Melissa Herrington

ABOUT THE ARTIST //
Melissa Herrington is a contemporary abstract artist currently living and working in Los Angeles, California. She has called Southern California home since 2005 where she received her MFA from Otis College of Art and Design. Prior to that, she spent most of her early career in Atlanta, Georgia and has a BFA from Florida State University. She has exhibited both nationally and internationally.


At the heart of Herrington's artistic practice is an unmistakable relationship between distilled color and form. Standing before a singular canvas in this series, one is immediately drawn in by a strong and powerful feeling of transformation. As contoured shapes emerge from the abstract, the viewer is witness to form unfolding, creating new visual possibilities, evoking a sense of wonder.

EDUCATION MFA, OTIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, 2008
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 
BFA, FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY, 1997
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA

CURRICULUM VITAE //
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2022 Solo Exhibition
Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, Florida
EDUCATION
2008 Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California MFA 1997 Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida BFA
SOLO GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
2020 Christopher Martin Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2019 “Under the Spell of the Rose Moon” Soren Christensen Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
2016 “On the Fabric of the Infinite” Soren Christensen Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
2016 “Ireland” Chicago Art Source, Chicago Illinois
2013 And the Flame Stitches that Empty Chasm Shut, Gallery DeNovo, Sun Valley, Idaho 2012 Ashes To Honey, M Herrington Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2012 Reveille, Soren Christensen Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana

2010 HANDless, Gallery DeNovo, Sun Valley, Idaho
2010 Veiled Vision, Gallery DeNovo, ArtChicago, Chicago, Illinois

2009 Little Girls in Pretty Boxes, Soren Christensen Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana 2008 Lighght, Gallery DeNovo, Sun Valley, Idaho

2008 Echoes of Sight, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California 2007 New Paintings, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia

2007 Shadow Memories, Gallery DeNovo, Sun Valley, Idaho

2006 Soul Sessions, Gallery DeNo...