Melissa Vogley Woods (she/her) born and living in the Midwest in Columbus, Ohio, USA
Melissa Vogley Woods is a multidisciplinary visual artist, teacher, and artist-curator born and residing in Columbus, Ohio. Vogley Woods is a multi-generational caregiver of 30+ years to two children, her mother lives with a difficult life-long mental illness and her father’s dementia. Her practice is aligned with her life as a way to delve into the intricacies of care within relationships with a specific focus on barriers and how we bridge them. Her metaphorical work spans between public art, social practice, and intimate exploration of the object.
Recent recognition she has received includes a National USA Fellowship nomination, two Ohio Art Council Individual Artist Grants, and A Greater Columbus Arts Council Individual Artist grant, and she has exhibitions locally, nationally, and internationally in such institutions as the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus Museum of Art, Museum of Sisters Aslamazyan in Armenia, and Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions. She attended Mass MoCA, Vermont Studio Center, and Wassaic Projects Residencies and her work has been written about in the Brooklyn Rail among others.
Vogley Woods is a dedicated arts organizer, recent curatorial projects include "Lobby," a series of three-person exhibitions held in a Planned Parenthood surgical center, and "Room to Let" series held in donated houses that exhibited seventy artists over three years of programming.
For professional inquire contact Melissa Vogley Woods’ Studio - melissavogleywoods@gmail.com
2025
Upcoming and on view now:
Touch bound features new work on view now at the Cultural Art Center - up until Saturday February 15, 2025.
A selection of work from the last 5 years will be part of Vibrancy at Mansfield Art Museum
Opening Saturday February 1st 2-4pm and will be on view until March 16, 2025.
And I am working on a solo exhibition at 700 Bryden experimental exhibition space Opening April 12, 2025.
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Interview with Maake Magazine, 2021
