About me
Image credit: Amy Alonso
Melissa Gonzalez Lopez
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Melissa Gonzalez-Lopez (b.1999) is an interdisciplinary Cuban artist living and working in Tallahassee, Florida. On April 2021 she completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Florida State University. During her undergraduate experience she studied abroad at the Universitat Politècnica de València, in Spain. In her senior year and post-graduation she has worked alongside Professor of Art Holly Hanessian in the creation of a Hurricane Emergency Art Kit.
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Her art practice spins around the overall themes of time, memory, and sense of place. She employs a variety of mediums, such as, painting, printmaking, photography, ceramics and video installation, to realize her ideas into the world. Besides making art, Melissa enjoys reading about neuroscience, astrophysics and mathematics.
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Contact: meligonzalez0999@gmail.com
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Education
2017 - 2021 Florida State University
Double major: BFA in Studio Art, Psychology
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January - March 2020 Universitat Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Student Exchange Program
Exhibitions
2021 - Naturaleza Grabada, Iberflora, Feria Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
2021 - Que Comience La Impresión, Phyllis Straus Gallery, Tallahassee FL.
2021 - Ad Interim (Duo Exhibition), FSU College of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL.
2021 - Naturaleza Grabada A Presión, Comboni College of Science and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan.
2021 - Sticky, Art Obscura, Las Cruces, NM.
2021 - gARTen 2021, Plac Zawiszy Czarnego, Gdynia, Poland.
2021 - De mí te cuento (Solo), Quart Jove, Quart de Poblet, Valencia, Spain.
2021 - Unprecedented Times: A Socially Distanced Art Project, Esther Klein Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
2021 - Call and Response: Collaboration at a Distance Round 11, Online Exhibition at Shoeboxarts.
2020 - Naturaleza Entintada, Naturaleza Estampada, Quart Jove, Valencia, Spain.
2019 - Displacement and Diffusion, Phyllis Straus Gallery, Tallahassee FL.
2019 - Remote Dialogue, Atrium Gallery, Carrollton, GA.
2019 - Nature as Muse, Florida State University, Tallahassee FL.
2019 - BFA Babes, Carnaghi Arts Building, Tallahassee FL.
2018 - Global Warning, FSU Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
2018 - Obscura, Phyllis Straus Gallery, Tallahassee FL.
News/Publications
2021 - Art BFA Melissa Gonzalez-Lopez has Solo Show and Global Exchange Program Experience in Spain.
2021 - CGE Student Spotlight: Melissa Gonzalez-Lopez.
2020 - The Phonebook Collective Vol. 1 (Book)
2020 - Melissa Gonzalez-Lopez and Professor Holly Hanessian Collaborate on Hurricane Emergency Art Kits.
2019 - Murals brighten lab where students learn wonders of anatomy.