Works by Melinda Braathen
In both her paintings and drawings, Melinda Braathen seamlessly transitions between elements of skillful figuration and expressively ambient abstraction. This blending of genres, traditions, and technique imbues her work with a unique sensibility that melds close observation of nature and human dynamics with theatricality and acute emotional attunement. Braathen’s work stills and materializes the flux of life’s constant becoming into a bodied abstraction of meditative paint swirled in masterful grooves of balanced coloration.
EDUCATION
2004-2007 BFA Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2006 New York Studio School, New York City, NY S
ELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 Golsa, Oslo, Norway
Solo Show, Baert Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Currents, Baert Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Summer Group Exhibition, Baert Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Untitled Art, Miami Beach Online Edition & IRL at Baert Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Works on Paper, Baert Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Sluice Over the Braids Sweet Forming, Curated by Kim Garcia, Eastside International, Los Angeles, CA
Color Is An Act Of Reason, Baert Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017 New Paintings, Porrovita, Newport Beach, CA A
sclepion, Collaborative Performance, Palm Desert, CA
2015 BCBG: Portraits, Last Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Barbara Grossman’s Breakfast Club Presents: At the Table, Coaxial Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Paintings, McMahon Airstream, Hudson, NY
2008 Knorke Gören, Kwadrat, Berlin, Germany
2007 Making Room, Bard Thesis Exhibition, UBS, Red Hook, NY
2006 Arts for All, Masterworks Foundation, Bermuda
No Back Circle, A.S.K. Arts Society Kingston, Kingston, NY