My recent 2 person exhibition at the Schmidt Art Center Museum, Belleville, ILL "Layers" included in the show are my ceramic sculptures and prints by Kimber Mallett.
"Serpentine 1" 26 ft x 5ft approx. This piece was acquired by the museum for their permanent collection and placed at the SWIC campus as the entry way piece in the new liberals art building.
Installation view of the exhibition "Layers""
the "Ecologist" ceramic, 60"x12"x8"
the "Ecologist" side view
Detail: "the Ecologist" Floral bouquet includes clay slip dipped actual botanical items that are fired and become a cast of themselves.
"What"s in the Water II?" Ceramic, Installation view at The Schmidt Art Center Museum.
Detail: What's in the Water II?"
Detail: "Hybrid", from "What's in The Water II?" installation. Ceramic with feathers.
"Serpentine I", approx: 28" x 5'. This is the permanent home for this piece, after being acquired by the Schmidt Art Museum and installed in the new Liberal Arts building at the SWIC campus.
"Serpentine I " in the atrium of the liberal arts building at SWIC campus.
"What's in the Water? Ceramic installation in the 10th Anniversery Exposure Show in the Gallery 210 at UMSL. Each Ceramic Drawing is approx. 32" x 13".
"What's in the Water?" side view
Details of "What's in the Water?"
Detail of the installation's pouring vessel shaped as a t-pot.
This exhibition titled "Exposure 16, Primal Forms", was a three artist show curated by Terry Suhre, the Director of Gallery 210 at the University of MO in St. Louis. (UMSL). Mr. Suhre stated in the catalog accompanying this show that the three artists were"conceptually linked by their affinity for the nature and the pleasure in the act of making. The beautiful, sensual, and the primal in their art is acknowledged and celebrated. And at the very center of the work in this exhibition is a desire by the artists to connect to viewers at a fundamental level beyond language. Communication is conducted through the fundamentals of vision, materials and processes that carry their own histories." This is the entry to my installation titled: "Gathering Landscape"
Side view of "Gathering Seeds" size: 36"x 32" x 8" depth.
Detail:"Gathering Landscape" shown are actual gum balls which were found objects dipped in clay slip and glaze and fired. They are mounted on acrylic painted wood, with ceramic objects and wool.
Detail: "Gathering Landscape" Installation: Drawing in the front is an abstracted vein system of the human kidney. Prisma pencil and pastel.
Detail: "Gathering Landscape Installation Magnolia leaves,clay and glaze dipped, fired and mounted as specimens on pencil grid drawing cut into a mound shape.
Detail" "Gathering Landscape" Installation 6ft. shelf,wall mounted. This accumulation is found objects that have been dipped in clay and glaze and fired.
Detail of botanical found objects dipped in clay slip and fired and glazed.
"Remix" installation at Art St. Louis.
Detail: "Remix".
Detail Space 2 "Remix" Styrofoam, clay, acrylic paint and plastic found objects, with raw clay wall drawing. 48" diameter x 15" depth.
"Natural Elements/Abstracted Forms", Jacoby Arts Center, Alton,. Illinois. 3 artist show. Curated by Katherine Nahorski. My installation was titled "Small World" and was based on micro organic structures.
Detail: "Small World"
"Concurrent" Artist Residence Culminating Exhibition, @ Craft Alliance's Grand Center Installation space. Piece on left wall: "Drops", sanded and shaped plexi-glas with clay forms. Right Wall piece: "Run-Off". Ink and Clay. Piece on floor: "Oil and Water", ceramic.
Detail: "Drops"
Detail:"Drops"
Detail: "Drops"
Detail: "Run-Off"
Detail: "Run-Off".
"FLOW" installation @ St. Louis University Gallery.
Detail: FLOW.
Detail: FLOW
Overview of "Rocks And Pebbles" 31 ft x 3ft., Commissioned, permanent installation at The St. Louis Children's Hospital's main cafe.
St. Louis Childrens Hospital Cafe: "Rocks and Pebbles" Detail of Waterfall. Glass Pebbles, Grout, Handbuilt ceramic and glaze rocks.
Me, installing the piece on site. Individual "modules" were first made in my studio.
Detail: "Rocks and Pebbles" Materials used: stoneware, porcelain, glaze, glass pebbles, and grout.
Detail: " Rock &Pebbles" The children seemed to enjoy searching for specialty clay rocks, like this spider and web rock.
Detail " Rocks and Pebbles". The "Earth" Rock, an example of many novelty rocks the children can hunt for.
Detail: Rocks and Floral Extrusions.
Detail:"Dalmatian" Rocks
National Great Rivers Research and Education Center in Alton Illinois. Commissioned by Lewis and Clark Community College, piece starts from the outside of the building and "flows" to the inside, flanking the entrance.
On entering the building the part, titled "More than A River" is on the visitor's right. Made of ceramic and concrete materials this perament installation is inspired by the center's study of the Mississippi Watershed. The white bird is the center's logo.
Detail of " More than a River" Showing the depth of the sculpture and Melody Evans adding small naturalistic objects.
Detail of the glass pond in "More Than a River".
"Not Just a Drop". The left side of the sculpture. Inspired by the micro biology study of the river water and its inhabitants.
Detail of "Not Just a Drop". The white sculptures are my interpretation of rotifers, the smallest animal in the animal kingdom and only visible through an electron microscope.
CSUS Else Gallery , "Retreat". This was an installation of ceramic and mixed media sculptural objects. Shown here is the "formal garden". The large Matrix-like, dress form pieces allude to topiary and social commentary of women concerning body image and beauty. The complete installation imagined a dystopia garden setting.
Detail" "Retreat", The topiary piece shown is titled "American Beauty". 61" x 23" x 10".
Detail: "Retreat" The topiary piece shown, titled: "Topiary Wife", 59" x 12" x 10". Ceramic and Glaze.
http://melody-evans.com/organic-Opening of the "Retreat Show, with Plexi-glas pond in the foreground.
