Melissa Zexter
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
- ^ "Melissa Zexter interview: Embroidered photography". TextileArtist.org. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- ^ "Melissa Zexter". The Raw Book. April 18, 2014.
- ^ Conti, Gaia (Summer 2015). "Intimate Stitching" (PDF). AI Magazine. No. 70. pp. 71–73.
- ^ "Melissa Zexter". Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- ^ a b "Melissa Zexter's Embroidered Photography". Juxtapoz. January 24, 2014.
- ^ a b "Melissa Zexter: Interview by Molly Golski". Atwood Magazine. No. 7. March 26, 2014. pp. 26–31.
- ^ Criado, Lula (January 22, 2014). "Melissa Zexter". CLOT Magazine.
- ^ "Embroidered Portraits by Melissa Zexter". iGNANT. December 19, 2013.
- ^ "The Embroidered Image at Robert Mann Gallery". Musee Magazine. June 3, 2014. Archived from the original on January 3, 2016.
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{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Divine Spiritual Embellishments". Beautiful Now. April 20, 2014.
- ^ Gutiérrez, Roma (March 24, 2014). "Las fotos bordadas de Melissa Zexter". Makamo (in Spanish).
- ^ Behringer, David (July 23, 2014). "Stitching Photographs: Various Approaches". Design Milk.
- ^ "Melissa Zexter - Interview". Seven Shades of Black Magazine. January 18, 2015.
- ^ Cullum, Jerry (November 10, 2015). "Review: "Bold (Feminine)" photographers respect, subvert tradition, at Marcia Wood Gallery". Arts ATL.
- ^ "Artist in the marketplace". Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "Thread, Pixels, Paper: works by Melinda McDaniel, Melissa Zexter and Katharine Kreisher". Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "Melissa Zexter and Keun Young Park". Retrieved 24 February 2016.
