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Selected Exhibitions

Publications

  • 09/02/10  GQ, (feature), STyle Russia Autumn-Winter 2010/11 (more details to come)
  • 05/14/10  Ruby Magazine, (feature), Issue #43
  • 05/03/10  Juxtapoz Magazine, (feature), Katie Zuppann, "Recycling Clothes with Derick Melander"
  • 01/20/10  Trend Hunter Magazine, (feature), Megan Young, "Old Clothes as Art"
  • 09/04/09  Brooklyn Daily Eagle, (interview), Sarah Tobol, "Creating Sculpture Out of Old Clothes"
  • 08/21/09  The New York Times, Benjamin Genocchio, (review), "All Dressed Up at the Katonah Museum of Art"
  • 08/12/09  The Huffington Post, (review), Barbara Bloemink, "Dress Codes: Clothing as Metaphor"
  • 08/09/09  WNET, (review), Christina Ha, "SundayArts News for 8/9/09", "Dress Codes"
  • 08/03/09  The New York Times, (review), Maura Egan, Style, "One Size Doesn't Fit All", "Dress Codes"
  • 07/12/09  Katonah Museum of Art, (catalogue), Barbara Bloemink, "Dress Codes: Clothing as Metaphor"
  • 03/04/09  Saatchi Online, (review), Will Corwin, "Will Corwin's Top 10 Shows in NY", "Flesh of My Flesh" at QI4
  • 01/27/09  The New York Times, (review), Holland Cotter, Art in Review, "Queens International 4"
  • 01/27/09  The New Yorker, (review), Goings on about town, "Queens International 4"
  • 01/27/09  NPR/WNYC, (review), WNYC Newsroom, "Queens International", with Carolina Miranda from C-Monster.net
  • 01/23/09  New York 1, Stephanie Simon, "Queens Museum Of Art Unveils Its Fourth Biennial",
                   review and video interview for "Queens International 4"
  • 01/01/09  "Queens International 4", (catalogue), Queens Museum of Art
  • 01/20/09  Starved Magazine, (review), "Noteworthy Openings", "imMATERIAL"
  • 01/11/09  ArtSlant.com, Alison Levy, (review),"Clothes Encounter", "imMATERIAL"
  • 12/10/08  ArtCal: The Zine/Culture Pundits, (review), Brent Burket, "...on Miami 2008, Part I", Scope Miami
  • 12/04/08  Riptide2.0, The Miami New Times Blog, (review), Natalie O'Neill, "Scope International", Scope Miami
  • 01/15/08  Harriet, The Poetry Foundation, (feature), Kenneth Goldsmith, "Designer Label Poetry", "Nomad"
  • 11/07/07  Soap Factory, (interview), Bob Fagerhaugh, video created in conjunction with "Host" exhibition
  • 09/15/07  Art Review & Preview, (review), Colleen Maynard, "A Short History of Twin Cities Art", "Host"
  • 02/28/07  Artinfo.com, (review), "Fair Report: The Good, the Bad and the Armory", "Nomad" at Red Dot, NY
  • 12/13/06  Baltimore City Paper, (review), Deborah McLeod, "The Layers Club", "Laminae"
  • 01/01/06  The New York Times, (review), Benjamin Genocchio, "Exploring the Circle From Every Angle", "O"
  • 12/23/05  Two River Times, (review), Geraldine E. Vincent, "An Ode to the O", "O"
  • 12/08/05  gif.ru, (review), F. Pavlov-Andreevich, "Main new in art of New York", "(t)here New York"
  • 08/20/05  JamesWagner.com, (review), James Wagner, "Diamonds and Oranges in the East Village",
                   at "Diamonds & Oranges"
  • 08/19/05  Bloggy, (featured listing), Barry Hogard, "Diamonds & Oranges",
  • 09/01/04  NY Arts Magazine, (review of show organized for TAG Projects), Christina Vassallo, "All’s Fair in Art
                   
    and Politics", "Death to the Fascist Insect that Preys on the Life of the People"
  • 06/25/04  The New York Times, (review of show organized for TAG Projects), Holland Cotter, “Death to the Fascist
                  
    Insect that Preys on the Life of the People”
  • 08/01/02  Art Center Waco, (catalogue), “Visions International”
  • 08/04/99  The Village Voice, (feature on "Record Club"), Sarah Schmidt, "Studio Recording", Story about Record Club,
                   a listening club I have co-organized with since 03/98

Curatorial Projects

  • 01/2007  "Alter & Circulate ", (produced & curated), Mickey's Blue Room, 171 Avenue C, New York, NY,
                   with TAG Projects
                    
  • 09/2006  "Growing Up in Public", (produced with TAG Projects), Repetti, 44-02 23rd Street, 4th Floor,
                   Long island City, NY
                    
  • 06/2004  "Death to the Fascist Insect that Preys on the Life of the People", (produced & co-curated), TAG Projects,
                   70 Washington St., Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY
     
  • 12/2003  "What The Whitney Don't Know"(produced & co-curated), TAG Projects, 70 Washington St., Dumbo,
                   Brooklyn, NY
                    
  • 10/2003  "Dumbo Paper Show", (marketing & sales), Mettle, 70 Washington St., Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY

Grants/Awards/Speaking Engagements

  • 11/2008  Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Artist Residency, 801 Third Corso, Nebraska City, NE
     
  • 09/2006  "Queens Artist Collectives", (spoke on the history of TAG Projects with accompanying DVD), Hell Gate Social,                   12-21 Astoria Blvd, Queens, NY
                  
  • 08/2002   Third Place Award, Visions International, Art Center Waco, Waco TX
     
  • 11/1991   Recipient of Chairman's Grant, School of Visual Arts, N.Y., NY

Education

  • 1991-94   Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, N.Y., NY
                   Majored in sculpture. Studied Under: Roni Horn, Peter Halley, Alice Aycock,
                   Jackie Winsor, Paul Waldman, Stephen Westfall and Donald Kuspit.
       
  • 1983-85   Associate Degree in Communications, Seton College, Westchester, NY.
                   Majored in film and radio. Also: acting and music programming.

                   © Derick Melander, 2010