Melina Ausikaitis
Bachelor of Fine Art in
Painting, Massachusetts College of Art, graduated 1999
GROUP
EXHIBITIONS
2006
Kunst 06 12th International Contemporary Art Fair
ABB Hall 550, Zuerich Switzerland / Booth G2
November 16-20, 2006
Art Forum Ute
Barth, Zurich Switzerland The Very Young
Melina and Ray;
The
Rainbo Club, Chicago, IL, June 1, 2006
Busy Beaver
Exhibition;
Busy Beaver,
Chicago, IL, January 1, 2006
Melina
Ausikaitis Drawing
2005
The Illinois
Committee for the National Museum of Women in the Arts; Gage Gallery,
Chicago, IL December 13, 2005
Living at the
End; The Mansion,
Chicago, IL, November 17, 2005
The New
Chicagoans; Select Media
Festival; Chicago, IL, October 21, 2005
Fake Your Own
Death; Valentine’s,
Portland, OR, October 6, 2005
Map, Art Fiend
Foundation; New York, NY, September 10, 2005
12X12, Wood
Street Gallery; Chicago, IL, June 17, 2005
Lumpenthology,
Heaven Gallery; Chicago, IL, April 2, 2005
Rituals; The
Mansion; Chicago, IL, February 12, 2005
City Selections;
Chicago Tourism Center; Chicago, IL, January 28, 2005
2004
Utopias, Heaven
Gallery; Chicago, IL, October 2004
3 Coasts
Textile Show, Hotcakes
Gallery; Milwaukee, WI, June 18, 2004
Cake White
Palace, Texas Ballroom;
Chicago, IL, February 28, 2004
2003
When Darkness
Falls, Gallery 400;
Chicago, IL/Midway Gallery; Milwaukee, WI, October 28, 2003
Don't Fail Me
Now, TBA Exhibition
Space; Chicago, IL, October 10, 2003
Doom, Counter
Doom, Bucket Rider
Gallery; Chicago, IL, September 12, 2003
The Stray Show,
Bucket Rider Gallery; Chicago, IL, May 10, 2003
2002
The Way Out is
the Way, Bucket Rider
Gallery; Chicago, IL, October 11, 2002
Division
Street, Open End
Gallery; Chicago, IL, September 12, 2002
2001
Whippersnapper
III, Vedanta
Gallery; Chicago, IL, July 27, 2001
Hoof and Mouth, Can
Gallery; Chicago, IL, June 22, 2001
Instant
Happiness, Can Gallery;
Chicago, IL, March 10, 2001
COMISSIONS
Year
long project: one thousand square feet of hand-drawn pattern – pencil on paper,
May 05, 2005 [Private Collector]
PUBLICATIONS
Fake Your Own
Death Magazine;
Artwork Submissions, October 6, 2005
Terry Plummer
Magazine;
Artwork Submissions, March, 16, 2005
The Way Out is the Way Works
on Paper by Melina Ausikaitis, Jon Beasly and Rob Doran
Written by:
Lisa Williamson (Bucket Rider Gallery; October 11 – November 2, 2002)
GROUP FASHION SHOWS
Spring Break,
The Butcher Shop; Chicago, IL, April 23, 2005
Protest Fashion
Show,
Buddy Gallery; Chicago, IL, October 2004
Sequence, Art
+ Science Salon; Chicago, IL, April 12, 2004
Repeat Offender
Shipwrecked Avenger, Open End
Gallery; Chicago, IL, November 22, 2003
Repeat Offender
Circus Suspender, Buddy Gallery;
Chicago, IL, May 31, 2003
Repeat Offender
Fashion Bender, Buddy Gallery;
Chicago, IL, January 1, 2003
DESIGN
Aloha,
Album Cover Artwork, November 2005
Martin
Brummeler;
Album Cover Artwork, October 2005
Lichens, 7” Record
Insert Artwork; April 2005
Rodan Spring
Billboard,
Billboard Design and Execution; May 2005
Euphone V,
EUPHONE, Album Cover Design; December 2004
Here Comes
Everyone,
ALOHA, Album Cover Artwork; September 2004
Chin up Chin
up,
Band T-shirt Design; October 2004
Pit Er Pat, PIT
ER PAT,
Album Cover Design;
March 2004
Thunderwings,
Euphone and The Wizards, Band Poster
Design; March 2004
