Melissa Oresky
Professor, Painting and Drawing
Wonsook Kim School of Art
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CVA Center For The Visual Arts 212d
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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 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
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.