EXHIBITS & PROJECTS
2024
- Public Art University of Colorado – Hellems Arts & Sciences Building Renovation
- National Watercolor Member’s Exhibit, Online
2023
- American Women Artists Exhibit Online
- Women in Watercolor International Exhibit, Online – Artist Network Merchandise Award
- American Watercolor Society Associate Exhibit, Online
- Allied Artists of America, Online and In-Person Invitational at the Butler Institute of American Art, Ohio
2022
- Southern Appalachian Artist Guild Exhibit, Georgia – Honorable Mention Award
- The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA-GA) Exhibit “Gathered V”
- Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art Montage Exhibit, Georgia
- Georgia Watercolor Society Members Exhibit, Georgia
2021
- American Women Artists Online Exhibit “Lifting the Skies: Elevating Women Artists”
2020
- Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art Montage Exhibit, Georgia – Honorable Mention Award
- American Women Artists Spring Online Exhibit
2019
- Adrenaline Agency Mural, Atlanta, Georgia
2018
- Abernathy Arts Center Exhibit, Georgia
- Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art Exhibit, Georgia
2017
- Abernathy Arts Center Exhibit, Georgia – Director’s Choice Award
- Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art Montage Exhibit, Georgia
2015
- Abernathy Arts Center Exhibit, Georgia
2014
- Georgia Watercolor Society Exhibit, Georgia
- Abernathy Arts Center Exhibit, Georgia
2012
- Blue Spiral 1 Gallery Invitational Exhibit “Dog Show”, North Carolina
2010
- Seen Gallery Invitational Exhibit “Times is Tough”, Georgia
2008
- National League American Pen Women Exhibit, Georgia – 1st place
- Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art Montage Exhibit, Georgia
- Seen Gallery Solo Exhibit “A Spoonful of Sugar” , Georgia
- Public Art Lil Chickens Junior League Cobb County, Georgia
2007
- Atlanta Artists Center Exhibit, Georgia – 2nd place
- Cultural Arts Council Exhibit, Georgia – 2nd place
- South Cobb Arts Alliance Exhibit, Georgia
- Public Art Municipality of Anchorage Alaska Commission, Alaska
2006
- South Cobb Arts Alliance Exhibit, Georgia – Juror’s award
- Blue Spiral 1 Gallery Invitation Exhibit “New Works, New Artists”, North Carolina
- Seen Gallery Invitational Exhibit “New Works” and “The Games People Play”, Georgia
2005
- North Fulton Regional Exhibit, Georgia – 3rd Place
- Seen Gallery Invitational Exhibit “New Emerging Artist” , Georgia
- Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art Montage Exhibit, Georgia
- South Cobb Arts Alliance Exhibit, Georgia
2004
- Art Association Harrisburg Invitational Exhibit, Pennsylvnia
- Mobile Museum of Art Exhibit, Alabama
- Associated Artists of Southport Exhibit, South Carolina
- South Cobb Arts Alliance Exhibit, Georgia
- Atlanta Artists Center Exhibit, Georgia
2003
- Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art Montage Exhibit, Georgia
- Dunwoody Fine Arts Exhibit, Georgia
- Cherokee County Arts Council Exhibit, Georgia – 1st Place
2002
- Society of Illustrators Exhibit, New York
- Armory Art CenterExhibit, Florida
- Cincinnati Art Club Exhibit, Ohio – Artist’s Magazine Award
- Associated Artists Winston Salem Exhibit, North Carolina
- Associated Artists Southport Exhibit, South Carolina
- Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art Montage Exhibit, Georgia
COLLECTIONS
- The City of Atlanta
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
- American Women Artists – Associate Member of Distinction (2021)
- Georgia Watercolor Society – Associate Member (2022), Board Member (2024)
- American Watercolor Society – Associate Member (2023)
- National Watercolor Society – Associate Member (2024)
EDUCATION
1985 B.A., Graphic Communications – The Center for Creative Studies College of Art & Design
PRESS
“OUTSIDE THE LINES: Colorful compositions are shades of Matisse”
Melanie Eberhardt’s “A Spoonful of Sugar” at the Seen Gallery in Oakhurst seems more familiar than it really is. Her compositions irresistibly remind people of Matisse’s paper cutouts. But they’re paintings.
REVIEW BY JERRY CULLUM
AJC Review by Jerry Cullum, of my One-Person Exhibit at The Seen Gallery
And sometimes their cheerful colors are —- as her show title indicates —- the spoonful of sugar that masks something much less sweet.
This isn’t always the case. A few of her dancing subjects are just dancing, in a world curiously askew or out of balance. And perhaps her “Cowboys” or the baseball players in “Deep Right” are just examples of basic, beloved American archetypes.
But some paintings are deeply strange, or strangely deep. The figures in “He Found a Hole” seem to echo characters in Native American mythology. The colorful figures with the American flag in “Grateful Nation” are engaged in the ritual that the standard phrase in the title implies.
So there’s a sense of hidden smartness throughout these complicated room-brighteners. They aren’t just pretty pictures, which is what makes them worth owning and looking at over the long haul.
These are paintings of a rare type: they both cheer you up and make you think more than a little.
VIDEO
Southern Creatives interview by photographer, Stephanie Calabrese
Southern Creatives: Melanie Eberhardt, Painter from Stephanie Calabrese on Vimeo.
