Melanie Vote

portrait by Catherine Talese

Melanie Vote 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.

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).

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, Consulting with the Light Eaters, at Equity Gallery in May 2025. Her work was also included in the group drawing exhibition, “We Were Never Here,” at Kaliner Gallery in August 2025.

 

1) Photo: The photo/portrait of me by Catherine Talese,  feel free to crop it if you’d like. Would it be possible to credit Catherine Talese?
2) Brief Bio attached.
Exhibition Link to “We Were Never Here” at Kaliner
Exhibition like to “Consulting with the Light Eaters” Eaters” at Equity where Bioluminous was show.
3)List of artworks:
Waiting (Portrait of Norman Allen Vote 1945-2025) Graphite and Watercolor on Paper, 2024, 12 x 16 in
Overalls (Drawing) Graphite and Watercolor on Paper 2021, 11 x 8 in
Bioluminous, Oil on Canvas, 2025, 70 x 112 in
Please let me know if you need anything else and all my best,
Waiting (Portrait of Norman Allen Vote 1945-2025) Graphite and Watercolor on Paper, 2024, 12 x 16 in
Overalls (Drawing) Graphite and Watercolor on Paper 2021, 11 x 8 in Bioluminous, Oil on Canvas, 2025, 70 x 112 in
Bioluminous, Oil on Canvas, 2025, 70 x 112 in
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