SONIA MELNIKOVA ART PHOTOGRAPHY
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Current Exhibit:
SHATTERED, National Art Exhibition
Juried by Kenneth Baker, Art Critic for the San Francisco Chronicle
Marin Museum of Contemporary Art (MarinMOCA)
August 20 – September 25, 2011
Solo Exhibits:
THE ELUSIVE POETRY OF WABI SABI: Art Photography by Sonia Melnikova-Raich
San Francisco Zen Center, 2011
FROM ABSTRACT REALITY TO REAL ABSTRACTION:
Art Photography by Sonia Melnikova-Raich
Bank of America Building, San Francisco, CA, 2009
ABSTRACT THINKING & ARCHITECTURAL FANTASIES:
Art Photography by Sonia Melnikova-Raich
Elizabeth S. and Alvin I. Fine Museum, San Francisco, CA, 2009
Public Art Acquisition:
Lafayette Public Library, the City of Lafayette, Permanent Collection
Group Exhibits:
NOTHING BUT THE BEST, Invitational Retrospective Exhibit, Expressions Gallery, Berkeley, CA, 2011 • THE ABSTRACT, Juried Exhibition, Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2011 • STORMY WEATHER, The Vermont PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, 2011 • CROSSING THE INVISIBLE LINE: The Art of Immigration,Invitational Exhibit, Sonoma State University Library Art Gallery, Rohnert Park, CA, 2011 • FOTO: PUSHING BOUNDARIES, National Juried Exhibition, ARC Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2011 • RAZZLE DAZZLE, Expressions Gallery, Berkeley, CA, 2010 • DIRECT OBJECTS: STILL LIFE AS SUBJECT, The Vermont PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, 2010 • ART@THE CITY HALL, San Francisco Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi's Office, 2010 • ABSTRACTION IN PHOTOGRAPHY, The Vermont PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, 2010 • MANAGED LANDSCAPES, Vermont Photo Space Gallery, Essex, VT, 2010 • COMMUNICATION, Juried Photography Exhibition, 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2010 (3rd place) • PHOTOS WITH WORDS: Image and Text in Photography, The Vermont PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, 2010 • CROSS CURRENTS: 4th Annual Exhibition of Artists of California, Alameda Museum, Alameda, CA, 2010 • WABI SABI 2010, O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, 2010 • BEAUTIFUL THINGS, Vermont Photo Space Gallery, Essex, VT, 2010 • HAIKU MIND, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Alameda, CA, 2010 • WITTY, WHIMSICAL & WEIRD: Light Hearted Moments in Photography, O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, 2010 • NOSTALGIA, The Vermont PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, 2010 • THE MODERNISTS, Expressions Gallery, Berkeley, CA, 2010 • ANIMAL MAGNETISM, The Vermont PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, 2010 • DEMENTIONS: 4th Annual Halloween Show, Eclectix Gallery, El Cerrito, CA, 2009 • DREAMS AND REVELATIONS, International Juried Art Exhibition, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA, 2009 • GLIMPSES IN TIME, National Juried Photography Exhibit, The Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA, 2009 • National Juried Art & Crafts Exhibition, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA, 2009 • KIDS ARE US, Expressions Gallery, Berkeley, CA, 2009 • THIS TOWN, Eclectix Gallery, El Cerrito, CA, 2009 • DREAMING IN PURSUIT OF MEMORY, Caladan Gallery, Cambridge, MA, 2009 • FORMERLY AND THEREAFTER, International Juried Photography Exhibition, Plates to Pixels, Pacific Northwest Center for Photography, Portland, OR, 2009 • ANNUAL WABI-SABI EXPOSITION, O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA 2009 • EMBODIMENT, Lawton Studios, Liburn, GA, 2009 • MYTH, MAGIC, MYSTERY, The Red Door Gallery, Oakland, CA, 2009 • ABSTRACT EXPOSURE, Online Juried Exhibition, 2009 • MENAGE A TROIS, International Juried Photography Exhibit, Watson Studio Gallery, Johnson City, TX, 2009 • DEPTH OF PERCEPTION, National Photography Juried Exhibition, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA, 2009 • SIMPLY DIVINE, Expressions Gallery, Berkeley, CA, 2009 • INVOKING SPIRIT, O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA 2009 • REFLECTIONS OF THE BAY, Juried Art Exhibition, California Modern Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2008 • AFTER LIFE, International Juried Photography Exhibit, Watson Studio Gallery, Johnson City, TX, 2008 • INDUSTRIAL ART, City of Berkeley Planning and Development Department, Berkeley, CA, 2008 • INDUSTRIAL ART, Expressions Gallery, Berkeley, CA, 2008 • YESTERDAY, TODAY & TOMORROW, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2008 • THOUSAND FACETS OF WABI-SABI, O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, 2008 • MINDSCAPE, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2008 • ART & IMPERMANENCE, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, 2008 • REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2008 • ELEGANCE AND SIMPLICITY, Expressions Gallery, Berkeley, CA, 2007 • AMAZING BLOOMS, Expressions Gallery, Berkeley, CA, 2007 • REFLECTIONS, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2007 • CHILDREN'S TREASURES, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2007 • HEALING ART, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2006 • ART: RECYCLED AND FOUND, Liquid Spaces Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA, 2006 • ART: RECYCLED AND FOUND, Expressions Gallery, Berkeley, CA, 2006 • OCEANS, SEAS AND TIDES, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2006 • AROUND THE WORLD, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2005 • WOMEN'S PERSPECTIVE, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2005 • SHADOWS AND LIGHT, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2005
Publications:
HOLY
CHAOS Emerging Visions 17, 2010
DIFFUSION: Magazine of Unconventional Photography, 2009
THE WILLIAM & MARY REVIEW, 2009
ART AND ENTERTAIN ME:
Sonia Melnikova Photography Explores Wabi-Sabi Philosophy
HAIGHT ASHBURY BEAT,
Haight Artists Open Their Doors
Catalogs:
MANAGED LANDSCAPES, Vermont Photo Space Gallery
IMAGE AND TEXT IN PHOTOGRAPHY, The Vermont PhotoPlace Gallery
GLIMPSES IN TIME 2009, The Joyce Gordon Gallery
BEAUTIFUL THINGS, Vermont Photo Space Gallery
NOSTALGIA,
The Vermont PhotoPlace Gallery
MYTH, MAGIC, MYSTERY, The Red Door Gallery
ANIMAL MAGNETISM, The Vermont PhotoPlace Gallery
Sonia Melnikova's list and photos of art shows and exhibits of her
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