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Melisa Keyes
Born in Boston, MA circa 1987.
Raised in Westford, MA.
Left heart in Osterville, MA.
Now centered in Londonderry, NH.
Education
MFA Painting, MassArt Low-Residency MFA at the Fine Arts Work Center
BFA Painting and Sculpture, Boston University
Residency Experience
2019
DNA Summer Residency, Provincetown, MA
2018
Practicing Art/Practicing Dharma, Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Barre, MA
DNA Summer Residency, Provincetown, MA
2017
Practicing Art/Practicing Dharma, Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Barre, MA
2016
DNA Summer Residency, Provincetown, MA
Solo Shows
2012
Melisa Keyes: Paintings, UnchARTed Gallery, Lowell, MA
2010
Melisa Keyes: Paintings, The Avis Gallery, Westford, MA
Group Shows
2019
Celebration of Tibet, Yarmouth Community Center, Yarmouth, MA
2018
Big Fat Flowers, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2017
Small Works, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
Relationships Exhibition, Riley Strauss Gallery & Gardens, Wellfleet, MA
2015
Past, Present, & Future, UnchARTed Gallery, Lowell, MA
Community of Artists, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
Juried Exhibition, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
2014
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Hudson Walker Gallery, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
2011
Art All State Alumni Exhibition, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
2009
BFA Thesis Exhibition, Commonwealth Gallery, College of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Extra, extra!
2024
Mural Contest Winner, Leach Library Children’s Room Londonderry, NH
2018-2024
Dharma/Art Cohort:
Monthly meeting of the minds with fellow fine artists/yogis who are cultivating both a studio art and meditative practice. Exploring the intersection of and how these two devotional practices inform one another.