| Born in Saint Paul, MN. Lives and works in San Francisco, CA. | |
| Rhode Island School of Design, BFA, Painting, 1991. | |
| Mills College, MFA, Painting, 1999. | |
Recent Solo Exhibitions |
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| 2006 | Pacific Transmissions, Branch Gallery, Durham, NC. |
| Alignments, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA. | |
| 2004 | Chromatics,MH deYoung Museum Artist Studio, San Francisco, CA. |
| 2003 | Open Line, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA. |
| Color and Line,Eddie Rhodes Gallery, San Pablo, CA. | |
| Fresh Paint, Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA. | |
| Selected Recent Group Exhibitions | |
| 2007 | The Unknown Quantity, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA. |
| Systems & Tranmutations, Root Division, San Francisco, CA. | |
| Still, ContemporaryQuarterly.com | |
| 2006 | Suitcase: Tokyo, JP, Munich, DR, Philadelphia, PA. |
| Summertime, Judy Saslow Gallery, Chicago, IL. | |
| microcosm, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA. | |
| Sketch, University of California at Davis, Memorial Union Gallery, Davis, CA. | |
| Aqua Art Miami, Gregory Lind Gallery, The Aqua Hotel, Miami, FL. | |
| Aqua Art Miami, Branch Gallery, The Aqua Hotel, Miami, FL. | |
| AFFAIR @ The Jupiter Hotel, Gregory Lind Gallery, The Jupiter Hotel, Portland, OR. | |
| California Dreamin', fifth annual auction/exhibition at the diRosa Preserve, Napa, CA. | |
| 2005 | Contemporary Perspectives, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Rosa, CA. |
| Close Calls, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA. | |
| New Art '05, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA. | |
| AFFAIR @ The Jupiter Hotel, Gregory Lind Gallery, The Jupiter Hotel, Portland, OR. | |
| Aqua Art Miami, Gregory Lind Gallery, The Aqua Hotel, Miami, FL. | |
| 5th Annual Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA. | |
| 2004 | The Lineup, Walter & McBean Galleries, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA. |
| 2004 Northwest Annual, Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA Seattle), Seattle, WA. | |
| Pareidolia, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA. | |
| Summer Group Show, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA. | |
| New American Talent 19 (two year traveling exhibit), Arthouse, Austin, TX. | |
| One Line Collective, The Flatiron Building, Chicago, IL. | |
| Lines, Angles and Curves (three person show), Adobe Gallery, Castro Valley, CA. | |
| Close Calls, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA. | |
| 2003 | Closer Than You Think, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA. |
| Night Moves, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA. | |
| Bowerhaus (three person show), The Bower, San Antonio, TX. | |
| Dark Spring, Drive Thru Studios, Chicago, IL | |
| Recent Publications | |
| 2007 | Still, exhibition catalogue, Contemporary Quarterly, Napa, CA. |
| 2006 | California Dreamin', auction and exhibition catalogue, diRosa Preserve, Napa, CA. |
| microcosm, exhibition catalogue, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA. | |
| 2005 | Second Biennial, exhibition catalogue, World Council for the Arts, San Francisco, CA. |
| 2004 | New American Talent: 19, exhibition catalogue, Arthouse, Austin, TX. |
| The Museum of Temporary Art: exhibits 101-200, exhibition catalogue, Tubingen, DR. | |
| The Lineup, exhibition catalogue, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA. | |
| Selected Recent Bibliography | |
| Ashley, Chris. Mel Prest: Alignments . CHRISASHLEY.NET, June 28, 2006 | |
| Baker, Kenneth. More Close Calls at the Headlands . SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, January 20, 2004 | |
| Bamberger, Alan. 5 th Annual Monster Drawing Rally . ARTBUSINESS.COM, February 18, 2005 | |
| Bing, Alison. ePicks, Seth Koen /Mel Prest . SFGATE.COM, June 12, 2003 | |
| Chu, Anda. A Fresh Perspective . THE ARGUS, February 10, 2003 | |
| Clark, Emily. and now they aren't but they are . MESH MAGAZINE, issue 22, 2005 | |
| Espinoza, Estrella . Mel Prest; Color and Line . THE ADVOCATE, February 5, 2003 | |
| Goddard, Dan. Artists live and create in the Bower . SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS, August 17, 2003 | |
| Greenberg, Blue, Artists gallery show invokes Warhol, Pollock, Led Zeppelin , THE HERALD SUN, December 10, 2006 | |
| Jones, Chris. Bowerhouse; There's no place like home . DIGITALCITY.COM; August 13, 2003 | |
| Kennelly, Martha. Lines Angles Curves . CASTRO VALLEY FORUM, 2004 | |
| Lawrence, David. Monster Drawing Rally . STRETCHER.ORG, February 16, 2005 | |
| Lui, Diane Chin. Birth of Ideas . DAVIS ENTERPRISE, March 9, 2006 | |
| Nataraj, Nirmala. Closer than you think . SFSTATION.COM, 2004 | |
| Salzman, Aaron. Memorial Union Art Gallery exhibits Sketch . CALIFORNIA AGGIE, February 2, 2006 | |
| Sebastian, Nominique. Exhibit disorients the eye. THE ADVOCATE, February 12, 2003 | |
| Scardina, Dora. Mel Prest; Color and Line . THE WEST VALLEY TIMES, January 31, 2003 | |
| Slaton, Joyce & Hiya Swanhuyser. Closer than you think . SF WEEKLY, December 29, 2004 | |
| Vance, Kelly. Restless Richmond . EAST BAY EXPRESS, July 2006 | |
| Selected Recent Grants/ Awards/ Residencies/ Lectures | |
| 2006-1998 | Visiting Artist Lectures, Mills College, Oakland, CA. |
| 2006 | Visiting Artist Lecture, California College of the Arts (CCA), San Francisco, CA. |
| 2005 | Nominee, Richard C. Diebenkorn Teaching Fellowship, San Francisco Art Institute |
| Visiting Artist Lecture, University of California at Berkeley. summer and fall | |
| 2004 | Artist in Residence, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. |
| Alternate, Tournesol Artist in Residence, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA. | |
| Visiting Artist Lecture, Mills College, Oakland, CA. | |
| Award show winner, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA. | |
| Visiting Artist Lecture, University of California at Berkeley. | |
| 2003 | Visiting Artist Lecture, Mills College, Oakland, CA. |
| Visiting Artist Lecture, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA. | |
| Affiliate Artist in Residence (2002-2005), Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA. | |
| Affiliations | |
| Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA. | |
| Branch Gallery, Durham, NC. | |
| Pierogi (flat files), Brooklyn, NY. | |
| Affiliate Artist Alumni, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA. | |
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