART 414.001 Topics in Drawing

ART 261.001 Painting Survey

ART 444.001 Studio Work: Painting

ART 104.003 Visual Thinking: Drawing Fundamentals

MFA

The University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL

BFA

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL

University Creative Activity Award

Illinois State University
2020

Individual Artist Fellowship

Illinois Arts Council
2005

Performances and Exhibits

SanaS
Melissa Daliyah Oresky
The Plan. January 17 2025 - February 23 2025
Amuleto
Melissa Daliyah Oresky
Hyde Park Art Center and The Mayfield. April 22 2023 - August 13 2023
Thicket
Melissa Daliyah Oresky, Judith Mullen
Color Club Museum. November 4 2023 - December 10 2023
Art-in-Place
Melissa Daliyah Oresky
CNL Projects and Terrain exhibitions. September 1 2022 - October 15 2022
Boundary 5th Anniversary Spectacular!
Melissa Daliyah Oresky
Boundary. June 18 2022 - July 30 2022
In Living Color
Melissa Daliyah Oresky
University Galleries, Illinois State University. May 19 2022 - August 10 2022
Materiality
Melissa Daliyah Oresky
The Plan. October 1 2022 - October 30 2022
Of Leaves As Tongues
Melissa Daliyah Oresky
Boundary. April 2 2022 - May 7 2022
Zoonotic Hex
Melissa Daliyah Oresky
Field Projects. March 3 2022 - March 26 2022
Reports of a Living World
Melissa Daliyah Oresky
Illinois State Museum. September 24 2021 - March 6 2022
Pressing Plants
Keith Pluymers, Joseph Armstrong, Angela Bonnell, Melissa Daliyah Oresky, Jin S Lee
Milner Library. September 3 2019 - November 10 2019

Journal Article

“Composting in the herbarium” (co-authored with Melissa Oresky), Antennae: The Journal of Nature in Visual Culture (Autumn 2020) issue 52, pgs. 156-172.

Other

Oresky, M., Schoemer, K., & Boerger, Z. Day for Nights. no. Sparrowsnwires Records, Kayrock Screenprinting (2024): 8.