Melissa McGill

Education

1991 Rhode Island School of Design, B.F.A. with Honors

Solo Exhibitions

2024 Melissa McGill. Eridanus: The River Constellation. Mazzoleni, Turin, Italy

2022 Canaletto and Melissa McGill: Performance and Panorama, The Lightbox, Woking, United Kingdom

Melissa McGill: Currents, TOTAH, New York, NY

2021 In the Waves: Art & Newport, Rhode Island

Melissa McGill: In Venice, Mazzoleni, London

2020 Here and Now (Lenapehoking), Garrison Institute, Garrison, New York. A one night event in collaboration with Decora.

Red Regatta: Riflessi, TOTAH, New York, NY

2019 Red Regatta, Venice, Italy

Red Regatta Preview, Permanent Mission of Italy at the United Nations, New York, NY

Campo Box (Santa Maria Nova), TOTAH, New York, NY

Melissa McGill: Red Regatta, Magazzino Italian Art, Cold Spring, NY (ongoing)

2018 Reverse Punctuation Constellations: A collaboration between by artist Melissa McGill and writer Sam Anderson, No. 3 Reading Room, Beacon, NY

Light & Space, David Weeks Studio, New York, NY

2017 Breathing Spaces, Francesco Panteleone Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
The Campi, Studio Scatturin (designed by Carlo Scarpa), Venice, Italy
The Campi, Ca’ Tron- Università Iuav di Venezia, Venice, Italy
The Campi, Giorgio Mastinu Fine Art, Venice Italy
2016 Reverse Constellation Punctuation, Princeton Architectural Press’ Paper + Goods Gallery, Hudson, New York
2015 Constellation, Bannerman Island, Hudson Highlands State Park, NY
2014 Palmas, Manitoga, Russel Wright Center, Garrison, NY
2012 Recent Projects, Mad Dooley Gallery, Beacon, NY
2006 Slip Side, Skestos Gabriele Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004 Melissa McGill: Otherside, Power House, Memphis, TN
The Othersiders, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH
Shadows and Othersiders, Galleria Marabini, Bologna, Italy
2003 Melissa McGill: Antipodes, White Cube, London, UK (publication)
Melissa McGill, CRG Gallery, New York, NY (booklet)
2000 Melissa McGill, Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
1999 Melissa McGill, CRG Gallery, New York, NY
Melissa McGill, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
Melissa McGill Sculpture, Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
1997 Myths, Inflections and Innuendoes, CRG Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Melissa McGill, Boesky & Callery Fine Art, New York, NY
1995 Melissa McGill, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
1993 Melissa McGill, Palazzo Capello, Venice, Italy

Group Exhibitions

2024 Clockwise, TOTAH, New York, NY

2020 The Shadow, TOTAH, New York, NY

2019 “I Shall Tell Only What I Want to Tell”, a two-person exhibition with Jo Nigoghossian curated by Ysabel Pinyol, Mana Contemporary, NJ

2017 Athens Laundry curated by Sarah Butler, Athens Library, Athens, NY
Salotto Angela Missoni, presented by Missoni and Kreemart, Missoni, NY
2015 Partial Presence, Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK
2012 Permanent Collection, Nancy Margolis Gallery, NY
Some Girls of Beacon, Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, NY
2011 Summer Sculpture Show, CRG Gallery, NY
2010 The Ins and the Outs, Catherine Konner Sculpture Park at ROCA, Nyack, NY
The Library of Babel, In and Out of Place at 176, Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK
2005 Only Make-Believe: Ways of Playing, Compton Verney, Warwickshire, UK
Fabulous, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH
2004 Parakeet Salon, Brooklyn, NY
2003 Breathless, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
2002 Re-Cast: Postmodern Classical, The Olympic Tower, CUNY, New York, NY
Group Show, CRG Gallery, New York, NY
Parakeet Salon, Brooklyn, NY
2001 Material Whirled, Art In General, curated by Laura Lobdell, New York, NY
Reflection, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH
2000 Se Stacera Sono Qui…, Norrtalje Konsthall, Norrtalje, Sweden
1999 The Sea / The Sea, Murray Guy, New York, NY
1998 Rubber, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Invited, Helman Gallery, New York, NY
Summer Group Show, CRG Gallery, New York, NY
Laying Low, Kunstnernes Hus, Olso, Norway
1996 Adicere Animos, Cesena-Cesenatico, Bologna, Italy
La Toilette de Venus: Women and Mirrors, CRG, New York, NY
1995 Delving and Tinkering, E. F. Vandam, New York, NY
1993 Rendez(-)Vous, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium

Publications

2021 McGill, Melissa “Red Regatta” published by Marsilio

2020 McGill, Melissa and McCoy, Ann. “Red Regatta: Riflessi”, published by Totah, New York

2015 McGill, Melissa, with Sam Anderson, Tracy K. Smith, Richard Blanco, Hadrien Coumans, Joe Baker, Edwin Torres, and Jeffrey Yang (Contributors). Constellation, Princeton: Princeton Architectural Press.

2003 McGill, Melissa. Melissa McGill, New York: CRG Gallery

Teaching Experience/Artist Lectures/Talks

2022-23 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, MFA Art Practice Program, Mentor

2020 Melissa McGill : Red Regatta, Magazzino da Casa, conversation with Julia Felsenthal

Melissa McGill in conversation with Brain Langloss of Oceana, TOTAH, New York

2020 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, MFA Art Practice Program, Mentor

2019 Melissa McGill presents Red Regatta, Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo at New York University, New York

Red Regatta Open House and Artist Talk, Ocean Space, Venice, Italy

Red Regatta Preview, Permanent Mission of Italy at the United Nations, New York, NY

School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, MFA Art Practice Program, Mentor

2017  Visiting Artist at School of Visual Arts Curatorial Practice Department, New York, NY, MFA Art Practice Program

School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, MFA Art Practice Program, Mentor

University of Technology and Design School of Art, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia, Visiting Artist Lecture
2016 Women in Public Art Symposium, OMI International Arts Center, Ghent, NY, Featured Speaker
Lulu and Leo Fund, New York, NY, Artist Workshop
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, MFA Art Practice Program, Visiting Artist Lecture
Development and presentation of public programming for Constellation public art project
The Sloop Clearwater, Hudson River, Artist Lecture
2015 Storm King Art Center, Visiting Artist Workshop
State University of New York Orange, Newburgh, NY, Visiting Artist Master Class
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, MFA Art Practice Program, Visiting Artist Lecture
University of Technology and Design School of Art, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia, Visiting Artist Lecture
Development of public programming for Constellation public art project
2014 Manitoga: The Russel Wright Design Center, Visiting Artist Workshop
2013 DIA: Beacon, Mark Making with Sound, Visiting Artist Workshop
2011 DIA: Beacon, Mark Making with Sound, Visiting Artist Workshop
2003 Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, Adjunct Faculty
2002 New York University, New York, Department of Art and Art Professions, Adjunct Faculty

 

Artist Grants, Awards, and Residencies

2022 Helena Adelia Rowe Metcalf Visionary Award awarded by the Rhode Island School of Design Alumni Association

2020 Gold Level Certification for Red Regatta awarded by Sailors for the Sea/Oceana

2019 Magazzino Italian Art Foundation for Red Regatta

2016 The Easter Foundation
Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation
Lulu and Leo Fund, Programming Grant
2015 Art Works Grant, National Endowment for the Arts
Lulu and Leo Fund, Artist Grant
Freedman Family Fund
The Easter Foundation
Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation
The O’Grady Foundation
2014 Ralph E. Ogden Foundation Grant, Ralph E. Ogden Foundation
The Easter Foundation
Educational Foundation of America Grant, Educational Foundation of America
The O’Grady Foundation

2014 Artist Residency Program, Manitoga, Russel Wright Center, Garrison, NY
2013 Boomerang Fund for Artists, Rockville, MD
2004 Arts/Industry Residency, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Kohler, WI
Wheaton Studio Residency, Wheaton Village, New Jersey
2003 Residency, Fundacion Valparaiso, Almeria, Spain
2002 Arts/Industry Residency, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Kohler, WI
1999 The CAC/Guggenheim Artist Residency Grant
1996 Art Matters
1990 Ox-Bow Fellowship, The Art Institute of Chicago, Saugatuck, Michigan
Sylvie Leslie Young Herman Scholarship

Bibliography/Press

2022

William Van Meter. “Artist Melissa McGill, Who Once Brought a Regatta to Venice, Makes Waves with a New Show at Vacheron Constantin”, artnet, April 27, 2022.

2021

Marius, Marley. “In Newport, an Entrancing Performance Piece Responds to Rising Seas,” Vogue, August 24, 2021.

Guadagnino, Kate. “A Performance Piece That Pairs Painted Waves Alongside Real Ones,” New York Times, August 23, 2021.

Logan, Wendy. “There’s Art in the Wind”, Newport This Week, August 19, 2021.

2020

Dykstra, Jean. “Melissa McGill, Red Regatta,” Photograph, March/April 2020.

Da, Mengna. “Melissa McGill Red Regatta: riflessi,” The Brooklyn Rail, 26 February 2020.

Cascone, Sarah. “Editor’s Picks: 21 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week,” artnet, 24 February 2020.

2019

Rockefeller, Susan. “Melissa McGill addresses climate change and mass tourism in Venice with Red Regatta.” Musings, 3 October 2019.

“Cinquantadue barche con le vele rosse, l’opera d’arte naviga a Venezia.” Corriere Tv, 1 July 2019.

“La Storia Delle 50 Barche Rosse Che Navigano Davanti A Venezia (Per Un Ottimo Motivo).” Elle Décor Italia, 14 June 2019.

Angelopoulou, Sofia Lekka. “Melissa McGill Choreographs 50 Traditional Sailboats with Red Sails in the Venetian Lagoon.” Designboom, 12 June 2019.

Felsenthal, Julia. “Red Alert,” Vogue, May 2019, p. 74

Ramani, Sandra. “From the Biennale to the Boat Show: The Ultimate Venice Summer Guide,” Robb Report, May 14, 2019.

Cutillo, Roberta. “Venetian Tradition and Sustainability: The Laguna Goes Red,” iItaly, May 13, 2019.

Hawlin, Thea. “The Best Things to See at the 2019 Venice Biennale,” AnOther Magazine, May 13, 2019.

Bozzato, Fabio. “La regata delle vele d’arte di Melissa Rosse come un «sos» per la città,” Corriere Del Veneto, May 12, 2019, p. 7.

Cardona, Tullio. “Uno spettacolo di 52 velerosse per la salvaguardia della laguna,” Il Gazzettino, May 12, 2019, p. 34.

Mantengoli, Vera. ”Cinquantadue tonalità di rosso La regata si tinge di passione,” La Nuova Di Venezia e Mestre, May 12, 2019, p. 37.

“Arte: Red Regatta, a Venezia 52 vele rosse per città e ambiente,” Ansa.it Lifestyle, May 12, 2019.

“La Red Regatta come opera per la Biennale di Venezia,” Vela Veneta, May 12, 2019.

“Red Regatta, a Venezia vele rosse per citta’ e ambiente,” Ansa.it Video, May 12, 2019.

“Red Regatta Venezia Cinquantadue vele rosse a tagliare l’orizzonte della laguna,” Il Gazzettino, May 12, 2019, p. 55.

“Arte: Melissa McGill, i miei rossi per la vita di Venezia,” Ansa.it Lifestyle, May 11, 2019.

“La Red Regatta di Melissa McGill,” La Nuova Di Venezia e Mestre, May 11, 2019.

“Red Regatta, a Venezia 52 vele rosse,” Il Giornale di Vicenza, May 11, 2019.

“Red Regatta, a Venezia 52 vele rosse,” Ansa.it Cultura, May 11, 2019.
“Spettacolare Regata a Venezia. 52 barche dalle vele rosse tingono la Laguna,” ArtsLife, May 11, 2019.

Campbell-Johnston, Rachel. “Is the Venice Biennale sinking like La Serenissima?,” The Sunday Times, May 10, 2019.

Cascone, Sarah. “This Artist Has Tapped Into Venice’s Rich Maritime History With 100 Hand-Painted Sails That Will Float Through Venice During the Biennale,” ArtNet, May 10, 2019.

Levitt, Ella. “Science and Magic: Environmental Impact at the Biennale,” Cultured Magazine, May 10, 2019.

Gasparon, Marta. “Cinquantadue vele al terzo tinte di rosso Omaggio alla laguna,” Il Gazzettino, May 9, 2019, p. 53.

Lowry, Vicky. “Galerie’s Guide to the 2019 Venice Biennale,” Galerie Magazine, May 8, 2019.

“FIFTY-EIGHTH VENICE BIENNALE TO OPEN SATURDAY,” Artforum, May 8, 2019.

“Whitewaller Venice 2019: What to See,” Whitewall, May 8, 2019.
Ronchi, Giulia. “50 imbarcazioni rosse a Venezia: Red Regatta è la performance collettiva di Melissa McGill,” Artribune, May 7, 2019.

“Melissa McGill, Red Regatta making of – Biennale di Venezia 2019,” Artribune TV, May 7, 2019.

Lipton, Gabrielle and Tang, Ming Chung. “CULTURE: Not your normal fleet week,” Global Landscape News, May 6, 2019.

“Arte a Venezia: iniziano i ‘tempi interessanti’,” Metropolitano, May 6, 2019.

D’Antonio, Cristina. “Biennale di Venezia 2019: cosa vedere,” GQ Italia, April 30, 2019.

Bozzato, Fabio. “La mia regatta veneziana con 52 sfumature de rosso,” La Lettura, Corriere Della Sera, April 21, 2019, p. 37

Meier, Allison C. “Everything You Need to Know About the 2019 Venice Biennale,” Afar, April 8, 2019.

Baldini, Alessandra. “Italy and Magazzino for Italian Art present Melissa McGill’s Red Regatta ahead of Venice Biennale,” Onuitalia, March 24, 2019.

“At the Venice Biennale, a Fleet of 50 Red Sailboats Will Take Aim at Climate Change,” Frieze, January 28, 2019.

Armstrong, Annie. “At This Year’s Venice Biennale, Blood-Red Regattas Aim to Remind Attendees of Environmental Threats to the City,” ArtNews, January 25, 2019.

2017
MacSweeney, Eve. “Taking in the Scene at the 2017 Venice Bienniale,” Vogue, May 16, 2017

Corbetta, Adelaide. “Bienniale: Viva Arte Viva, Diario di Viaggio Tra Cose da Vedere e Altre da Sentire,” Marie Claire, May 15, 2017.

Farago, Jason. “Venice Notebook: Samplers from a Bienniale Banquet,” New York Times, May 14, 2017.

2016

Evangelist, Gittel. “Beacon artist’s vision turns Bannerman Castle into light show,” Times Herald-Record, July 5, 2016.

Rubbini, Alice. “Constellation – Melissa McGill,” AARTIC, July 16, 2016.
Pechman, Alexandra. “Five Things to do in Hudson,” Visionaire, June, 2016.

“Get up close to castle ruins, see Constellation,” Poughkeepsie Journal, May 5, 2016.

Lindsey, Erin. “A Visit to Bannerman Castle on Pollepel Island,” Escape Brooklyn, May 4, 2016.

Fischer, Adelaide. “Constellation,” Regional Arts Victoria, February 15, 2016.

 

2015

Shan, Karen Maserjian. “’Constellation’ shines light on Bannerman Castle, Poughkeepsie Journal, October 10, 2015.

Morris, Susan. “On View> Glimmering Light Installation Recalls the Destroyed Baronial Towers of Bannerman’s Castle Near New York City,” Architect’s Newspaper, August 4, 2015.

Ebony, David. “Destination Art: Melissa McGill’s Hudson River Constellation,” Art in America, August 3, 2015.

Block, Annie. “At One With The Stars: Melissa McGill Installs Constellation Above New York’s Bannerman Castle,” Interior Design, July 31, 2015.

Meier, Allison. “Bringing a Constellation Down to Earth at a Ruined Castle on the Hudson,” Hyperallergic, July 28, 2015.

Indrisek, Scott. “5 Must-See Shows in New York,” ArtInfo, July 22, 2015.

Small, Rachel. “Stars Across Time,” Interview Magazine, July 21, 2015.

Cohen, Alina. “In a Ruined New York Castle, a Constellation Appears,” Travel & Leisure, July 13, 2015.

 

 

LaDuke, Sarah. “Seventeen Stars Added To The Multitudes: Melissa McGill’s ‘Constellation’,” WAMC/BBC World Service Radio, July 11, 2015.

“Starry Skies ‘Constellation,’ a sculptural installation by artist Melissa McGill, shines new light on the ruins of Bannerman Castle,” National Trust for Historic Preservation Stories, July 9, 2015.

Brooks, Katherine. “Here’s A List Of All The Unconventional Art New Yorkers Need To See This Summer,” Huffington Post, July 8, 2015.

Patterson, Elizabeth, “Melissa McGill’s Constellation,” Visionaire, July 1, 2015.
Felsenthal, Julia. “Artist Melissa McGill’s Constellation Brings the Stars Down to Earth,” Vogue, June 29, 2015.

McBride, Kelly. “Noteworthy: Constellation at Bannerman Castle,” Curator Magazine, June 29, 2015.

Kaufmann, Sebastian. “This Summer, Take a Kayak Tour to See Melissa McGill’s ‘Constellation’,” The Observer, June 28, 2015.

Braine, Bill. “Melissa McGill, ‘Constellation’,” Hudson Heartland, June 27, 2015.

Hirsch, Michele Lent. “An Abandoned Island Now Glows Star-Bright Under a New Constellation,” Smithsonian.com, June 26, 2015.

Cascone, Sarah. “Melissa McGill’s Stunning Starlight Artwork Floats Above a Castle on the Hudson,” ArtNet, June 25, 2015.

Loos, Ted. “A ‘Constellation’ of Light Above the Ruins of Bannerman Castle, New York Times, June 24, 2015.

Corbett, Rachel. “Art lights up the skies over the Hudson,” The Art Newspaper, June 2, 2015.

Sparrow. “Stars Fell on Pollepel,” Chronogram Magazine, June 1, 2015.

Mendelsohn, Meredith. “Melissa McGill’s Art Installation Traces the Outline of a Crumbling Castle,” Architectural Digest, May 31, 2015.

Chung, Becky. “A New Constellation Rises Over the Hudson River,” The Creators Project, March 30, 2015.

“Constellation by Melissa McGill,” FLOS, February 17, 2015.

2014
“New Constellation To Emerge Over The Hudson,” WIGWAM: a home economy journal, May 19, 2014.

Rooney, Alison. “Manitoga’s Creative Experimentation Legacy Inspires Artist Residencies,” Philipstown.info, May 11, 2014.

2013
Lipton, Amy. “‘Constellation’ Artwork to Illuminate Bannerman Castle,” Philipstown.info, October 30, 2013.

2011
Stark, David. “Coffee Talk: Melissa McGill,” David Stark Sketchbook,
April 25, 2011.

2006
Kovats, Tania, Editor. The Drawing Book: A Survey of Drawing: The Primary Means Of Expression, Black Dog Press, 2006.

Artner, Alan. “Melissa McGill at Skestos Gabriele Gallery,” Chicago Tribune, March 3, 2006.

2005
Schumacher, Mary Louise. “Cast in Clay,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 05, 2005.

Harris, Natalie. “Melissa McGill at The Powerhouse Otherside,” Number, December 01, 2005.

2004
Koeppel, Fredric. “Grace and Serenity, Inside-Out,” Memphis Playbook,
November 19, 2004, p. 30.

Yates, Christopher A. “Unlikely Pairing Results In Strong, Divergent Shows,” The Columbus Dispatch, June 27, 2004, p. F3.

2003
Baker, Simon. Edited by Louise Neri. “Hands Holding the Void,” Antipodes: Inside the White Cube, 2003.

Goddard, Donald. New York Art World. April 1, 2003.

Mitchell, Claire. “Inside Job”, NYLON, April 1, 2003.

2002
Lapidus, Rachel. “Concentrating on Air: Melissa McGill’s Instances (The Three Graces),” Exhibition Catalog, 2002.

2001
Starker, Melissa. “Here’s Looking at You…”, Columbus Alive, May 10, 2001.

1999
Heartney, Eleanor. Melissa McGill at CRG, Art in America, Sept. 1, 1999.

Tysh, George. “Two Cool”, MetroTimes, Aug. 4, 1999.

Cohen, Keri Guten. Melissa McGill-Review, Detroit Free Press, June 20, 1999.

Spaid, Sue. “Slugs and Fuzz,” Village Voice, March 9, 1999, p.133.

Johnson, Ken. Melissa McGill-Review, New York Times, March 5, 1999.

Bonetti, David. “Boomerang”, Gallery Watch/San Francisco Examiner,
Feb 5, 1999.

1998
Glueck, Grace. “The Antithesis of Minimalism’s Cool Geometry: Fleshy Rubber”, New York Times, Feb. 13, 1998.

Kino, Carol. “Rubber: Robert Miller Gallery”, Time Out New York, Feb 26, 1998.

Levin, Kim. “Rubber”, The Village Voice, Feb. 17, 1998.

Whitney, Scott. “Rubber”, New York Post, February 7, 1998.

Nahas, Dominique. “Rubber”, Review, February, 1998.

Thorkildsen, Asmund, Laying Low, Kunstnernes Hus Olso, Norway (catalogue).

1997
Arning, Bill. Melissa McGill at CRG Gallery, Art in America, September 1, 1997.

1996
Stevens, Mark. “Shining Stars,” New York Magazine, Sept. 23, 1996.

McClure, Lissa. “La Toilette de Venus:Women and Mirrors”, Review Art,
Sept. 15, 1996.

Rubbini, Alice. Adicere Animos, Bologna, Italy (exhibition catalogue), 1996.

1995
Rosoff, Patricia. “Take the Real Art Ways Plunge”, Hartford Advocate,
April 6, 1995.

Zoilkowski, Thad. “The Via Via,” Real Art Ways, Hartford, March 1995 (exhibition essay).