melanie bilenker

jewelry

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BIOGRAPHY

 

Education

1996-2000

The University of the Arts
Philadelphia College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
BFA Crafts, concentration in Jewelry and Metalsmithing
 

Experience

2002-present

Studio Assistant for Gabriella Kiss, Bangall, NY

2007

Visiting Artist, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Juror, SIE 61, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH

2006

Visiting Artist, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA

2005

Lecturer, Emerging Talent 2005, SOFA , Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Research Assistant, to Bruce Metcalf, Philadelphia, PA

2004

Adjunct Professor, Introduction to Jewelry, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2000-2002

Metalsmithing Shop Technician, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2000

Instructor, Jewelry & Metalsmithing, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA
Visiting Artist, Millersville University, Millersville, PA

1999

Internship with Bruce Metcalf, Philadelphia, PA
Metalsmithing Shop Technician, Peters Valley Crafts Center, Layton, NJ
 

Exhibitions

2006-2008

Challenging the Chatelaine
Designmuseo, Helsinki, Finland
Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn, Estonia
Museum Jewel Elias Lalaouni, Athens, Greece
Design Museum, Belgium, Gent
Stedelijk Museum, Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

2008

Framing: the Art of Jewelry
Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, Oregon

2007

WOMANGIRL, Solo Exhibition
Sienna Gallery, Lennox, MA

2006

Hair
Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

2006

Life Insight: The Human Experience
Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY

2006

Metalisms: Signature Works in Jewelry & Metalsmithing
Center for Visual Art, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, CO

2005-2006

100 Brooches
Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA
East Carolina University School of Art and Design, Greenville, NC
Bellagio Gallery, Ashville, NC

2004-2005

200 Rings
Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA
Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Gallery M, Cleveland, OH
Sam Shaw Gallery, Northeast Harbor, ME

2004

Minutes, Emerging Artist Exhibition
Sienna Gallery, Lennox, MA

2003

Evocative Objects
Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

2002

Loot
American Craft Museum, New York, NY

2002

Metals Invitational
Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN

2002

Featured Emerging Artist
Asher Gallery, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX

2000

Attitude and Action: North American Figurative Jewelry
The Atrium Gallery, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, Birmingham, England, The Jewellery Gallery at DESIGNyard, Dublin, Ireland
 

Collections

2007

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

2005

Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC