Melody Bates (@xxxooomelody) performance at opening of BWAC show, June 1, 2024, Costume by Jennifer Parr.
PSWTA Open Studios, June, 2023, on 9th Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn. Not your usual gallery. Log at angle is just that, a log (for next project)
Partial view of 450 Warren Penthouse show, curated by Arts Gowanus.
Arts Gowanus ArtWalk, 2020 (Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, in the former Barney’s window)
BWAC, Brooklyn, 2020
Feeling “Three Bulges” at BWAC, Brooklyn, 2020
Serious touching at Ossam Gallery show, Aug. 2021
Ossam Gallery, Aug. 2021
Tea ceremony; the host requested “Three Ellipses" - thought it related directly to his philosophy.
Touching at Ossam Gallery
Ossam Gallery, April 2021
Ossam Gallery, April 2021
Enthusiastic art appreciation at PSWTA Open Studios, June, 2023 (with “One Ellipse”)
A stunned reaction to Eight Ellipses at Gowanus Open Studios, Oct. 2020
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Partial view of show at Ossam Gallery, Aug. 2021, Brooklyn, NY
Installation of eight works at BWAC, Red Hook, Brooklyn, May-June 2024
BWAC, Red Hook, Brooklyn, 2020
Feeling “Three Ellipses” at BWAC, 2020
Feeling “Big Fish” at BWAC, 2020
DIAA gallery, Deer Isle, Maine, Third Friday street event, 2018
Ossam Gallery, 2020. Elderly man could not speak but had a huge smile when he touched the sculpture.
DIAA show, July, 2021
This man was mesmerized by Big Fish and decided to buy it! Ossam Gallery, August, 2021.
Park Slope Windsor Terrace Artists show at BWAC, December 2020
Contemplating “Venus de Maine” (AKA “Walking Lady”) at PSWTA Open Studios, June, 2023, on 9th Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY
Taking work to Gowanus Open Studios, Oct. 2021 (Ninth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn). So much fun to go down the sidewalks with this and get conversations going with lots of folks.
EXHIBITIONS, GALLERIES, COLLECTIONS
Group shows:
Deer Isle (Maine) Artists Association gallery (DIAA): Multiple group shows, 2017 to date
Park Slope Windsor Terrace Artists (PSWTA): Open Studios, Fall and Spring Salons, BWAC, 2019 to date
BWAC (Brooklyn Waterfront Artists’ Collective) Gallery, Red Hook, Brooklyn. Multiple group shows, 2024-
ARTS GOWANUS: Open Studios 2017 to date. Atlantic Avenue Art Walk, 450 Warren Penthouse,
Gallery 440: 2023 Small Works Show
Solo/Joint shows:
OSSAM Gallery (with painter Janie Samuels), 2021
Gallery:
Ronald Harte Art and Antiques, Deer Isle, Maine (rotating; not representing)
Private Collections:
Dallas, TX; Pacifica, CA; Garrison, NY; Brooklyn, NY (multiple); Westport, CT; So. Shore Beach, Rhode Island; Buck’s Harbor, Portland, Blue HIll, and Penobscot, ME; Annapolis, MD; St. Louis, MO (multiple), St. Remy de Provence, France, and parts unknown.
Well, these ARE made from trees…. (sorry!). BWAC, 2020
Ossam Gallery, 2019
Gowanus Open Studios, 2019
My car in Maine, packed for Brooklyn show, Aug. 2021
Loading into the Ossam Gallery in Brooklyn
Ossam Gallery, August, 2021
Showing some love to Jenga Tower at Ossam Gallery.
DIAA gallery, July, 2021
BWAC, Dec. 2020
Ossam Gallery, April, 2021
Showing some love at The Other Art Fair (Brooklyn), Nov. 2023
One and Two Ellipses at DIAA gallery, Deer Isle, Maine. Urn by David McBeth.
Some images from private collections:
Big Bird at its home near Buck’s Harbor, on the Maine coast.
Triple Arcs I and II in their new home, a dining room in Dallas, Texas
Frankie 1 at its home in upstate New York.
Frankie 2 at its home in Garrison, New York
Zig Zag I in Maine
Double Zig-Zag at its home in upstate New York.
Jenga Tribeca at its new home in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
Venus de Maine AKA “Walking Lady” in the home of a collector, Brooklyn, NY.