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Zexter began embroidering her photography following an artist's residency program in the [[Catskills]].<ref name="Atwood">{{cite news|title=Melissa Zexter: Interview by Molly Golski|url=https://issuu.com/atwoodmagazine/docs/final_nostalgia|work=Atwood Magazine|issue=7|date=March 26, 2014|pages=26–31}}</ref> Her works typically begin with her own digital or analogical photography,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Criado |first1=Lula |date=January 22, 2014 |title=Melissa Zexter, identity, photography and embroidery |work=CLOT Magazine |url=https://www.clotmag.com/interviews/melissa-zexter |access-date=19 July 2022}}</ref> to which she adds a layer of hand-stitched embroidery.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jablotschkin |first=Esther |date=December 19, 2013 |title=Embroidered Portraits by Melissa Zexter |work=iGNANT |url=http://www.ignant.de/2013/12/19/embroidered-portraits-by-melissa-zexter/}}</ref> The overlaid embroidery pattern in her works fits the context of the scene's theme.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wohl |first=Jessica |date=June 3, 2014 |title=The Embroidered Image at Robert Mann Gallery |work=Musee Magazine |url=https://museemagazine.com/culture/culture/art-out/the-embroidered-image-at-robert-mann-gallery?rq=zexter |url-status=live |access-date=19 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720015408/https://museemagazine.com/culture/culture/art-out/the-embroidered-image-at-robert-mann-gallery?rq=zexter |archive-date=20 July 2022}}</ref> She uses various embroidery styles, "ranging from seemingly random stitches of different colors, to pattern-like stitches of single or complementing hues."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Asto|first1=Joy Celine|title=Intricate Embroidered Photographs by Melissa Zexter|url=http://www.lomography.com/magazine/269588-intricate-embroidered-photographs-by-melissa-zexter|work=Lomography|date=February 20, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182520/http://www.lomography.com/magazine/269588-intricate-embroidered-photographs-by-melissa-zexter|archivedate=March 3, 2016}}</ref> Zexter prefers to photograph women<ref name="Atwood"/> and her themes include representations of femininity and the exploration of female identity.<ref>{{cite news|title=Divine Spiritual Embellishments|url=http://beautifulnow.is/bnow/divine-spiritual-embellishments|work=Beautiful Now|date=April 20, 2014}}</ref>
Zexter began embroidering her photography following an artist's residency program in the [[Catskills]].<ref name="Atwood">{{cite news|title=Melissa Zexter: Interview by Molly Golski|url=https://issuu.com/atwoodmagazine/docs/final_nostalgia|work=Atwood Magazine|issue=7|date=March 26, 2014|pages=26–31}}</ref> Her works typically begin with her own digital or analogical photography,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Criado |first1=Lula |date=January 22, 2014 |title=Melissa Zexter, identity, photography and embroidery |work=CLOT Magazine |url=https://www.clotmag.com/interviews/melissa-zexter |access-date=19 July 2022}}</ref> to which she adds a layer of hand-stitched embroidery.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jablotschkin |first=Esther |date=December 19, 2013 |title=Embroidered Portraits by Melissa Zexter |work=iGNANT |url=http://www.ignant.de/2013/12/19/embroidered-portraits-by-melissa-zexter/}}</ref> The overlaid embroidery pattern in her works fits the context of the scene's theme.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wohl |first=Jessica |date=June 3, 2014 |title=The Embroidered Image at Robert Mann Gallery |work=Musee Magazine |url=https://museemagazine.com/culture/culture/art-out/the-embroidered-image-at-robert-mann-gallery?rq=zexter |url-status=live |access-date=19 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720015408/https://museemagazine.com/culture/culture/art-out/the-embroidered-image-at-robert-mann-gallery?rq=zexter |archive-date=20 July 2022}}</ref> She uses various embroidery styles, "ranging from seemingly random stitches of different colors, to pattern-like stitches of single or complementing hues."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Asto|first1=Joy Celine|title=Intricate Embroidered Photographs by Melissa Zexter|url=http://www.lomography.com/magazine/269588-intricate-embroidered-photographs-by-melissa-zexter|work=Lomography|date=February 20, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182520/http://www.lomography.com/magazine/269588-intricate-embroidered-photographs-by-melissa-zexter|archivedate=March 3, 2016}}</ref> Zexter prefers to photograph women<ref name="Atwood"/> and her themes include representations of femininity and the exploration of female identity.<ref>{{cite news|title=Divine Spiritual Embellishments|url=http://beautifulnow.is/bnow/divine-spiritual-embellishments|work=Beautiful Now|date=April 20, 2014}}</ref>


Zexter's works have been reviewed and published in ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[The Boston Herald]]'', ''[[Time Out Chicago]]'', and ''[[The New Yorker]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gutiérrez|first1=Roma|title=Las fotos bordadas de Melissa Zexter|url=http://www.makamo.es/las-fotos-bordadas-de-melissa-zexter/|work=Makamo|date=March 24, 2014|language=Spanish}}</ref> She exhibited at the [[Bronx Museum of the Arts]] in 1994. She has also participated in exhibitions at the Muriel Guepin Gallery, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Hallspace Gallery, Creiger Dane Gallery,<ref name="Juxtapoz"/> Robert Mann Gallery,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Behringer|first1=David|title=Stitching Photographs: Various Approaches|url=http://design-milk.com/stitching-photographs-various-approaches/|work=Design Milk|date=July 23, 2014}}</ref> Triennale Design Museum,<ref>{{cite news|title=Melissa Zexter - Interview|url=http://www.7sobm.co.uk/melissa-zexter/|work=Seven Shades of Black Magazine|date=January 18, 2015}}</ref> and the Marcia Wood Gallery in Atlanta.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cullum|first1=Jerry|title=Review: "Bold (Feminine)" photographers respect, subvert tradition, at Marcia Wood Gallery|url=http://www.artsatl.com/2015/11/review-bold-feminine-marcia-wood-gallery/|work=Arts ATL|date=November 10, 2015}}</ref>
Zexter's works have been reviewed and published in ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[The Boston Herald]]'', ''[[Time Out Chicago]]'', and ''[[The New Yorker]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gutiérrez |first1=Roma |date=March 24, 2014 |title=Las fotos bordadas de Melissa Zexter |language=Spanish |work=Makamo |url=http://www.makamo.es/las-fotos-bordadas-de-melissa-zexter/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511053345/http://www.makamo.es/las-fotos-bordadas-de-melissa-zexter/ |archive-date=11 May 2021}}</ref> She exhibited at the [[Bronx Museum of the Arts]] in 1994. She has also participated in exhibitions at the Muriel Guepin Gallery, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Hallspace Gallery, Creiger Dane Gallery,<ref name="Juxtapoz"/> Robert Mann Gallery,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Behringer|first1=David|title=Stitching Photographs: Various Approaches|url=http://design-milk.com/stitching-photographs-various-approaches/|work=Design Milk|date=July 23, 2014}}</ref> Triennale Design Museum,<ref>{{cite news|title=Melissa Zexter - Interview|url=http://www.7sobm.co.uk/melissa-zexter/|work=Seven Shades of Black Magazine|date=January 18, 2015}}</ref> and the Marcia Wood Gallery in Atlanta.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cullum|first1=Jerry|title=Review: "Bold (Feminine)" photographers respect, subvert tradition, at Marcia Wood Gallery|url=http://www.artsatl.com/2015/11/review-bold-feminine-marcia-wood-gallery/|work=Arts ATL|date=November 10, 2015}}</ref>


==Exhibitions==
==Exhibitions==

Revision as of 02:22, 20 July 2022

Melissa Zexter is a Brooklyn-based artist who creates embroidered photography.[1]

Early life and education

Zexter grew up in Bristol, Rhode Island[2] in the Joseph Reynolds House and was given her first camera at the age of eight.[3] She received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. She earned her MFA in photography from New York University/International Center of Photography.[4] She teaches photography at the Dalton School in New York. She has previously taught at Alfred University, Cooper Union, Long Island University and The New School.[5]

Art

Zexter began embroidering her photography following an artist's residency program in the Catskills.[6] Her works typically begin with her own digital or analogical photography,[7] to which she adds a layer of hand-stitched embroidery.[8] The overlaid embroidery pattern in her works fits the context of the scene's theme.[9] She uses various embroidery styles, "ranging from seemingly random stitches of different colors, to pattern-like stitches of single or complementing hues."[10] Zexter prefers to photograph women[6] and her themes include representations of femininity and the exploration of female identity.[11]

Zexter's works have been reviewed and published in The New York Times, The Boston Herald, Time Out Chicago, and The New Yorker.[12] She exhibited at the Bronx Museum of the Arts in 1994. She has also participated in exhibitions at the Muriel Guepin Gallery, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Hallspace Gallery, Creiger Dane Gallery,[5] Robert Mann Gallery,[13] Triennale Design Museum,[14] and the Marcia Wood Gallery in Atlanta.[15]

Exhibitions

Group

  • 1994 "Artist in the marketplace", Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx.[16]
  • 2011 "Thread, Pixels, Paper; Works by Melissa Zexter, Melinda McDaniel and Katharine Kreisher", Carrie Haddad Photographs, Hudson, NY.[17]
  • 2011 "Melissa Zexter, Lucilla Bonfante, Keun Young Park", Muriel Guepin Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.[18]
  • 2014 "The Embroidered Image", Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2014 "Workwear" (Abiti da Lavoro), Triennale, Milan, Italy
  • 2015 Bold (Feminine), Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
  • 2017 Past and Present, Muriel Guepin Gallery, New York, NY

References

  1. ^ "Melissa Zexter interview: Embroidered photography". TextileArtist.org. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Melissa Zexter". The Raw Book. April 18, 2014. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ Conti, Gaia (Summer 2015). "Intimate Stitching" (PDF). AI Magazine. No. 70. pp. 71–73.
  4. ^ "Feminist Art Base - Melissa Zexter". Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Melissa Zexter's Embroidered Photography". Juxtapoz. January 24, 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Melissa Zexter: Interview by Molly Golski". Atwood Magazine. No. 7. March 26, 2014. pp. 26–31.
  7. ^ Criado, Lula (January 22, 2014). "Melissa Zexter, identity, photography and embroidery". CLOT Magazine. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  8. ^ Jablotschkin, Esther (December 19, 2013). "Embroidered Portraits by Melissa Zexter". iGNANT.
  9. ^ Wohl, Jessica (June 3, 2014). "The Embroidered Image at Robert Mann Gallery". Musee Magazine. Archived from the original on 20 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  10. ^ Asto, Joy Celine (February 20, 2014). "Intricate Embroidered Photographs by Melissa Zexter". Lomography. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
  11. ^ "Divine Spiritual Embellishments". Beautiful Now. April 20, 2014.
  12. ^ Gutiérrez, Roma (March 24, 2014). "Las fotos bordadas de Melissa Zexter". Makamo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 May 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  13. ^ Behringer, David (July 23, 2014). "Stitching Photographs: Various Approaches". Design Milk.
  14. ^ "Melissa Zexter - Interview". Seven Shades of Black Magazine. January 18, 2015.
  15. ^ Cullum, Jerry (November 10, 2015). "Review: "Bold (Feminine)" photographers respect, subvert tradition, at Marcia Wood Gallery". Arts ATL.
  16. ^ "Artist in the marketplace". Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  17. ^ "Thread, Pixels, Paper: works by Melinda McDaniel, Melissa Zexter and Katharine Kreisher". Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  18. ^ "Melissa Zexter and Keun Young Park". Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
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