match burn on Arches paper
22.5 X 30 inches 2018
match burn on Arches paper
22.5 X 30 inches 2018
Veneres (right)
match burn on Arches paper
22.5 X 30 inches 2018
match burn and gold leaf on Arches paper
22.5 X 30 inches 2018
Veneres
Photo Credit /// Erica Chambers Photography
Born and educated in Detroit, Melissa Vandenberg is a multidisciplinary artist, educator, and curator living in Eastern Kentucky. Her studio practice explores the political landscape using national identity, folk art, ancestry, immigration, and the perception of a homeland as points of departure. She gravitates to everyday materials like matches, fabric, stickers, wood, and commonplace objects. Her work has been exhibited in Canada, Germany, Luxembourg, Iceland, and extensively throughout the United States. Melissa received a BFA in 1999 from Center for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan and a MFA in 2005 from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She has been the recipient of numerous grants including a Kentucky Foundation for Women Artist Enrichment Grant, the Al Smith Fellowship, Great Meadows Foundation Travel Grant, and was shortlisted for the Luxembourg Art Prize in 2016. Melissa is currently an Associate Professor of Art at Eastern Kentucky University.