Exhibits:
- Enoteca Della Santina, Sonoma 2009
- Wolfdale's at Tahoe City, 2008
- Saatchi Online Gallery
- Granger Art Gallery, Sonoma, 2006-2007
- The Florence Biennale 2007, Florence Italy
- Park Club, Sonoma, 2005
- The Florence Biennale 2005, Florence, Italy
- Marin Arts Festival, 2005
- Sonoma Salute to the Arts, 2004
- Richmond Art Center Gallery
- Bank of America, San Francisco
- RCA offices, South San Francisco
- Marin County Fair Art Exhibit
- Marin Art Festival in San Rafael
In addition paintings are currently in many private collections in the SF Bay Area, as well as in London and Milan.
Education:
College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland
Recipient of two art scholarships
BFA, Painting, Art History, UC Berkeley
Studied with Peter Voulkos and John Grillo
MFA, Painting, UCLA
Studied with Nathan Olivera
Residence in Germany for two years, teaching art at the American Youth Association.
Statement:
Martha Mellinger is an artist living and working in Sonoma, California. During high school she studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California. She graduated from the University of California in Berkeley with a combined major of art and art history. Her graduate work in painting was done at UCLA.
Living in Sonoma and traveling in Italy have provided her with much inspiration for painting. The expressive and personal quality of her work reflect varied interests. The studio where she works is set in rural Sonoma but is close enough to San Francisco to enjoy the events and the energy of the city. Currently she exhibits in local galleries and businesses and is represented in private and corporate collections worldwide. In 2005, she was nominated to represent the United States in the Fifth International Biennale of Contemporary Art at the Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy.