Mel Smothers

Mel Smothers is an American contemporary artist born in the west coast of the USA in
1947. Smothers evolved as an artist in Pop Art America during the 60's and 70”s, working
alongside his contemporary Andy Warhol and Wayne Thiebaud. Thiebaud would later
become Smothers’ University professor and a forefront figure of American Pop Art and
Warhol the subject of over 300 paintings called "I Painted Over Andy Warhol."
Mel exhibits at Art Lives Here, and Carter-Burden Gallery, in New York City. Hay Hill
Gallery, London. TAG Gallery, and bG Gallery in Los Angeles. In 2006 he was selected to
‘Artists of Year,’ exhibition at Cooper-Union, NYC. He holds an MFA from the University
of Idaho, 1999. He has taught Art at the University of California, University of Idaho
and University of Nevada. Today he enjoys a continued connection to the academic art
world as Adjunct Professor at Lake Tahoe Community College.
He has a hard-to-find studio along the shore in Lake Tahoe. He is also a student of fly fishing and jazz violin.

EDUCATION:
Masters in Fine Art, University of Idaho, 1999.
University of California at Davis, Professor Wayne Thiebaud: Life Drawing, Print-making, Art Criticism.
BA Degree, Studio Art, California State University, Sacramento, CA. 1991.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
"El Bote," Dacia Gallery, New York City, 2020.
AARP Retrospective Andy Dialogs, Pivot Gallery. New York City, NY. Febuary 2019.
El Bote, Pivot Gallery. New York City, NY, 2018
Playful Scapes: Beth Barry & Mel Smothers, Carter Burden Gallery. New York City, NY, 2018
ISLAND ABSTRACTION, 2Jx Gallery. New York City, NY, 2017
MEL SMOTHERS, ISLANDS AND DIALOGS, Pivot Gallery. New York City, NY,
“POSTCARDS FROM THE PLAYA,” Burning Man, Black Rock City, NV. 2015
Judaica Museum, Hebrew Home at Riverdale, Gilbert Pavilion Gallery, New York City