Solo Exhibitions
2024 Accordion Fils: Daydreams, Flyweight Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2024 The Earthworm and The Hawk, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
2019 Near Earth Object, LRoss Gallery, Memphis, TN
2017 Love Song, LRoss Gallery, Memphis, TN
2014 You, Me, and Us, LRoss Gallery, Memphis, TN
2013 Old Bridge, New Bridge, Delta Arts Gallery, West Memphis, AR
2011 Looking for One thing, Finding Another, The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN
2007 Foster Ave Paintings, Material Gallery, Memphis, TN
2005 38 N. McLean Paintings, Material Gallery, Memphis, TN
2000 To Bavaria, Swampland, Regensburg, Germany
1998 Recent Work, Otherlands, Memphis, TN
1996 New Paintings and Prints, Otherlands, Memphis, TN
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Welcome In, Sheet Cake Gallery, Memphis, TN
2021 Shim, 2021 Projects, Memphis, TN (with Joel Parsons)
2019 Homeward Bound, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
2018 Studio Exchange: Memphis, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville
2016 Assembled, ArtsMemphis, Memphis, TN
2016 Coat Check, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis TN
2015 Terrain Biennial, Memphis, Kyle Stratham’s Front Yard, Memphis, TN
2014 Pandora’s Child, Clough Hanson Gallery, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
2014 Inspired Resistance, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
2013 Material Anthology, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
2013 Pyramid Scheme, Leadership Memphis, Memphis, TN
2013 Present Tense, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN
2012 I Can See Your House From the Highway with Carl Moore, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN
2011 The Art of Science, with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis,TN
2011 Permission To Roam, Levy Gallery, Buckman Performing Arts Center, Memphis, TN
2010 We Like Each Other, Marxhausen Gallery of Art, Concordia University, Seward, NE
2010 52nd Annual Delta Exhibit, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
2009 Contemporary Abstraction, Amanda Schedler Fine Art, Birmingham, AL
2009 Fourth Annual U8l, Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna BC, Canada
2009 Tennessee Abstract Painting, Cheekwood Museum, Nashville, TN
2008 Price Is Right, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
2007 Class of 2007, Lantana Projects, Memphis, TN
2005 Annual Winter Group Exhibition, Second Floor Contemporary, Memphis, TN
2001 Art Farm Group Exhibition, Art Farm Gallery, Memphis, TN
2000 New Artists 2, Delta Axis @ Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN
1999 SOMA Group Show, Troy Glasgow Images, Memphis, TN
1996 White Trash/Black Velvet, Tobey Gallery, Memphis, TN
1994 New Absurdist, Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN
1992 Windows and Walls, Rainbo Club, Chicago, IL
Publications
Walls Divide Press, artist zine ‘Puppies, Puppies, Puppies’, December 2016
Pinch Literary Journal, Spring 2016
Press
Commerical AppealMemphis, Fredric Koeppel, “Melissa Dunn paints ‘Love Song’ to artistry at LRoss Gallery”, March 2017
Commercial Appeal Memphis, Fredric Koeppel, “Domestic Focus for Carl Moore and Melissa Dunn at LRoss Gallery”, May 2012
Commercial Appeal Memphis, Fredric Koeppel, “Artist Does Much With Color”, 2007
Memphis Flyer, “Material Man – A New Art Space Showcases the works of Melissa Dunn”, Chris Davis, December 10, 2005
Bluff: Memphis Arts Papers, Fall 2000 (cover illustration)
Collections
Women’s Foundation of Greater Memphis – Commission in honor of Dr. Rosie P. Bingham
Iberia Bank, Memphis, TN
Artist in Residence
Crosstown Arts Artist Residency Program - September - December, 2021
Calumet Artist Residency, Gary, IN – August, 2014
Professional Experience
Flicker Street Studio, Art Instructor, 2010 – present, Memphis, TN
Carpenter Art Garden, Art Instructor, 2013- present, Memphis, TN
Wayne County Ramblin’ (Feature Film), Production Designer, 2000, Memphis, TN
17” Cobras (Short Film), 2003, Production Designer, Memphis, TN
Forty Shades of Blue (Feature Film), Art Department Assistant, 2004, Memphis, TN
Walk the Line (Feature Film), Art Department Assistant 2004, Memphis, TN
Sam Rosby Ceramic Studio, Studio Assistant, 1987-1990, Chicago, IL
Carol DeForest Ceramics, Studio Assistant, 1996-1997, Memphis, TN
Arts Advocacy
Artsist Advisory Council, ArtsMemphis, 2014 - 2017
Education
BA, University of Memphis, 1994