about
Rooted in traditions of craft and formal elements of expressionism, Melissa Delprete’s work combines atmospheric color fields and intuitive calligraphic mark-making. Her process is heavily informed by the archetypal qualities of chaos, and her compositions mimic the rhythmic patterns and currents of animate energy that span the natural world, metropolises and the human psyche. Ultimately, setting out to document the metaphysical and grounding it in physical form.
Originally from New York, Delprete received her BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and then her MS in Art Education from LIU Post. She is currently based in Lake Worth Beach, FL and in 2021 she founded mtn space, a gallery that focuses on exhibiting the work of emerging and established artists.
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Education
LIU Post, MS Art Education 2015
Massachusetts College of Art, BFA Painting 2009
Shows
2023, Annual Summer Show, mtn space, Lake Worth Beach, FL
2023, Pink, Arts Warehouse Delray, Delray, FL
2021, Swell, mtn space, Lake Worth Beach, FL
2019, CommUnity Art show, Hatch Gallery 2112, Lake Worth, FL
2018 Solo Presentation of Drawings at Yu Tang Ceramics Studio, Seattle, WA
2018, Holiday Art Fair, Steve Gilbert Studio, Seattle, WA
2018, Cash For Gold, Steve Gilbert Studio, Seattle, WA
2018, Unstretched, a solo presentation, Fresh Flours Cafe, Seattle, WA
2017, Group show, True Love Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2016, Melissa DelPrete, LIU Post, Westbury, NY
2012, Employee Art Show, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, NY
2010, Abington Studios Group Show, Abington, MA
Curation
2024, On the Nightmare, R.J. Rodriguez, mtn space, Lake Worth Beach, FL
2024, 1,001 heads (and other tales), Maxine Spector, mtn space, Lake Worth Beach, FL
2024, Rosa Mistica, Manuela Gonzales, Spring/ Break Art Show, NY, NY
2024, Trickster Remakes World, Jia Sung, mtn space, Lake Worth Beach, FL
2023, The Aesthetics of Care, Manuela Gonzales, mtn space, Lake Worth Beach, FL
2023, Back to The Garden, Marcela Ramos Castillo, mtn space, Lake Worth Beach, FL
2023, Witchcraft, Lily Morris, mtn space, Lake Worth Beach, FL
2022, Nothing is Difficult Forever, John Skibo, mtn space, Lake Worth Beach, FL
2022, Out of The Blue: Tara Booth, mtn space, Lake Worth Beach, FL
2022, Lucid Dreams: Gustavo Oviedo, mtn space, Lake Worth Beach, FL
2021, EDEN, Enid Blechman, Magnus Sodemin and Seung Lee, mtn space, Lake Worth Bech, FL
2021, Works on Paper, Melissa Meyer and Sabina Frisicke, mtn space, Lake Worth Beach, FL
2021, Light Waves, Sabina Frisicke, mtn space, Lake Worth Beach, FL
Awards/Residencies/notable art opportunities
2023, Artwork selected to be featured as cover art on promotional material for annual catalog, Palm Beach Opera, West Palm Beach, FL
2022, Speaker: How to Build an art Collection, Cultural Council for Palm for Beach County, Lake Worth Beach, FL
2021, Founded mtn space, Lake Worth Beach, FL
2011, Focused Art Making Live/Work opportunity, Yellowstone National Park, Roosevelt Lodge, WY
2011, Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2008, Excellence in Painting, 2D department Massachusetts College of Art
Press
2023, RJ Rodriguez: On The Nightmare, Palmbeachculture.com
2023, Arts Warehouse Goes Pink, John Thomason for Boca Mag
2023, Explore the Visionary World of Melissa DelPrete, Jana Piragic for The Scout Guide
2022, It Takes Two, Heather Graulich for Palm Beach Illustrated
2022, An Inspired Alumni Update, KCBush for The Knox School
2022, The Art Of Collecting, Nick Murray for Palm Beach Culture.com
2021, Art Exhibition: Swell at Mtn Space, Lakewortharts.com
2019, Art Studio to Open This Fall, Elyse Grant for Palm Beach Post
2012, A Private Show at the Met, Employee ID Required, Corey Kilgannon for The New York Times