MELONIE BENNETT EDUCATION 1991 Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Degree in Photography Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, Maine 1992 Mary Ellen Mark "The World Observed" 1996 George Tice "Master Printing" PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1991--Present Judy Ellis Glickman, Photographer, Cape Elizabeth, Maine; Photographer Assistant and Exhibition Printer; This position involves printing, matting, and framing black and white photographs for exhibitions and sales. 1994--1995 Maine Arts Commission, Gorham High School, Percent for Art Project, Gorham, Maine, Photographic Artist; Photographed at school and community events to create images for the new building. 1990--1991 Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine; Curatorial Internship, Photography Department; Worked on the organization and installation of photography exhibitions, curated a show from the museum's photography collection and also worked on condition reports, inventory and conservation of the museum's permanent photography collection. SELECTED AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS 2001 Santa Fe Center for Visual Arts, 2001 Project Competition, Directors Award and Project Presentation at the Project Symposium, Santa Fe, New Mexico 2000 Aaron Siskind Foundation, Individual Photographer Fellowship, New York, New York 2000 Maine Arts Commission, Individual Artist Fellowship, Augusta, Maine 2000 M.I.L.K. International Juried Photographic Competition, (Moments of Intimacy, Laughter and Kinship). Judged by Elliot Erwitt, Auckland, New Zealand 1998 The Maine Artists Space "New Directions in the Visual Arts," A video Series profiling Maine artists, Portland, Maine 1995 Ernst Haas Annual Photography Awards, An International Competition Recognizing the Work of Emerging and Mid-Career Photographers. Received both Best Color Image and Most Humorous Image from 20,000 photographs. 1991 Al Lazzari Jr. Scholarship 1989 Kodak Professional Photography Scholarship SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2003 June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Two Person Exhibition with Judy Ellis Glickman, Portland, Maine 2003 Photographic Resource Center, Juried Members Exhibition, Boston, Massachusetts 2003 &2001 Portland Museum of Art Biennial, Juried Exhibition, Portland, Maine 2003 Hampshire College, Six Maine Photographers, Amherst, Massachusetts 2003 Icon Contemporary Art, Taking Pictures, Group Exhibition, Brunswick, Maine 2002 Center for Maine Contemporary Art, "Past, Present, Future" 50th Anniviersary Group Exhibition, 2001 Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Maine Arts Commission "Ten Fellows Exhibition," Rockport, Maine 2001 Colby College Museum of Art, "Maine Women in The Visual Arts," Waterville, Maine 2000 Santa Fe Center for Visual Arts Vision 2000, Juried Competition. Honorable Mention. 2000 Maine Coast Artists, Invitational Exhibition, "Photographing Maine: 1850 Ð 2000," Rockport, Maine 1999 Hay Gallery, Group Exhibition, Portland, Maine 1998 University of Maine at Farmington, Solo Exhibition, "Family Functions," Farmington, Maine 1998 The Photo Review, National Juried Exhibition, Published in the Summer 1998 Issue, Langhorne, PA 1998 The Print Center, 72nd Annual International Exhibition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1997 Photo Metro Magazine, 15th Annual Juried Exhibition, San Francisco, California 1997 Maine Coast Artists Gallery, Solo Exhibition, "Family and Friends on Film," Rockport, Maine 1996 University of Maine at Farmington, Solo Exhibition, "Rituals of Beauty," Farmington, Maine 1996 Hill Country Arts Foundation, National Juried Exhibition, "Counterpoint," Ingram, Texas *JurorÕs Award 1996 University of Southern Maine, Solo Exhibition, "Life," Portland, Maine 1995 Arts in the Capitol, A Juried Traveling Exhibition of Contemporary Maine Art, Augusta, Maine 1995 Maine College of Art, Solo Exhibition, Portland, Maine 1995 Thomas Mosher Showroom, NYC Maine College of Art Alumni Exhibition, New York, New York 1994 Danforth Museum of Art, "New England Photographers Ô94," A Juried Regional Competitive Exhibition of Contemporary Photography, Framingham, Massachusetts. *Purchase award. SELECTED COLLECTIONS Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, Massachusetts "...essentially the camera makes everyone a tourist in other people's reality..." --Susan Sontag, "Melancholoy Objects" back to exhibit info contact home