Melissa Ayr

Melissa Ayr, born in New York, is an abstract painter that paints with energy, emotion and color and she refuses to conform to standard art rules. She incorporates high energy, fluidity, growth and life. She changes her environment and uses the materials around her to create her art in the moment. From oils, to acrylics, to inks, to chalks, to watercolors, each painting is original and inspired by the energy of the moment and each piece has a story. Melissa's art is mostly created using her fingers, hands, breasts, and her body. She will occasionally use brushes but prefers to push the edge of painting by using her body and an endless variation of objects and materials. Melissa continues to push the boundaries of abstract art just as those who influenced her. Melissa is inspired by the lives and art of Picasso, Pollock, Kandinsky, Frankenthaler, Chagall, Da Vinci, Monet, & Degas. Melissa has worked with some brilliant creative minds in the art world. While living in Lake Tahoe she did plein air paintings with David DA Russo a student of Pablo Picasso. Picasso taught David to create and create and create. Melissa learned that the number one rule in being an artist is to always create art.

Melissa has been painting her ...

2013- San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1999 College of Notre Dame, Art Therapy Training, Belmont, CA
1995 University of California, Berkeley, B.A., Berkeley, CA

2014 Art Exploration – Angora Hills, CA – Featured Exhibition – Kourosh Fine Art Gallery
2013 Concentrate – San Francisco, CA – Group Exhibition – SFAI
2013 Spectrum – New York, New York, NY – Javits Center – Group Exhibition
2013 Gallery 85, San Jose, CA – Group Exhibition – The Red Zone
2012 Red Dot, Miami Beach, FL – Group Exhibition – Traffucking
2012 Eighths, March Group Exhibition – Chelsea, New York
2011 Honey Bee, Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea di Firenze 2011
2011 SquAyr, The Artist Project New York / 10th Annual Architectural Digest Home Show, New York – Pier 92