{"id":15957,"date":"2025-10-15T14:22:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=15957"},"modified":"2025-10-17T14:17:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T18:17:20","slug":"melanie-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/melanie-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Melanie Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_98\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-15957-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2025\/MelanieVote.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2025\/MelanieVote.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2025\/MelanieVote.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_15961\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15961\" style=\"width: 276px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15961\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Melanie-Vote_May-2023_Catherine-Talese-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Melanie-Vote_May-2023_Catherine-Talese-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Melanie-Vote_May-2023_Catherine-Talese-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Melanie-Vote_May-2023_Catherine-Talese-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Melanie-Vote_May-2023_Catherine-Talese-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Melanie-Vote_May-2023_Catherine-Talese-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Melanie-Vote_May-2023_Catherine-Talese-696x464.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Melanie-Vote_May-2023_Catherine-Talese-1068x712.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Melanie-Vote_May-2023_Catherine-Talese-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15961\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">portrait by Catherine Talese<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kalinergallery.com\/we-were-never-here\">Melanie Vote<\/a> holds a BFA from Iowa State University and an MFA in painting from the New York Academy of Art. Having grown up on a functional farm before living and working in NYC for over 25 years, her practice straddles these two worlds. Her work investigates the complexities of the human-land relationship, the cyclical nature of life, and the impossibility of permanence.<\/p>\n<p>Vote was a recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant (2007) and was awarded residencies, including the Vermont Studio Center (2002), Jentel, WY (2009), AHAD, Abu Dhabi, UAE (2013), the Grand Canyon (2016), the Weir Farm, CT (2022), and Cill Rialaig, Ireland (2023).<\/p>\n<p>Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Exhibitions include work at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum (2003) and The Hangaram Art Museum (Seoul, South Korea) (2016). Solo exhibitions include, DFN Gallery, NY (2008), Hionas Gallery, NY (2011, 2016), Galleria Farina, Miami (2017), and Equity Gallery, NY (2020, 2025). Vote presented work in a two-person show curated by Liz Garvey of Garvey|Simon Gallery at DFN Projects in October 2023, followed by her solo exhibition, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyartistsequity.org\/all-events\/melanie-vote-consulting-with-the-light-eaters\"><em>Consulting with the Light Eaters<\/em><\/a>, at Equity Gallery in May 2025. Her work was also included in the group drawing exhibition, \u201cWe Were Never Here,\u201d at Kaliner Gallery in August 2025.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15962\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15962\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15962 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Vote_Melanie_Waiting_2024_graphite-on-paper_-12-x-16-in-1024x850.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Vote_Melanie_Waiting_2024_graphite-on-paper_-12-x-16-in-1024x850.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Vote_Melanie_Waiting_2024_graphite-on-paper_-12-x-16-in-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Vote_Melanie_Waiting_2024_graphite-on-paper_-12-x-16-in-768x637.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Vote_Melanie_Waiting_2024_graphite-on-paper_-12-x-16-in-1536x1275.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Vote_Melanie_Waiting_2024_graphite-on-paper_-12-x-16-in-2048x1700.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Vote_Melanie_Waiting_2024_graphite-on-paper_-12-x-16-in-696x578.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Vote_Melanie_Waiting_2024_graphite-on-paper_-12-x-16-in-1068x886.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Vote_Melanie_Waiting_2024_graphite-on-paper_-12-x-16-in-1920x1593.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15962\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Waiting (Portrait of Norman Allen Vote 1945-2025) Graphite and Watercolor on Paper, 2024, 12 x 16 in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15963\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15963\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15963 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Vote_Melanie_Overalls-drawing_graphite-and-watercolor_8.5-x-10.5_2021_-759x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Vote_Melanie_Overalls-drawing_graphite-and-watercolor_8.5-x-10.5_2021_-759x1024.jpg 759w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Vote_Melanie_Overalls-drawing_graphite-and-watercolor_8.5-x-10.5_2021_-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Vote_Melanie_Overalls-drawing_graphite-and-watercolor_8.5-x-10.5_2021_-768x1036.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Vote_Melanie_Overalls-drawing_graphite-and-watercolor_8.5-x-10.5_2021_-1139x1536.jpg 1139w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Vote_Melanie_Overalls-drawing_graphite-and-watercolor_8.5-x-10.5_2021_-1518x2048.jpg 1518w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Vote_Melanie_Overalls-drawing_graphite-and-watercolor_8.5-x-10.5_2021_-696x939.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Vote_Melanie_Overalls-drawing_graphite-and-watercolor_8.5-x-10.5_2021_-1068x1441.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Vote_Melanie_Overalls-drawing_graphite-and-watercolor_8.5-x-10.5_2021_-1920x2590.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Vote_Melanie_Overalls-drawing_graphite-and-watercolor_8.5-x-10.5_2021_-scaled.jpg 1898w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Overalls (Drawing) Graphite and Watercolor on Paper 2021, 11 x 8 in Bioluminous,\u00a0Oil on Canvas, 2025, 70 x 112 in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15964\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15964\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15964 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Vote_Melanie_Bioluminous_70-x-112_-2025-oil-on-canvas-1024x590.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Vote_Melanie_Bioluminous_70-x-112_-2025-oil-on-canvas-1024x590.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Vote_Melanie_Bioluminous_70-x-112_-2025-oil-on-canvas-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Vote_Melanie_Bioluminous_70-x-112_-2025-oil-on-canvas-768x443.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Vote_Melanie_Bioluminous_70-x-112_-2025-oil-on-canvas-1536x886.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Vote_Melanie_Bioluminous_70-x-112_-2025-oil-on-canvas-696x401.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Vote_Melanie_Bioluminous_70-x-112_-2025-oil-on-canvas-1068x616.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Vote_Melanie_Bioluminous_70-x-112_-2025-oil-on-canvas-1920x1107.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Vote_Melanie_Bioluminous_70-x-112_-2025-oil-on-canvas.jpg 1996w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15964\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bioluminous,\u00a0Oil on Canvas, 2025, 70 x 112 in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2025\/MelanieVote.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listMelanie Vote holds a BFA from Iowa State University and an MFA in painting from the New York Academy of Art. 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