Born in 1980, Pasadena, CA
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
jmelinat@yahoo.com
Education
2007 California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, M.F.A. Fine Art
2004 University of California, Irvine, B.A. Studio Art
One-Person Exhibitions
2006 Gravity and Grace (a sum of all my hopes and fears), D301 Gallery, Valencia, CA.
Group Exhibitions
2007 Eveningside Drive, Val Verde, CA
Top View Ranchu, D300 and A402 Gallery, Valencia, CA
The Juice is Loose, 507 Rose, Venice Beach, CA
The Attempters (PBEA), The Lime Gallery, Valencia, CA.
2006 Lost Streams: The First Frontier Was The Water’s Edge, Estacion Tijuana, Tijuana,Mexico
Agent Once, Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
MidRes, D301 Gallery, Valencia, CA.
2004 or, Banning’s Landing Community Center, Wilmington, CA.
7 degrees of separation, [seven-degrees], Laguna Beach, CA.
Symbiosis, Spring Arts Tower, Los Angeles, CA.
Last Supper, University Art Gallery, Irvine, CA.
Callow V.2, University Art Gallery, Irvine, CA.
Callow V.1, Room Gallery, Irvine, CA.
2003 Paper Plate, University Art Gallery, Irvine, CA.
What’s in Wonder Valley?, Site Specific Installation, Wonder Valley, CA. In conjunction with High Desert Test Sites.
try this at home, Room Gallery, Irvine, CA.
Square, University Art Gallery, Irvine, CA.
Publications and Press
2007 CalArts School of Art: Biennial Bulletin. Valencia. 2007-2009. Pp.21.
2006 Melinat, James. “Icarus”. Agent Once: AGO: Volume 1. Ed. Jason Keller. Los Angeles. 2006
Exhibition Catalogues
2006 Serrano, Evelyn. “Lost Streams: The First Frontier Was The Water’s Edge” Tijuana, Mexico. 2006.
Awards and Honors
2007 Nominee, Dedalus Foundation MFA Fellowship in Sculpture
2004 Chancellors Award for Undergraduate Research, University of California, Irvine.
Excellence in Studio Art, University of California, Irvine.
Residencies
2004 Undergraduate Studio (Honors Program), University of California, Irvine.
2003 [seven–degrees], Laguna Beach, CA.
Collections
Museum of Modern Art Library, New York, New York
