Melody Owen
Lives and Works in Portland, Oregon
A 2007 graduate of the MFA program at Alfred University, Melody Owen’s variety of projects are indicative of her creative methods and the importance of her day-to-day experiences to her artistic practice, which is often developed and enriched through travel and residencies. She has participated in several international programs, including the the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France, the Gil-society in Akureyri, Iceland, and the Est-Nord-Est Residency in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada. In 2009 she was artist-in-residence at Gaestatelier Krone, Aarau, Switzerland, funded in part by the Oregon Arts Commission. Owen’s work is highly regarded by curators in the region, as well as by artists and curators nationally and internationally. In 2010 she was the subject of a major exhibition at the Art Gym at Marylhurst University (Marylhurst, OR), and was included in the 2010 Portland Biennial. Melody has exhibited at such locations as the Royal College of Art (London, England), Clough-Hanson Gallery at Rhodes College (Memphis, TN), Spoonbill and Sugartown (Brooklyn, NY), Bellevue Art Museum (Bellevue, WA), the Art Gym at Marylhurst University (Marylhurst, OR) and the Portland Art Museum (Portland, OR).
For Converge 45, Melody Own created “River Report: ships make promises”, an exhibition of photographs on the Centennial Mills site, in an adjoining building to the Ann Hamilton “habitus” installation in the Centennial Mills pavillion.