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Bonnie Meltzer
Exhibitions

2007 EXHIBITIONS

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Corporate Waste into Art

2006 EXHIBITIONS

Susttaining Change on the American Farm
A farmer-artist exchange

Maryhill Museum
Goldendale, Washington

March 18 - July 30, 2006

Twelve artists, paired with twelve farmers, constructed artworks about sustainability.

Bonnie Meltzer has been visiting Country Heritage Farm in Yamhill County, Oregon observing, taking pictues and talking to farmer Sam Sweeney and his family. From this experience she has made the large tyiptych pictued above about land use, the next generation of farmers, bioswales, and too much rain--or not enough.

Read the Artisan Northwest article, in pdf format

See the announcement postcard
with artist and farmer names as well as a closeup of Bequest, a portrait of the Sweeney family.

Bequest is abailable for exhibit and sale.

Halle Ford Museum of Art
700 State St, Salem, Oregon

August 26- November 4, 2006
Reception September 15

A group exhibition of artists from the Northwest who use recycled materials to create their work.

2005 EXHIBITIONS

	Contemporary Crafts Gallery Window Project March- April
Transformed Chairs organized by Bonnie Meltzer as part or the St Johns Window Project August 2005 Also exhibited at Portland City Hall 2006 See the Transformed Chairs	Bonnie's chair made from computer parts

2004 EXHIBITIONS

Living Routes & Roots A group exhibition about living in North Portland by Peninsula artists Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center Portland Oregon Opening Reception April 1 5:00-7:30 Gallery Talk Last Thursday April 29 at 6:00
RHYTHM OF CROCHET July 2003-July 2004	Traveling exhibition in conjuction with the Crochet Guild of America. Invited artist Mc Henry College, Crystal Lake IL September 2003 Gallery 510, Decatur IL November 2003 NW Cultural Council Gallery. Rolling Meadows IL January & February 2004 Moonstone Gallery, Lake Geneva WI April & May 2004 Fiber Art Center, Amherst MA June 26 - August 14 Bonnie will be in Amherst to give a Gallery Talk on Thursday, July 8
At Mark Woolley Gallery ONE FOOT AFTER ANOTHER December 4, 2003- January 31, 2004 an ever changing group exhibition of 170 artists who have all made artworks that are one foot square.

2003 EXHIBITIONS

Memory Totems
Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center

Portland Oregon

June 2003

constructions inspired by totem poles

Fascinated by the underlying aspect of NW Totem Poles- ancestry, hierarchy and connections, Meltzer uses digital photography, crocheted wire, computer parts, hardware and other found objects to build bas-relief wall works and sculpture. A Venus balancing on a beach ball globe; three generations of women nested inside each other; a cat and a mouse all use the disparate materials and techniques to tie the image and the idea together. The juxtaposition of the layers of each work reflect questions about who we are and our relationships to each other, place, objects, memory and history.
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pictures of Memory Totem Series

2002 EXHIBITIONS

	Drowning In Paper an installation at METRO Regional Government Offices See Drowning In Paper
100 Universes Contemporary Crafts Gallery Portland,Oregon 100 Universes is an exhibition of over 100 prints by over 100 international artists brought together into one accordion book. The book, first exhibited at Contemporary Crafts Gallery in Portland, Oregon USA, coincided with Crossing Boundaries:East-West Symposium in Print Art and was assembled by internationally acclaimed printmaker/book artist Barbara Tetenbaum. Prints have come from around the globe; from such diverse countries as Thailand, Australia, Turkey, and Iceland.	Reused A group exhibition of artists using recycled materials Brian Marki Gallery Portland, Oregon
See Alliegance	Bonnie Meltzer Alllusions: Then and Now Contemporary Crafts Gallery Portland Oregon "Bonnie Meltzer first exhibited at Contemporary Crafts thirty years ago. Her work is still infused with the iconoclastic spirit and exuberance of the sixties. In Allusions, Meltzer's installation provides acerbic commentary on contemporary politics. Her live sized figures and constructions are collaged from computer parts, crocheted wire and digital photos".

2001 EXHIBITIONS

See Trojan Horse

Crochet: Ancient Craft, Contemporary Art
The Fine Line Creative Arts Center
St Charles, Illinois

invitational group exhibition

1999EXHIBITIONS

See Why Wait To Wear Purple	Purple Onda Gallery Portland Oregon invitational group exhibition
See Homeowner Lekythos	Vessels: Real and Imagined an exhibition inspired by Greek vases Bonnie Meltzer and Sumi Wu Guardino Gallery Portland Oregon Real Audio Interview about this exhibition with Bonnie Meltzer on Portland Radio Station KBOO

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