Contact

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Mel Rosas

Telephone (cell): (248) 808-9054

Office address: 150 Art Bldg. WSU, Detroit, MI 48202

Email: rosasmel313@gmail.com


Home Address: 130 E. Bloomfield, Royal Oak, MI 48073  

 

Education

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Baccalaureate: BFA, Drake University, Des Moines, IA, 1972

Graduate: MFA, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 1975

Employment

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Professor, The James Pearson Duffy Department of Art & Art History

Wayne State University, Detroit, MI,
1976 to present

Faculty Appointments at other Institutions

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1975-76 University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

1981 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield, MI.

Biographical Citations (National/Regional or Professional Directories)

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Printworld Directory, West Chester, PA

Who’s Who in American Art

Who’s Who Among Hispanic Americans

Invited Seminars/Lectures

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2020 Lectured on my work, presented by Essay’d and the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Feb. 20

2020 Circle of Art, open house studio tour, lectured on my work, held in conjunction with the Detroit Artist Market, the Russell Industrial Ctr. Studios, Jan. 9

2019 Lectured on my work (in Spanish) Wayne State University Club hispano, Manoogian Hall, WSU, Nov. 14

2015 WSU’s Knowledge on Tap Lecture Series, Frida Kahlo and the Thin Line between Tragedy and Inspiration, the event coincides with the Detroit Institute of Arts' "Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Detroit" the Majestic Café, Detroit MI, Mar. 4

2011 Delivered Lecture – Cuba, Lost in Time, WSU Colloquium, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

2010 Lectured on my work, The Farmington Art Association, Farming ton Hills, MI, Oct. 13

2010 Lectured on my work, in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Oct. 4

2007 Lectured on my work, the Grosse Pointe Artist Association, Mar. 3 

2005 Oil Painting Demo and Workshop Birmingham/Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI, Nov. 19

2005 Artist’s Choice: Lectured on my work and the Diego Rivera Industrial Murals, The Detroit Institute of Art, Oct. 2

2005 Lectured on my work to the Birmingham Society of Women Painters, Birmingham, MI, Feb. 8

2004 Magic Realism and Contemporary Latin American Painting, The Humanities Center Brown Bag Lunch Colloquium Series, WSU, Lecture presented on Apr. 1

2004 Two Day Painting Workshop presented to the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, MI, March 3 and 10, 2004, Over the course of these two days (six hours each) I presented a slide lecture on my work, painting demonstrations, and painting instruction to eleven students  

2002 Lectured on my work (studio visit) the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, MI

1997 Four Day Visiting Artist Workshop, The University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, Mar. 17 – 20

1995 Lectured on my work, Latin American Week, University of Michigan, Department of Romance Languages, Ann Arbor, MI, Apr. 6

1995 Lectured on my work, Latin American Week, Wayne State University, Department of Romance Languages & Chicano/Boricua Studies, Detroit, MI, Apr. 5

1993 Lectured on my work, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI, Dec. 9

1992 Lectured on my work, Dearborn Art Association, University of MI

1990 Lectured on my work and presented media demonstration, Trenton High School, Trenton, MI, May 8

1989 Lectured on my work and presented media demonstration, McDowell Elementary School, Detroit, MI, Dec. 1989

1989 Lectured on Detroit based figurative artists, Birmingham/Bloomfield Art Association, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Mar. 1989

1988 Lecturer and Juror - Spring Arbor College, Spring Arbor, MI, Oct. 1988

1988 Lectured on my work, Hazel Park Public Schools, Oct. 1988

1988 Lectured on my work, Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Association, Mar. 1988

1987 Lectured on my work, Michigan Watercolor Society, Oct. 1987

1987 Juried Exhibition: “Graphite,” and lectured on the topic of “Drawing,” the Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, MI, Oct. 1987

1986 Lecture series within the Department

1986 Detroit Focus Gallery, “The Artist and Travel”

1985 Lecture series within the Department

1983 Lecturer and Juror, Spring Arbor College, Spring Arbor, MI

1981 Emporia State University, Emporia, KS, Two-day Drawing Workshop

Collections

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Alberta Art Foundation, Edmonton, Alberta

Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR

Ball State University, Muncie, IN

Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Michigan, Detroit, MI

Carnegie-Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, PA

Chemical Bank, New York, NY

College of the Siskiyous, Wee, CA

Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI

Dulin Gallery of Art, Knoxville, TN

Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI

The Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, ID

National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian, Washington D.C.

Neiman Marcus, Troy, MI

Phillip Morris, Inc., New York, NY

Southeast Banking Corporation, Miami, FL

SBC, Detroit, MI

The Cleveland County College, Middlesbrough, England

University of Calgary, Calgary Alberta

University of Iowa City, IA

WDIV, Detroit, MI

Also, Private Collections

Commissions

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2003 Project Pretty City, Malcolm Pirnie and Associates (sponsor) with:
The G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Detroit, MI.  I was commissioned to paint one city trash receptacle in fulfillment of this project.  A group exhibition of the receptacles along with works from the commissioned artists will follow at the N’Namdi Gallery

1989 One Twenty-Three Kercheval Restaurant, one painting commissioned, Joy Emery Gallery - art consultant, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI, completed Dec. 15,

1989 The Italian Consulate of Detroit, One Painting commissioned, completed Sept.

1982 McCann Erickson, Eight Drawings commissioned, Troy, MI

1981 Stewart and Stewart, One Lithograph, “Vanity,” commissioned and published by Steward and Steward, Birmingham, MI

Professional Consultation 

(Public Presentations as an Expert in Discipline)

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1996 Interviewed by The Left Bank, volume four Comments: Wayne State Art Educators 

1994 Interviewed by Surreal Magazine, Topic: Funding for the Arts and the NEA, Apr. 13,

1985 Television appearance, “Arts Illustrated”, PBS/Channel 56, The Rosetta Burke Folk Art Controversy

Consulting to Public Agencies, Foundations, Professional Associations

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1984-85 Exhibition Consultant, Your Heritage House, Detroit, MI

Other Community Service

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2019 Outside evaluator for Paul Flippen’s application for promotion to full professor,  Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, Sept. 2019,

2012 Outside evaluator for Larry Cressman’s application for promotion to full professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

2009 Member of SWAN (SouthWest Artists Network). I served as an initial consultant to develop a visual arts center in Southwest Detroit, Harriet Taubman Center and Southwest Solutions, Detroit, MI

2008 Juror: Grosse Pointe Art Center, 70th Annual Members Exhibition, Grosse Pointe, MI, Feb. 11, 2008

2007 Juror: Scarab Club Gold Metal Members Exhibition, the Scarab Club, Detroit, MI, Nov. 19, 2007

2005 Conducted two workshops for Tradiciones Vivas - Casa de Unidad’s summer youth art program on Jul. 28, (art presentation) and Aug. 4 (percussion presentation)

2003 Conducted workshop for Tradiciones Vivas - Casa de Unidad’s summer youth art program on Jul. 10 (art and percussion presentations)

2002 Conducted workshop for Tradiciones Vivas - Casa de Unidad’s summer youth art program on Jul. 12 (art and percussion presentations)

2001 Juror/Reader for the Creative Artist Grant selection process (step two) ArtServe of Michigan, Sept. 24

2001 Juror: High School Scholastic Art Competition, Macomb County, MI, Jan. 17

2000 Served as Art Director for Casa de Unidad’s summer youth art program (Tradiciones Vivas) completed to fulfill the community service requirement for Creative Artist Grant, ArtServe of Michigan.

1994 Juror: High School Scholastic Art Competition, Macomb County, MI, Jan. 19

1991-93 Juror: High School Scholastic Art Competition, Macomb County, MI

Artist Statement

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Honors/Awards

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2014 Appointed as the Elaine L. Jacob Chair, the James Pearson Duffy Dept. of Art and Art History

1994 Board of Governors Faculty Recognition Award, WSU, Detroit, MI                                     

1986 Selected for the “Outstanding Young Men of America,” Award

1977 Purchase Award - National Print and Drawing Exhibition, College of the Siskiyous, Weed, CA.

1977 Purchase Award - 23rd Drawing and Small Sculpture show, Muncie, IN.

1977 11th Dulin National Print and Drawing Competition, Knoxville, TN.

1973-75 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Tyler School of Art

1973 Fine Arts Award in Painting, Drake University

Fellowships/Grants/Special Awards

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2018 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY, $30,000

2009-10 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY $15,000

2007-08 Charles H. Gershenson Distinguished Faculty Award July 2006 – 2007 - $6,500 – Second Installment

2006-07 Charles H. Gershenson Distinguished Faculty Award July 2006 – 2007 - $6,500 – First Installment

2003-04 The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY $10,000

2000 Creative Artist Grant, ArtServe of Michigan, $6000

1994 Wayne State University Board of Governors Faculty Recognition Award $2,000

1994 Small Research Grant, W.S.U.

1993 Small Research Grant, W.S.U.

1993-94 National Endowment for the Arts Grant, Visual Artists Fellowship, $20,000.00– in support of research/travel to Panama and Costa Rica

1991-92 Small Research Grant, W.S.U.

1990-91 Small Research Grant, W.S.U.

1990-91 Faculty Research Grant, $4,000

1987-88 Creative Artist Grant, Michigan Council for the Arts, $6,000

1987-88 Faculty Research Grant, $5,000

1986 Alternate, Rome Prize Fellowship

1984-85 Creative Artist Grant, Michigan Council for the Arts, $4,000

1981-82 Creative Artist Grant, Michigan Council for the Arts, $4,000

National/International Solo Exhibitions

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2017 La patria, Foreign Intimacies, Solo Exhibition, Davidson Contemporary Gallery, New York, NY, Jan. 5 – Feb. 4

2013 Un verso sincillo/A Simple Verse, Solo Exhibition, Davidson Contemporary Gallery, Mar. 19 – Apr. 27

2011   Perdido en el tiempo/Lost in Time, Solo exhibition, Davidson Contemporary Gallery, New York, NY, Apr. 4 – 30

2009 La calle desconocida (the Unknown Street) Solo exhibition, Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, NY, Jan. 6 – Feb. 7

2007   The Enigma of Return, Solo Exhibition, Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, NY, Jan. 4 – Feb. 10

2005 After the Rain, Solo Exhibition, The Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, NY, Jan. 8 – Feb. 12

2003 Water and Other Stories, Solo exhibition, The Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, NY, Jan. 7 – Feb. 8

1995 Portals, Solo Exhibition, Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, NY, May 16 – Jun. 17

National/International Group Exhibitions

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2020 FACE to FACE, an Exhibition of Self-Portraits, Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago IL, May 16 – Oct. 17

2019 The New York Satellite Print Fair, Mercantile Annex 37, New York, NY, Oct. 24 – 27, one print exhibited

2016 Pulse Miami Beach, Miami, FL, Dec. 1 – 4, represented by the Davidson Contemporary Gallery, NYC, six paintings exhibited

2014 Expo Chicago, Navy Pier, International Art Exposition, Chicago, IL, Sept. 18-21, represented by the Davidson Contemporary Gallery, NYC, three paintings exhibited

2013 Expo Chicago at Navy Pier, International Art Exposition, represented by the Davidson Contemporary Gallery, NYC, Sept. 19 – 22, four paintings exhibited

2013 Art Basel Miami, International Art Exposition, represented by the Davidson Contemporary Gallery, NYC, Miami, FL, Dec. 5-8, one painting exhibited

2012 Art Basel Miami, International Art Exposition, represented by the Maxwell Davidson Gallery NYC, Miami, FL, Dec. 5 – 8, four paintings exhibited

2012 Expo Chicago navy Pier, International Art Exposition, represented by the Davidson Contemporary Gallery, NYC, Sept. 20 – 23, four paintings exhibited

2011 Pulse Miami, International Art Exposition, represented by the Maxwell Davidson Gallery, NYC, Miami, FL, Dec. 1 - 4, two paintings exhibited

2010 Pulse Miami, International Art Exposition, represented by the Maxwell Davidson Gallery, NYC, Miami, FL, Dec. 2 – 5, two paintings exhibited

2009 Pulse Miami, International Art Exposition, represented by the Maxwell Davidson Gallery, NYC, Miami, FL, Dec. 3 – 6, four paintings exhibited

2009 Pulse, New York, International Art Exposition, represented by the Maxwell Davidson Gallery, Pier 40, New York, NY, Mar. 5 – 8, five paintings exhibited

2008 Art Chicago, International Art Exposition, Merchandise Mart, Chicago IL, represented by the Maxwell Davidson Gallery NYC, Apr. 27 – Apr. 30, four paintings exhibited

2005 By any Means: Work from the National Drawing Invitationals, opens Sept. 1 – Oct. 20 at the Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA

Exhibition continued to the following Museums: Tyler art Gallery, Oswego, NY; CSU Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA; J. Wayne Stark University Center Galleries, College Station, TX; Perspective Gallery, Blacksburg, VA; Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; John Brown University, Siloam Springs, AK, one drawing exhibited from the permanent collection of Emporia State University, Emporia, KS

2005 San Francisco International Art Expo, San Francisco, CA, represented by the Maxwell David son Gallery, NYC, Jan. 14 – 17, five paintings exhibited

2005 The Art Show, Art Dealers Association of America, the 7th Regiment Armory, New York, NY, Feb. 23 – 28, four paintings exhibited

2004 The Art Show, The Art Dealers Association of America, The Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, NY Represented by the Maxwell Davidson Gallery NYC, Feb. 18 – 23, four paintings exhibited

2004 San Francisco International Art Exposition, San Francisco, CA, represented by the Maxwell Davidson Gallery NYC, Jan. 16– 19, six paintings exhibited

San Francisco International Art Exposition, represented by the Maxwell Davidson Gallery, NYC, San Francisco, CA, Jan. 16 – 21

2002 The Art Show, Art Dealers Association of America, The Seventh Regiment Armory, represented by the Maxwell Davidson Gallery, NYC, Feb. 20 – 25

2001 San Francisco International Art Exposition, represented by the Maxwell Davidson Gallery, NYC, San Francisco, CA, Sept. 18 – 21

2001 The Art Show, Art Dealers Association of America, the 7th Regiment Armory, New York, NY, Feb. 21 – 26

2001 Mark(s) - A Quarterly Journal of Literary and Visual Arts - a World Wide Web Publication. <www.markszine.com> eleven paintings featured with interview, Mar. – May

2001  Art Palm Beach, International Art Exposition, 2001, Palm Beach, FL, Jan. 10 – 15

2000 San Francisco International Art Exposition, San Francisco, CA, Sept. 22 – 25,

2000 The Print Fair, the 7Th Regiment Armory, New York, NY, Nov. 1 – 5

1999 The Art Show, Art Dealers Association of America, Invitational group exposition, international, The Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, NY, Feb. 7 – 20

1999 Art 1999, Chicago at Navy Pier, Invitational group exposition, international, Chicago, IL, May 7 – 11

1999 San Francisco International Art Exposition, Exhibited by Maxwell Davidson Gallery, NYC, San Francisco, CA, Oct. 1 - 4

1997 Art Chicago, Invitational group exhibition (international) Chicago, IL, May 9 – 12

1997 The Ninth Annual Art Show, Art Dealer’s Association of America, International Exposition, New York, NY, Feb. 20 – 24

1995 Interventions, Invitational Group Exhibition, the Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI, June 4 – Sept 3

1995 Dealer’s Choice, - Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Invitational Group Exhibition, Representing Artists from New York, Chicago, and Michigan Galleries, Oct. 29 – Jan. 8

1993 The Art Show, 6th Annual Exhibition, Art Dealers Association, The Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, NY, Feb. 24 – 28, Invitational, Group Exhibition

1993 Printfest, “93,” Milwaukee Art Museum,, Milwaukee WI, Oct. 8 – 10

1992 The 13th Annual Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago, IL, May 5 – 9

1992 Invitational Exhibition of Drawings, Bringham Young University, Provo, UT, Oct. 21 – Nov. 11

1992 The Art Show, 4th Annual Exhibition, Art Dealers Association, The Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, NY, Oct.

1991 Coming Attractions, Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, NY, Invitational Group Exhibition, Sept. 7 – Oct. 12

1991 Collaboration in Print, Steward and Stewart Prints, 1980-1991, The Detroit Institute of Arts, exhibition travels to seven regional institutions, Invitational Group Exhibition, Detroit, MI, Jul. 7 – Dec. 16

1991 Gallery Artists and New Faces, Invitational Group Exhibition, Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, NY, Jun. 13 – Aug. 16

1991 In the Heart of the Country: Contemporary Latino Artists from the Midwest, Invitational Group Exhibition, The Department of Cultural Affairs, The Chicago Public Library, Chicago, IL, Apr. 20 – Jun. 23

1990 Detroit Realism’s, A group exhibition sponsored and arranged by Dieter Marcello Film & Project GMBH, and Bert & Krirs Gallery, Broadway Kino, Cologn, Germany

1990 New Talent, Group Exhibition, Alexander Milliken Gallery, New York, NY, Oct. 6 – Nov. 7

1989 National Invitational Drawing Exhibition, A touring show sponsored by Exhibits USA, a national division of Mid-America Arts Alliance, Sept. 1 – May 31

1989 Invitational Group Exhibition, Institute of Culture Zacatecas City, Zacatecas, Mexico, Mar.

1987 Mainstream America, Invitational Group Exhibition, Butler Institute of Art, Youngstown, OH

1986 The Artist Obsessed, Architecture Perceived, Fendrick Gallery, Washington D.C., (Group Exhibition)

1983 City Walls, Fendrick Gallery, Washington, D.C., (One Person Exhibition)

1982 Detroit Artists Market Brings Beaubien 6 to Artcite, Windsor, Ontario (Group Exhibition)

1981 American Drawings in Black & White, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY

1981 Annual Invitational Exhibition, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS (Group Exhibition)

1980 On Wheels, Public Library Gallery, Miami, FL (Group Exhibition)

1979 Group Exhibition, Virginia Miller Gallery, Miami, FL

1978 Garbage and Wrecks, Fendrick Gallery, Washington, D.C., (Group Exhibition)

1977 Third International Drawing Biennial, Middlesbrough, England

1977 National Print and Drawing Exhibition 77, College of the Siskiyous, Weed, CA (Group Exhibition)

1977 Invitational Group Exhibition, University of Houston Downtown College, Houston, TX, (Group Exhibition)

1977 Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Kutztown State College, Kutztown, PA, (Group Exhibition)

1977 23rd Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, (Group Exhibition)

1977 11th Dulin National Print and Drawing Competition, Knoxville, TN, (Group Exhibition)

1976 Works on Paper Invitational Show, Michael C. Rockefeller Center, Fredonia, NY, (Group Exhibition)

1975 Annual Group Juried Exhibition, Cheltenham Art Center, Philadelphia, PA

1974 Juried Exhibition, held in conjunction with the College Art Association of America “Corcoran Gallery of Art,” Washington D.C.

Local/Regional Solo Exhibitions

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2019 Twenty-fourth Annual Artworks Detroit, Matrix Human Services fundraising event, Wasserman, Sept. 12,  one painting donated

2019 Art @ the Max VI, eight-person exhibition in conjunction with the publication essay’d, the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Ctr., Detroit, MI, Septt. 14, – Dec. 31, three large-scale paintings exhibited

2019 Spark, an art exhibition that celebrates a creative thread that binds generations of artists. Teachers inspire students. Students become teachers. And so on. Annex Gallery, Highland Park, MI, Jul. 17 – 27. Invitational group exhibition. Four small paintings exhibited

2018 Who Were They Then, five-person invitational exhibition, Oakland University Art Gallery, Rochester MI, Oct. 20 – Nov. 18, online review of exhibition, the Detroit Art Review by Ron Scott, Nov. 6, 44-page catalog, nine works exhibited

2018 Grand Circus Art Auction, the Detroit Artist Market Annual Benefit, The David Whitney Building, Oct. 27, invited to create one painting as donation to the live auction

2018 Twenty-Third Annual Artworks Detroit 2018, Matrix Human Services, Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI, Sept. 13, one painting donated to the live auction

2018 All Media Exhibition, Terrain, juried group exhibition, The Detroit Artist Market, Apr. 17 – May 26, one painting exhibited

2017 100 Bucks Show, A Benefit Art Exhibition for the Detroit Artist Market, Detroit MI, Jul. 28 – Aug. 26, one drawing donated

2016 Invitational Group Exhibition, The Next Step Gallery, Ferndale, MI, Jun. 11 – Jul. 2, four paintings exhibited

2016 Detroit Biennale, Museum of New Art (MONA) Invitational group exhibition, one-night exhibition with guest NYC art critic, Jerry Saltz, MONA North, Armada, MI, Oct. 1, one painting exhibited

2016 Essay’d VI, Invitational group exhibition held in conjunction with Essay’d, an online writing project, Mathew Piper (writer). N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI, Jul. 16 – Sept. 3, three paintings exhibited

2016 Detroit Artists Market Annual Scholarship Awards and Exhibition Program, invitational group exhibition, the Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, MI, Mar. 4 – Apr. 9, one painting exhibited

2015 Actual Size Exhibition, Invitational group exhibition, The Atrium Gallery, Detroit MI, Dec. 12, 2015 – Jan. 23, 2016, one painting exhibited
2015 Mundo Mericas, Contemporary Art of the Americas, Invitational group exhibition, N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI, Mar. 27 – May 30,  three large paintings exhibited

2013 Actual Size Exhibition, Invitational group exhibition, CAID Gallery, Detroit, MI, Sept. 14 – October 19, one painting exhibited

2013 2013 Annual Scholarship Awards and Exhibition - Wayne State University, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI, Mar. 1 – Apr. 6, four paintings exhibited

2011 Actual Size Exhibition, Invitational group exhibition, Whitdel Arts, Detroit, MI, Sept. 10 – Oct.30, one painting exhibited

2010 SWAN Invitational (SouthWest Artists Network) Whitdell Arts, Detroit, MI, Oct. 16 – Nov. 20, invitational five-person group exhibition, ten paintings exhibited

2009 Actual Size, Invitational Group Exhibition, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, MI, Nov. 7 – Dec. 19, one painting exhibited

2009 Swan Benefit, (SouthWest Artists Network) First Annual Silent Auction and Fundraiser, Whitdell Arts, Detroit, MI, Oct. 10, one painting exhibited and donated

2009 SWAN, (SouthWest Artists Network) First group exhibition, Compas Center for the Performing Arts, Detroit, MI, Mar. 7 – Apr. 10, three paintings exhibited

2007 My Private Utopia, Invitational group exhibition, The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI, Sept. 12 – Oct. 21, one painting exhibited

2007 Actual Size Biennial, Invitational group exhibition, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit (C.A.I.D.) Detroit, MI, Oct. 20 – Dec. 1, one painting exhibited

2007 Detroit Trilogy II, Invitational collaborative project between the Detroit Dance Collective and three local visual artists: Jo Powers (painter) Sergio DeGuisti (sculptor) and Mel Rosas (painter).  Three new dance movements inspired by the work of the afore-mentioned artists premiered on Apr. 20, Ford Community and Performing Arts Center, Dearborn, MI

2007 Nostalgia, Invitational group exhibition curated by Barbara Bunting, Neal Davis Gallery, Royal Oak, MI, Mar. 2 – Mar. 31

2005 Actual Size Biennial, Vol. 2, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit (C.A.I.D.) Detroit, MI, Nov. 5 – Dec. 6

2005 Artworks for Life, the Midwest AIDS Prevention Project, Invitational group exhibition and auction, Masonic Temple, Detroit, MI, Sept. 24, one painting donated

2005 Everyday Mysteries, Paintings by Mel Rosas, Retrospective Solo Exhibition, The Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI, Dec. 12 – Feb. 13, twenty-eight paintings exhibited

2004 Home, Invitational group exhibition and benefit auction for The Center for Creative Exchange, Aug. 21, one painting donated

2004 Artworks for Life, The Midwest AIDS Prevention Project, Invitational Group Exhibition and Auction Masonic Temple, Detroit, MI, Sept. 18, one painting donated

2004 New Realism II, The Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI, Feb. 7 – Mar. 27, one painting exhibited, please see attached Detroit Free Press article

2003 Can It! G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Detroit, MI, Apr. 17 – May 6, an exhibition of painted trash receptacles and works by 21 artists commissioned by Malcolm Pirnie Pretty City Project, one trash receptacle and two paintings exhibited

2003 Artworks for Life, Invitational Group Exhibition and Auction, the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI, Sept. 20, one painting donated

2003 Actual Size, Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, MI, Nov. 8 – Dec. 21, one painting exhibited

2003 Project Pretty City, Malcolm Pirnie and Associates (sponsor) with:
G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Detroit, MI.  I was commissioned to paint one city trash receptacle in fulfillment of this project.  A group exhibition of the receptacles along with works from the commissioned artists will follow at the N’Namdi Gallery Apr. 17 – May 3, 2003

2003 Urban Landscape, Invitational, five-person, group exhibition, The Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale, MI, Jan. 25 – Mar. 8

2002 Creative Artist Grant Exhibition, Invitational group exhibition, The Padzieski Gallery, Dearborn, MI, Oct. 30 – Nov 24

2002 Pin Up, a fundraiser to benefit the Detroit Artists Market and Mark(s) zine Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, MI, Oct. 1

2002 9th Art Works for Life, The Mid west AIDS Prevention Project, Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI, Sept. 28, one painting exhibited

2002 Dealer’s Choice, Invitational Group Exhibition, Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, MI; Apr. 19 – May 24

2002 Stewart and Stewart Prints, Invitational Group Exhibition, River Gallery, Chesea, MI, Mar. 9 – Apr. 6

2001 Actual Size, Invitational Group Exhibition, Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, MI, Nov. 3 – Dec. 16, work described in the Detroit Free Press, article by Keri Guten Cohen


2001 Eleventh Annual Michigan Hispanic Artists’ Exhibit, Invitational Group Exhibition, Detroit Public Library, Bowen Branch, Detroit, MI, Sept. 20 – Dec. 15, Quoted in the Detroit News, article by Christopher M. Singer

2001 Midwest Aids Prevention Project Annual Art Benefit, Invitational Group Exhibition and Auction, The Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI, Sept. 22

2000 Art Works for Life, an Auction of Original Works, Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI, Sept. 8, one painting exhibited

2000    Tenth Annual Michigan Hispanic Artists Exhibition, The Bowen Branch Library, Detroit, MI, Sept. 28 – Nov. 25, two paintings exhibited

2000 Stewart and Stewart, Twenty Years of Printmaking, Paula Brown Gallery, Toledo, OH, Oct. 13 – Nov. 14, one lithograph exhibited

1999 L’Avventura Artistica: Artists Under the Italian Influence, Invitational group exhibition, regional The Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI, Jan. 7 – Feb. 7, one drawing and two paintings exhibited

1998 Confetti, A Group Show, Invitational group exhibition, Alley Culture, Detroit, MI, Nov. 1 – 30, one drawing exhibited

1998 Annual Latino Exhibition, Invitational, Bowen Branch Library, Southwest Detroit, MI, Sept. 24 – Nov. 28

1998 Group Exhibition, Six Artist Invitational, The Cary Gallery, Rochester, MI, Sept. 19 – Oct. 17

1998 Confetti, Invitational Group Exhibition, 23 artists, Alley Culture, Detroit, MI, Nov. 1 – 30

1998 Art Works for Life, an invitational group art exhibition to benefit AIDS research, Edsel and Elenor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI, Aug. 8

1997 Akema<=>Elivba (Make Believe) Inventing Personality and Place, Invitational group exhibition, (regional) The Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, Feb. 4 – 28, eight small scale paintings exhibited averaging 4 x 6 inches

1997 Works on Paper, Invitational group exhibitions (local) The Bunting Gallery, Royal Oak, MI, Feb. 25 – Mar. 18, one charcoal drawing exhibited 22 x 30 inches

1997 American Watercolors, Invitational group exhibitions (regional) the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, Mar. – Apr., one oil painting exhibited, 12 x 19 inches

1996 A Moveable Feast, Invitational Group Exhibitions, The Bunting Gallery Royal Oak, MI, Feb. 16 – Mar. 12

1995 Revealing Hispanic Energy, Invitational Group Exhibition, The Creative Art Center, Pontiac, MI, Sept. 30 – Oct. 31

1995 Carbonari, Invitational Group Exhibition of Drawings, Michigan Gallery, Detroit, MI, Sept. 9 – 30

1994 What Work Is, Invitational Group Exhibition, Xochipilli Gallery, Birmingham, MI, Oct. 6 – Nov. 30

1994 Gallery Dance, Invitational Group Exhibition, Exhibiting Props, Art & Dance from the Detroit Dance Collective Dance Collaboration, Community Arts Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, Held in conjunction with the Detroit Festival of the Arts, Sept. 18 – 30

1994 Detroit Dance Collective Dance Collaboration provided consultation and set design for “La Puerta,” concept and movement inspired by my painting.  Oakland Community College, Royal Oak, MI, June 2 – 3

1994 Small Works Exhibit, Cary Gallery, Rochester, MI, Sept. 1 – 28, Group Exhibition

1994 The Figure Part II, The Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI, Jul. 6 – 22, Group Exhibition

1994 Sketchbooks and Silent Auction, The Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI, Invitational, Group Exhibition, Jan. 7 – Feb. 8

1993 Mexicantown Fiesta Art Exhibition, Three-Person Invitational, Southwest Detroit, MI, Jun. 18 – 20

1993 Fitzgerald, Rosas, Zajac, Sabbatical Exhibition, Community Arts Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, Oct. 8 – Nov. 5

1990 Michigan Artists Invitational Group Exhibition, Joy Emery Gallery, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI

1990 Art for Life, A benefit Exhibition for AIDS research, Galleria Office Center Gallery, Southfield, MI, May 5 – Jun. 3

1989 Urbanology, Invitational Group Exhibition, Michigan Council for the Arts Gallery, Detroit, MI, Jun. 3 – 30

1989 Two Person Exhibition, Expono Gallery, Midland, MI, Mar. 17 – Apr. 14

1988 Sabbatical Exhibition, One-Person Exhibition, Community Arts Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, Sept. 10 – 30

1988 Detroit Builders Association Exhibition, Marilyn Finkel and Associates and Nawara Gallery (exhibition consultants) West Bloomfield, MI, Aug. 1988

1988 Hispanic Artists of Michigan Invitational, Seven Person Group Exhibition, Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI, May 7 – Jun. 5

1988 Art for the Homeless, an exhibition to benefit the homeless in Michigan, sponsored by the Englanders Corporation, Rache Bobis, Birmingham, MI, May 7 – Jun 5

1988 Italy, Three Viewpoints, an exhibition held in conjunction with a performance by “The Trio Dopler,” sponsored by The Italian Consultant of Detroit, Michigan Gallery, Detroit, MI, Sept. 2 – 3

1987 Musician (drummer) in Lucia Pozzi’s performance: Second Serenade, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI, Sept. 13

1987 Apocalypse, Michigan Gallery, Invitational Group Exhibition, Detroit, MI, Jun. 13 – Jul. 4

1987 Michigan Council for the Arts 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Invitational Group Exhibition, Michigan Council for the Arts, Detroit, MI

1987 Artists Against the Incinerator, Invitational Group Exhibition, Michigan Gallery, Detroit, MI

1986 Sabbatical Paintings, Wayne State University, Detroit, (One Person Exhibition)

1986 Michigan Council for the Arts Grantees of 1985 and 1986, Pontiac Art Center, Pontiac, MI (Group Exhibition)

1985 Group Exhibition, Cantor-Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, MI

1984 Solo Exhibition, Cantor-Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, MI

1984 In Tandem, 1981 and 1982 Creative Artists Grant Recipients, Detroit Artist’s Market, Detroit, MI, (Group Exhibition)

1982 Atelier Beaubien Revisited, Detroit Artist’s Market, Detroit, MI, (Group Exhibition)

1982 Michigan Artists 80-81, Detroit Artist’s Market, Detroit, MI, (Group Exhibition)

1981 Recent Drawings and Watercolors, Solo Exhibition, Cantor-Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, MI

1981 Area Artists from Area Galleries, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI, (Group Exhibition)

1980 The Road Show, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI, (Group Exhibition)

1980 Souvenirs of Detroit, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI, (Group Exhibition)

1979 At Cranbrook, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, (Group Exhibition)

1978 Solo Exhibition of Drawings, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI

1978 Exhibition by the Artists of the Common Ground of the Arts, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI, (Group Exhibition)

1978 Realism in Detroit, Meadowbrook Art Gallery, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, (Group Exhibition)

1978 Works on Paper, Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, MI, (Group Exhibition)

1977 Two Person Show, Willis Gallery, Detroit, MI