MELANA BONTRAGER resume
EDUCATION
Spring 1999 MA – Creative Arts Therapy,
Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
Spring 1997 BFA – Art/Psychology,
Taylor University, Upland, IN
Spring 1996 Photography/Painting/Drawing,
Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy
EXHIBITIONS
2019 Art of Story, Featured Artist, Michael Birawer Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019 Drawn Into Story, Art and Music Collaboration, Everett, WA
2018 Holiday Show, Group Show, Michael Birawer Gallery, Seattle, WA
2018 Arts Bestowed, Holiday Group Show, Traumhaus Gallery, Snohomish, WA
2018 Landscape Abstracts, Duo Exhibition, Traumhaus Gallery, Snohomish, WA
2018 Fresh Paint Artist Festival, Everett, WA
2018 Seattle Emerging Arts Fair, Seattle Art Post, Seattle, WA
2018 Bellevue Art Museum Arts Festival, Bellevue, WA
2018 Make Your Mark, Summer National Juried Exhibition, Marin MOCA, Novato, CA
2018 Artistic Impressions, International publication, World of Interiors magazine, London, UK
2018 Visual Impressions, Juried group show, Ryan James Fine Arts, Kirkland, WA
2018 Everett Art Walk, Solo exhibit, Everett, WA
2017 Emonds Art Walk, Solo exhibit, Edmonds, WA
2017 4th Annual Living Mark Exhibition, Juried group show, Verum Ultimum, Portland, OR
2017 Emerald Spring Exhibition, Juried group show, Emerald Art Center, Springfield, OR
2017 WAOW Spring Online Exhibit, Juried group show, WAOW.org
2016 Art and Wine, Wicked Cellars Gallery, Solo show: painting and jazz collaboration with John Carswell,
Everett, WA
2016 20th Juried Show, Schack Art Center, Juried group show, Everett, WA
2008-2016 Fresh Paint Art Festival, Participant Artist, Everett, WA
2015 Microcosmos, Gallery 621, Juried group show, Benicia, CA
2015 Juried Alumni Exhibition, Taylor University, Juried group show, Upland, IN
2014 Fresh Paint Artist Festival, Featured artist ,Everett, WA
2012 Art and Wine, Wicked Cellars Gallery, Solo show: multi-discipline art collaboration, Everett, WA
2013 17th Juried Show, Schack Art Center, Juried group show, Everett, WA
2010 14th Juried Show, Schack Art Center, Juried group show, Everett, WA
2010 Pacific Northwest Abstract Show, Gallery by the Bay, Group show, Stanwood, WA
2010 Wicked Cellars Gallery, Solo show, Everett, WA
2009 Art and Furniture Show, White Sage Studio, Group show, Ballard, WA
2009 Art and Architecture, TeamTroy Realty, Group show, Ballard, WA
2009 Belltown Art Walk, Group show, Seattle, WA
2008 Art on the Town, Gallery by the Bay, Group show, Bellevue, WA
2007 Art as Home Decor, Bellevue Home Show, Gallery representation exhibition, Bellevue, WA
2007 Spring Show, Gallery by the Bay, Group show, Stanwood, WA
2007 Local Art, Lowell Artworks Gallery, Group show, Lowell, WA
2007 Wallingford Art Walk, Business/Art collaboration, Seattle, WA
2005 Small Works, d.Art Gallery, Juried group show, Southampton, MA
2000-2003 Semeiotic Gallery Show, Semeiotic, Annual group show, Chicago, IL
ART COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
2017 Theater Set Design, The Dance School, Everett, WA
2016 Reflections--Everett School District Competition, Juror, Everett, WA
2016-17 Reflections--Port Gardner Art Competition, Chair, Everett, WA
2016 WAOW--Women Artists of the West, Associate member
2016-18 Pints and Pumpkins, Schack Art Center, Commissioned Art pieces, Everett, WA
2010-2019 H’Arts Auction, Schack Art Center, Art donation/participation, Everett, WA
2015 Reflections—PTSA Mukilteo Art Competition, Juror, Mukilteo, WA
2014 Scholastic Art Awards, Juror, Snohomish Co, WA
2013 Schack Art Center, Grant, 2014 art festival poster, Everett, WA
2013 Street Tunes, Commissioned public art piece, Everett, WA
2013 Washington State Art Educators Conference, Presenter, Des Moines, WA
2011 City of Everett art collaboration, Commissioned city mural project, Everett, WA
