Melinda McDaniel
Artist Bio
In Melinda McDaniel's work, photography becomes part of a much more expansive process resulting in an array of objects from collage to sculpture. Photographs are deconstructed then reconstructed again, remixing their original content to produce a new, and often surprising meaning. Unexposed photographic paper is exposed to light perhaps for an hour, perhaps a day, capturing something of its time and place, only to be shredded, torn, sliced or somehow fragmented, and ultimately reconfigured into elaborate sculptural objects. The work concerns itself with the nature and implications of image making, often in relation to the Self. This highly personal exploration is then communicated using a vocabulary closely akin to minimalism. McDaniel’s work is both provocatively conceptual and powerfully aesthetic.
Education
2002-2004 Master of Fine Art, Photography, The OhioStateUniversity, Columbus, Ohio
1996-2001 Bachelor of Fine Art in Studio Art, focus in Photography, FloridaStateUniversity, Tallahassee, Florida
Professional Experience
Adjunct Professor, University at Albany, The State University of New York
Adjunct Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Adjunct Professor, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
Co-Teacher, Unseenamerica, Workforce Development Institute, Troy, NY
Graphic Designer, Jenny Holzer Studio, LLC, Hoosick Falls, NY
Adjunct Professor, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Adjunct Professor, University at Albany, The State University of New York
Adjunct Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Adjunct Professor, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
Co-Teacher, Unseenamerica, Workforce Development Institute, Troy, NY
Graphic Designer, Jenny Holzer Studio, LLC, Hoosick Falls, NY
Adjunct Professor, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Visiting Artist, Lecturer, The OhioStateUniversity, Marion, OH
Project Assistant, Ann Hamilton Studio, Columbus, OH
Group Exhibitions
POLAROIDS: William Wegman, Mark Beard, Tanya Marcuse, John Dugdale, Jeri Eisenberg & Melinda McDaniel, 2010
Carrie Haddad Photographs, Hudson, NY
Red Dot Art Fair, Carrie Haddad Photographs
New York, NY
Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region,2009
UniversityArt Museum, University at Albany, The StateUniversity of New York
PhotoDimensional
The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
31st Annual Photography Regional
Opalka Gallery, RussellSageCollege, Albany, NY
Mutatis Mutandis: Appearance and Identity
The ArtsCenter of the Capital Region, Troy, NY
New Evolutions: Ingrid Ludt and Melinda McDaniel, 2008
SaratogaCounty Arts Council, Saratoga Springs, NY
SNAP!
UnionCollege, Mandeville Gallery, Schenectady, NY
Vesturary Operatics, 2007
St. Anthony’s Church, GrandStreetCommunityArtsCenter, Albany, NY
The Faculty Show, 2006
The College of Art and Design, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
Alchemy
Burns Atrium Gallery, UnionCollege, Schenectady, NY
Lost and Found
Goggleworks, Reading, PA
Made in Ohio/ Diverse Sources, 2005
Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH
Ohio Art League Fall Juried Exhibition
Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus, OH
Transformation, 2004
ColumbusMuseum of Art, Columbus, OH
Jean Haluska, Chip Khorman, and Melinda McDaniel
Kuhn Fine Arts Gallery, Marion, OH
Carrie Dickason, Kathryn Lynch, and Melinda McDaniel
ROYGBIV Gallery, Columbus, OH
Unruled
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
Solo Exhibitions
Melinda McDaniel, 2009
Carrie Haddad Photographs, Hudson, NY (Solo exhibition)
Absence | Presence
The Clean Space, Columbus, OH (Solo exhibition)
Bibliography
“Best of 2009,” Metroland, December 31, 2009, Nadine Wasserman
“Photos reframed,” Times Union, October 1, 2009, Tim Kane
“Local Vision,” Metroland, April 2, 2009-April 8, 2009, Nadine Wasserman
“Mutatis Mutandis: Appearance and Identity” Catalogue, January 16- March 22,
2009, Rachel Seligman, Curator
“SNAP!” Catalogue, July 10- September 28, 2008, pages 2; 14-16, Rachel
Seligman, Curator
“A Grand Show”, Metroland, May 31-June 6, 2008, Shawn Stone
“Made in Ohio/ Diverse Sources” Catalogue, July 28- October 16, 2005,
Annegreth Nill, Curator
“Unruled” Catalogue, June 24- July 31, 2004, Mark Harris, Curator
Residencies & Awards
2009 Strategic Opportunities Stipend, New York Foundation for the Arts
Individual Development Awards Program, University at Albany, State University of New
York
2008 Strategic Opportunities Stipend, New York Foundation for the Arts
2007 VermontStudioCenter Residency and Fellowship, Johnson, VT
2004 Edith Fergus Gilmore Materials Grant
Edith Fergus Gilmore Scholarship Recipient
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Pools installation 2012 |
Californian 2012 |
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Celebrity 2012 |
Diamond 2012 |
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Full-L 2012 |
Grecian 2012 |
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Helina 2012 |
Kidney 2012 |
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Monaco 2012 |
Norlander 2012 |
