Athens, Ohio
haviland@ohio.edu
www.melissahaviland.com
http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~haviland/teachingsite/

EDUCATION
2002 Master of Fine Art
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
1998 Bachelor of Fine Art, cum laude
Illinois State University, Bloomington-Normal, Illinois School of Art


SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
2006
Choose Your Weapon
Art Galleries, McHenry County Community College, Crystal Lake, Illinois
Choose Your Weapon
Drawings and Sculpture, Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno, Nevada
2005
Installation: Implements of Domestic Ritual
Upper Arlington Concourse Gallery, Upper Arlington, Ohio
2004
to get her, New works, Wakeley Gallery, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois
2002
de bride ment, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Eisentrager-Howard Gallery, UNL, NE
2001
Waiting, Performance, Works-in-Progress Gallery, Richards Hall, UNL, Lincoln, Nebraska
Tower, Performance, Works-in-Progress Gallery, Richards Hall, UNL, Lincoln, Nebraska
Bewildered, Performance, Works-in-Progress Gallery, Richards Hall, UNL, Lincoln, Nebraska
2000
Bait , Installation, Lyman Hall Alternative Space, UNL, Lincoln, Nebraska
Little Hostess, Installation and Performance, Works-in-Progress Gallery, Richards Hall, UNL, Lincoln, Nebraska
Apple Pie American Girl, Installation and Performance, Rotunda Gallery, Nebraska Union, UNL, Lincoln, Nebraska

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES juried exhibitions *
2007
Choose Your Weapon*, Lockhart Gallery, SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, NY
Alternative Printmaking, Green Door Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2006
Recent Works by the OU Printmaking Faculty, Kennedy Art Museum, Ohio University, Athens, OH
Art Politic*, Metropolitan Center for the Visual Arts, Gaithersburg, MD
Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Kennedy Art Museum, Ohio University, Athens, OH
2005
Contemporary Women Artists XIII *, St. Louis Chapter of Women’s Art Caucus, juried by Judy Chicago, MAD Gallery, St. Louis, MO 2005
Illumination*, Howard County Art Center, Ellicott City, MD
2004
Home on the Edge*, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Roots & Crowns: UNL Printmakers, Great Plains Art Collection, UNL, Lincoln, NE
Women in the Middle:Borders, Barriers, and Intersection Electronic Exhibition, National Women’s Studies Association Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Context, Workshop Print Gallery, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, IL
transferred *, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona
Faculty Biennial, Merwin & Wakeley Galleries, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois
2003
Prints by the Lincoln Print Group, Adam’s Bank and Trust, Imperial, Nebraska
D’Estampes Petit Format, Espace Triennale, Chamalieres-Auvergne, France
2002
Cause/Effect Exhibition *, MACAA Conference Juried Exhibition, Eisentrager-Howard Gallery, UNL, Lincoln, NE
Palimpsest, Eisentrager-Howard Gallery, UNL, Lincoln, Nebraska
MFA Exhibition, Eisentrager-Howard Gallery, UNL, Lincoln, Nebraska
Common Culture and Uncommon Sculpture, Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Mending Heart and Soul, Skylight Gallery, Burkholder Project, Lincoln, Nebraska
Women Dressed/Women Addressed, Women’s Caucus for Art, Robert Hillestad Textile Gallery, UNL, Lincoln, NE
2001
Where do you draw the line?, Robert Hillestad Textile Gallery, UNL, Lincoln, Nebraska
Print Invitational Exhibition, Moss-Thorn Gallery, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas
2001
60 Square Inches *, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana
100 Universes, Contemporary Crafts Center, Portland, Oregon
2000
Views from the Press, University Place Art Center, Lincoln, Nebraska
Documenting Performance/Preserving Concepts, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
Shaping Spaces, Women’s Caucus for Art, 13th Street Gallery/Hot Shops Art Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Experiments in Mixed Media, Homer’s Alternative Gallery Space, Lincoln, Nebraska
Past and Present UNL Printmakers, Institute of Fine Art, Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
MFA Student Biennial, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2004 to present: Assistant Professor of Printmaking
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, School of Art

2003 - 04: Visiting Assistant Professor
Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois, Ames School of Art

2002 –03: Adjunct Instructor of Art
Metropolitan Community College, Elkhorn, Nebraska, Design Department

SPRING 2003: Adjunct Instructor of Art
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, Department of Art and Art History

2001 –02: Graduate Teacher of Record
UNL, Lincoln, Nebraska, Department of Art and Art History

SPRING 2000: Long Term Substitute for Teacher of Record
UNL, Lincoln, Nebraska, Department of Art and Art History

1999 –2000: Graduate Teaching Assistant
UNL, Lincoln, Nebraska, Department of Art and Art History

FALL 1998: Teaching Assistant
Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, New York, Art-in-Education Program

VISITING ARTIST AND CRITIC/PANELIST
2007                         
Artist in Residence, Global Arts Village, New Delhi, India 
Visiting Artist Lecture, SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, NY
2006                         
Visiting Artist Lecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Visiting Artist Lecture, Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno, Nevada
2005
Artist in Residence/ Visiting Artist Lecture, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas
Visiting Artist, South Suburban Community College, Chicago, IL
Gallery Talk, Upper Arlington Concourse Gallery, Upper Arlington, OH
Judge, Marrietta Ohio Campus Museum of Art, Young Adult Perspectives Art Show, Marrietta,
OH
2004
Visiting Artist and Critic, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
Gallery Talk, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois
2002
Gallery Talk, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
Panelist, “The MFA Experience”, Mid American College Art Association Conference, Lincoln, Nebraska
Visiting Artist and Critic, UNO, Omaha, Nebraska, Department of Art, Intermedia course
2001
Visiting Artist and Critic, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas
Visiting Critic, UNL, Lincoln, Nebraska, Department of Art and Art History, Visual Literacy Program
2000
Panelist, “The Body Politic: Gender and Community”, Mid American Print Council Conference, St. Cloud, Minnesota

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2005-06
Ohio University Research Committee Grant, for the production of Choose Your Weapons, Office of the Vice President for Research, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
2003-04
Nebraska Arts Council Artists’ Directory Member, Artists in Schools and Communities
Program, Nebraska Artists’ Council, Omaha, Nebraska
2002
Graduate Research Travel Grant, Humanities Center, UNL, Lincoln, Nebraska
2001-02
Dissertation Improvement Grant, Graduate Studies Department, UNL, Lincoln, Nebraska
Kimmel Fellowship in Studio Arts, Department of Art and Art History, UNL, Lincoln, NE
2000-01
Summer Regents Tuition Fellowship, Graduate Studies Department, UNL, Lincoln, NE
Reichenbach/Fling Fellowship, Graduate Studies Department, UNL, Lincoln, Nebraska
Regents Tuition Fellowship, Graduate Studies Department, UNL, Lincoln, Nebraska
2000
Travel Assistance Award, Department of Art and Art History, UNL, Lincoln, Nebraska
Summer Graduate Research Assistantship, Graduate Studies Dept., UNL, Lincoln, NE
Research Assistant Grant, College of Fine and Performing Arts, UNL, Lincoln, Nebraska