Melissa Mazza                                      Melissamazza995@gmail.com

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Education  

2019- 2021        B.F.A. Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY

2016- 2018        A.S. Suffolk County Community College, Brentwood, NY

 

Exhibitions

2023       -Air Force Art Show: Adult Accomplished. Force Support, Online

                    Galleries | Force Support Contests (awardsplatform.com)

                  -Artist Choice x (10): International Juried Visual Arts Exhibition. Camelback Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

                    https://www.camelbackgallery.com/artistchoice10exhibition

                  -Artist's Choice: Drawn Media. Northern Light Gallery, Online

                    https://www.northernlightartgallery.com/image-gallery/acknowledged-space-melissa-mazza

                   -Places We Live. Gallery Omata, Online

                     https://artgalleryomata.com/galleries/places-we-live/

2021         -Senior Show. Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery, Stony Brook, NY.

                     https://you.stonybrook.edu/seniorshow2021/2021/02/04/melissa-mazza/ 

                   -Independent Study. Stony Brook University, NY

                     https://you.stonybrook.edu/independent/2021/05/07/melissa-mazza/ 

                   -Spring Art Walk. Port Jefferson, NY

                   -SUNY Pride: Bloom. SUNY Pride Art Gallery, The State University of New York

                     https://www.suny.edu/pride/art/ 

                   -Festival of the Arts. Linha-Hoeven Gallery, Taube Museum of Art, Minot, ND 

2020        -Sunwood Exhibition. Sunwood Estates, Stony Brook, NY 

                   -RECKONING: Student Mural. Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery, Stony Brook, NY 

                     https://you.stonybrook.edu/reckoningmural/2020/09/28/melissa-mazza/ 

                   -Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities, URECA. Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery, Stony Brook, NY

                     https://you.stonybrook.edu/seniorshow2020/2020/01/20/melissa-mazza/ 

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Awards

2023     - Bronze Award for Acknowledged Space, Camelback Gallery

                -Judge's Choice Award for Acknowledged Space, Northern Light Gallery

                -Special Merit Award for Deep Rooted, Northern Light Gallery

                -Special Merit Award for See and Grow, Northern Light Gallery

2021       -Edward Countey Award, Independent Study, Stony Brook, NY

2020      -Honorarium Award for The System is Broken, 2019, Sunwood Estates, Stony Brook, NY

                 -Award of Honor for See and Grow, 2020, URECA, Stony Brook, NY 

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Employment

2022        -U.S. Air Force Command Post Patch Commission, Minot, ND

2019        -Live Carver, RISE of the Jack O’Laterns, Old Westbury, NY

2018        -Live Carver, RISE of the Jack O’Laterns, Old Westbury, NY

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