Melissa Vogley Woods was born in Columbus, Ohio, and received her Bachelors of Fine Arts from the Kansas City Art Institute. Recently, she has been a recipient of the Greater Columbus Arts Council International Artist Residency and has received an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award and several Franklin County Neighborhood Arts Grants for her community based work projects.
Recent International Exhibitions include: openhouse Mastul eV Kunstverein Berlin, Germany; Nachbarschaft Verlassen - Neighborhood Gone Gallery Raskolnikow Dresden, Germany; and upcoming Unter Oberflächen Delikatessenhaus Leipzig, Germany. Recent national exhibitions include: Craftism University of Wisconsin;Devotion to Thread Woodland Pattern, Milwaukee; Fiberarts International Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, and National small art quilt exhibition New York. Locally, recent exhibitions include, Here and Beyond the Riffe Center Gallery, Needle and Paint Ohio Dominican University, Sunbonnet Sue in trouble Ohio Art League and Massillon Museum, Studio M. Vogley Woods has been reviewed by such publications as Columbus Dispatch, The Columbus Alive, Vital Source Magazine, and Dialogue Magazine.
Melissa Vogley Woods has recently co-directed the Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, co-founded C.A.M.P. Community Arts and Mural Project. Upcoming curatorial exhibitions include houseWARNING Hopkins Hall Gallery; Paper moon II Ohio Dominican University Whehrle Gallery; and the upcoming Object/Imprint at the Urban Art Space Feb 2012.
Website: melissa vogley woods
Blog:studio snapshot
organization: rooms to let temporary art space