Curriculum Vitae
MELANIE SMITH
1965 Born in England
Address: Durango 127 Flat 1, Colonia Roma 06700 MEXICO D.F.
Telephone: 5 25 5256271
Studies: 1984-88 Reading University, England. Bachelor of Fine Art.
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
1988 Reading University, England.
1989 Salon des Aztecas, Mexico City.
1992 Léscaut Alternative Space, Brussels, Belgium.
1994 Galeria O.M.R. Mexico City.
1996 Galeria O.M.R. Mexico City.
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
1989 A Proposito – Hommage to Joseph Beuys. Ex-convento del Desierto de los Leones. Mexico City.
1989 Salon des Aztecas. Londres en Mexico. Mexico City.
1989 Sympathy es Simpatia, Museo del Chopo, Mexico City.
1990 Installation – 'Estancia'. Museo Carrio Gil. Mexico City.
1990 Salon des Aztecas, Mexico City.
1991 Léscaut Alternative Space, Brussels, Belgium.
1991 Marcas Galeria Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City.
1991 D.F. Art from Mexico City, Blue Star Space, San Antonio, USA.
1991 Registro Forma 1, Casona 2, Mexico D.F.
1991 Accion-Reaccion, University of Jalapa and Veracruz, in collaboration with the British Council.
1991 Studio Show, Mexico City.
1992 Studio Show with Ethel Shipton, Mexico D.F.
1994 NEO Galeria OMR, Mexico City.
1994 Multiples. Temistocles 44, Mexico City.
1994 Las Nuevas Majas, Otis Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
1994 Arte Mexicano: Imagenes en el siglo de sida, CU Art, University of Colorado at Boulder, CO. USA.
1995 Planton en el Zocalo, Temistocles 44, Mexico D.F.
1995 It's My Life and I'm Going to Change the World, ACME Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
1995 Par Avion, L.A.C.E., Los Angeles, USA.
1995 Es mi vida voy a cambiar el mundo. X-Teresa Arte Alternativo, Mexico City.
SCHOLARSHIPS
1988 Boise Travel Scholarship, Slade School of Art, England.
1990 Scholarship for an Investigation in Installation, Relaciones Exteriores of Mexico.
1991 Scholarship for an Investigation in Installation, Relaciones Exteriores of Mexico.
1994 Scholarship from Relaciones Exteriores.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1989 Mas Alla de la Interpretation, Jose Manuel Springer, Uno Mas Uno Newspaper, Mexico City.
1989 A Proposito Joseph Beuys, Proceso Magazine.
1989 A Proposito, Shift Magazine.
1990 Cinco Hipotesis de Melanie Smith. Jose Manuel Springer, Uno Mas Uno newspaper.
1991 D.F. Art from Mexico City. Maria Guerra, Poliester.
1992 La Jornada Semanal, Lorna Scott Fox.
1992 Duo de Instalaciones, Cuauhtemoc Medina, Poliester.
1992 Marcas at the Galeria de Arte Contemporaneo, Kurt Hollander, Mandorla Magazine.
1994 Independent Spirit Lives on in Majas, Christopher Knight, L.A. Times.
1994 Las Nuevas Majas, Yishae Jusidman, Art Issues.
1994 Working Space, Charlene Ross, Art Week.
1994 En la Punta de mi Lengua de Melanie Smith, Merry MacMasters, El Nacional.
1994 Recipientes y Protuberencias, Osvaldo Sanchez, La Reforma.
1995 A "life" of hunting down perfectly quirky bargains, David Pagel, L.A. Times.
1996 Curare Bulletin, Un Nuevo Contracto, Olivier Debroise.
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