EDUCATION
	Masters of Fine Arts
	Lesley University College of Art and Design, Cambridge, MA
	Bachelor of Fine Arts (painting/philosophy)
	Santa Clara University. Santa Clara, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022	Caldwell Snyder Gallery
2022	The Obsession of Art, Bergen, Holland
2019	Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA, A Moment of Time, August 10 – September 10
2018	Skidmore Contemporary Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, Far and Beyond, October
2017	J Willott Gallery, Off the Highway, November
	Caldwell Snyder Gallery, New Works, St Helena, CA
	Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA, Melissa Chandon: Six Pools, April 15 to May 20th
	Terzian Galleries, Park City UT, New Works, March 10th thru April 10th
2016	Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA, American Weekend
	Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA, From Here to There
2015	Caldwell Snyder Gallery, St Helena, CA, American Holiday, July
2014	The Consortium for Women and Research, Davis Feminist Film Festival, Featured Keynote speakers Keep on Truckin’, April 10th
	Morris Graves Museum, Eureka, CA, Keep on Truckin’, July- August
	Campton Gallery, New York, NY, July
	Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA, American Vacation, October
2013	Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA, California Dreamin’, June
	Caldwell Snyder Gallery, St Helena, CA, New Works, August
2012	Campton Gallery, New York, NY, New Works, November
	Caldwell Snyder Gallery, St Helena, CA, May
2011	Campton Gallery, New York, NY, June
	Caldwell Snyder Gallery, St Helena, CA, May
2010	Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA – September
2009	Morris Graves Museum, Eureka CA, A Complimentary Compilation
2008	John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA – February
	Selby Fleetwood Gallery, Santa FE, NM – April
	I Wolk Gallery, St Helena, CA – September
	J Willott Gallery, Palm Desert, CA – November
2007	Morris Graves Museum, Eureka CA, Melissa Chandon: LandMarks, November
	John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA – January – February
	Terzian Galleries, Park City, UT – July
	John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA – November
2005	Phoenix Gallery, Sacramento, CA – June
2004	Phoenix Gallery, Sacramento, CA – July
2000	Tower Gallery, Sacramento, CA – November
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021	SHIFT, Dimmitt Contemporary Art, Houston, Tx
2020	Memories of a New Future, Yolo County Arts Council, Barn Gallery, September 10 to November 14
2018	Napa Valley Museum of Art, Yountville, CA, California Dreamin’, September – October
	Tasende Gallery, La Jolla, CA, Figure and Image, September
2017	UC Berkeley’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies, 116 Kroeber Hall, Worth Ryder Art Gallery, Artist for Peace, December 9th
	Terzian Galleries, From California With Love, December 8th
	Morris Graves Museum of Art, From the Collection: New Acquisitions, Feb 4th thru March 19th
	John Natsoulas Gallery, Art of Painting in the 21st Century, Feb 5st thru March 11th
	Hagen Museum, Stockton, Delta Forever
	University of California, Davis Art Department Basement Gallery, Faculty Show, “Educere,” March 16th, 2017
2016	Equity, A Film by Meera Menon, Broad Street Pictures, Start Date July 18, 2015, Release September, 2016
2016	Sacramento State University Library Art Gallery, Delta Forever, March-April
2015	Electronic Art Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CA, Media Motion, Glenda Drew and Friends, 2015
2015	Delta Protection Commission, State of California, Delta Forever, May
	John Natsoulas Center for the Arts, California Landscape Exhibition, June – July
2014	William D. Cannon Gallery, Common Thread: Traversing the American Landscape, June 14th thru August 17th
	Morris Graves Museum, Eureka, CA, This Land is Your Land, July-August
	Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA, American Flashback, March-April
	Morris Graves Museum, This Land is Your Land, July-August
2013	Merced Multicultural Arts Center, Central Valley Threads, Keep on Truckin’, September
	Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, University Hall Gallery, OBJECTIFIED, January
	Pence Gallery, Home is: Artists Reflect on the Meaning of Place, June
2012	Begovish Gallery, California State University, Fullerton, Common Thread: Traversing the American Landscape, September
2010	Sullivan Goss an American Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA, Small Works, November
	I Wolk Gallery, St Helena, CA
	John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
	Water Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009	Sullivan Goss An American Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA November – January
	I Wolk Gallery, St Helena, CA – January
	John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA, Art of the Bicycle, January
	Pence Gallery in conjunction with University of California, Davis, Davis, CA Consilience of Art & Science – March – April
	I Wolk Gallery, St Helena, CA – April
	Selby Fleetwood Gallery, Santa Fe, NM – June
2008	John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA – May – June
	Selby Fleetwood Gallery, Santa Fe, NM – November
2007	Selby Fleetwood Gallery, Santa Fe, NM – December – January
	John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA, Sacramento Valley Landscape – June – August
	Art Santa Fe, July – John Natsoulas Gallery – An International Contemporary Art Fair, July
	Exhibition de Paysages du Perche à la Gallerie ď air ď Alan Gauber, Mondoubleau, France – August
2006	University of California, Davis, Richard L. Nelson Gallery, Davis, CA, Flatlanders: A Regional Roundup, A survey exhibition of forty-six artist’s residing in the Sacramento-Davis-Woodland, July – August
	John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA, Sacramento Valley Landscape, June – August
	Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, Art of the Bicycle, July -August
2005	John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA, Sacramento Valley Landscape, June – August
2003	Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA, Cow Town, September – October
	Yolo County Arts Council, Woodland, CA Pieces of the Puzzle, September – November
	University of California,Davis Walter A. Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center, Davis, CA, Pieces of the Puzzle, Sacramento Valley Landscapes December – January
2000	Sacramento Métropolitain Arts Council, Sacramento, CA, Capital Building,
	Smith Gallery, Sacramento, CA, September – October
1999	Soloman Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA, November
	ArtScape West International, San Francisco, CA, October – November
	Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento, CA, June – July
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2021	Three art exhibits in Houston try to make sense of a difficult year
2020	Memories of a New Future, Yolo County Art Council, Barn Gallery
	Davis Enterprise, September 5th, 2020
	Yolo Arts, September 4, 2020
	Facebook
	Daily Democrat, September 6, 2020
	UC Davis
2017	American Art Collector, “California Dreaming“, December
	UC Berkeley’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies, 116 Kroeber Hall, Worth Ryder Art Gallery, Artist for Peace, A Unique Glimpse at the Underexposed: “Artists for Peace” December 10, 16 and 17, A Unique Glimpse at the Underexposed: “Artists for Peace”, Monday October 30th
	American Art Collector, “American Summer“, July
	Architectural Digest, May 2, 2017, A Traditional Ski Retreat Where More Is More
	Instagram, May 5, 2017
2016	ARABELLA: Canadian Art, Architecture & Design, Road Trip, by Lorie Lee Steiner
	Huffington Post, Kathy Leonardo, Melissa Chandon’s ‘American Weekend’ Offers Warm Shades of Nostalgia!, July 5, 5:34 pm
	LA Art Party, Kathy Leonardo, On View Now: Skidmore Contemporary Art Presents “American Weekend” Featuring the Paintings of Melissa Chandon!
	Mutualart, June 25, Melissa Chandon: American Weekend
	I Require Art, March 27, 2016, Thinking Outside the Museum
	I Require Art, March 16, 2016, Thinking outside the Museum
	Southern Living, The New Sothern Colors, March 2016, page 83
	Coastal Living, Spyker, Marisa, Palm Beach Perfect, March 2016, page 54
	I require Art, March 15, 2016, Thinking Outside the Museum
	San Francisco Examiner, Good Day, March 2, 2016
	The Art of Painting in the 21st Century, speaker / panelist: Discussion About Painting in the 21st Century, March 12, 2016
2014	Daily Democrat, Staff, Davis Film Fest Premiers Tonight, 04//10/14
	Times Standard, Polck, Lisa, Art Grows Here; Art Reflects Life, 07/17/14, 12:01 am
2013	Sun-Star staff, Exhibit showcasing Central Valley workers opening at Multicultural Arts Center, www.sacbee.com/2013/09/18/5745387/exhibit-showcasing-central-valley.html, September 18, 2013, 12:00 am
2013	Scott Hernandez-Jason, Director of News and Social Media, “Exhibit Brings Valley Threads Together”, University of California Merced, September 16
2013	diattaart.wordpress.com/tag/melissa-chandon/, March 7, 2013
2012	Reid Singer, “The First-Ever Palm Springs Art Fair Debuts With Tributes To Judy Chicago and Cheech Marin, Blouin ARTINFO, published: February 16, 2012
2010	Charles Donelan, “Americans at Play at Sullivan Goss”, Santa Barbara Independent, July 2010
2010	Annie Boon, Melissa Chandon: New Perspectives, American Art Collector, October 2010, p 162 – 165
2010	Bonnie Gangelhoff, Best of the West, Southwest Art Magazine, September 2010, p 34
2009	Bound for Santa Fe: International Attention”; American Art Collector, August, 2009
2009	Staff Writer, “The Story So Far”; American Art Collector, July, 2009, p 188
2009	Melissa Hiatt, “The bigger-is-better set should watch their collective backs, because it seems that Bob Dylan’s words have become apt once again: “The times, they are a-changin.’”; Davis Enterprise, July 23, 2009
2009	“Forward Thinking”; American Art Collector, June, 2009, p 140 – 143
2009	Melissa Hart, “Vintage Vistas: A brush with the great American family road trip”; Davis Enterprise, February 19, 2009, p C6
2009	Melissa Hart, “Paul Cezanne Was a Physicist: Art and Science are Two Halves of a Greater Whole”; Davis Enterprise, March 19, 2009, p C6
2009	Bonnie Gangelhoff, “Under the Desert Sun March is High Season in Palm Desert”; Southwest Art Magazine, March 2009, p 58 -61
2009	Bonnie Gangelhoff, “Edward Hopper meets T. Boone Pickins”, The Artist Magazine, April 4, 2009
2008	Virginia Campbell, “Melissa Chandon’s Abstract Realism”; Southwest Art Magazine, May 2008, p 88 – 93, 112-113
2008	Joshua Rose, “Melissa Chandon Roadside America”; American Art Collector, April, 2008 p.149 – 153
2008	Hollis Walker, “Artist Resurrects and Restores the Icons of Life in the U.S. in the ’50s and ’60s to Their Original Luster”; Albuquerque Journal, April 11, 2008
2008	Elizabeth Kalfsbeek, “Davis Artist Brings Feeling of the Valley to New Med Center”; Daily Democrat & Davis Enterprise,May, 22, 2008
2007	Bonnie Gangelhoff, “Best of the West: Bygone Era” Southwest Art Magazine, May, 2007
2007	Gussie Fauntleroy, “Ten Artist to Watch 2007”; Southwest Art Magazine, January, 2007
2007	Cathleen Ferraro, “Subtraction Adds up to Art”; Inside the City Publications, January, 2007
2007	Suzanne Munich, “Davis artist acknowledged by national magazine”; Davis Enterprise January 2, 2007
2006	Diane Chin Lui, “Varied Valley Visions”; Davis Enterprise, August 10, 2006
2005	Chrisanne Beckner, “Paint Your Valley”; Sacramento News & Review, September 1, 2005
2005	Victoria Dalkey, “Valleyscapes Paintings show the diversity of North Valley’s Regions”; Sacramento Bee, July 24, 2005, p 45
INTERVIEWS
2020	Memories of a New Future – Melissa Chandon Exhibition Talk
2013	On Valley Edition: Youth & Gangs; Bakersfield Power Plant; Central Valley Threads
2013	Arts in the Valley, September 2013, 1480 KYOS AM, Merced,CA , September 20, 2013
2010	California State Rice Growers Association, September 2010
2009	John Natsoulas Gallery
SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
	Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco de Young Museum Morgan Flagg Collection
	Morris Graves Museum
	Napa Valley Museum
	Triton Museum of Art
	Gregory Kondos Museum, Sacramento City College
	Sacramento Metropolitan Art Council, Art in Public Places Program
	University of New Mexico, Women’s Cancer Research Center
	Stanford Medical Center
	Queen Raina Al Abdullah of Jordan
	Chevy Chase
	True Religion Brand Jeans
	City of Sacramento, Art in Public Places
	University of New Mexico, Cancer Research Center
	University of California, Davis Medical Center
	University of California, Shields Library
	Alderwood Business Park, Seattle
	James Flagg
	Preston Butcher
	Mayor Jan Jones, Los Vegas
	Alan Gauber, Mondoubleau, France
	Rudd Vineyard and Winery
	Woodland Memorial Medical Hospital
	Schumaker Oil Collection
	Tower Corporation – Russ Solomon
	Ward Carry Collection
	William Nicholson Collection
	Trish and George Vandenburg
	Mark and Nancy Gilbert
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS AND GRANTS
2021	Open Ceilings: Salt. November 19th, 2021, volume 6. Painting and photography juror
2020	Memories of a New Future, Yolo County Arts Council, Barn Gallery, Sept 10 to Nov 14
2019	Recipient of the 2019 “Hearts in San Francisco” San Francisco General Hospital Foundation
2016	University of New Mexico, Women’s Medical Cancer Research Center
2015	Sacramento Metropolitan Art Council, Art in Public Places Program
2013	Central Valley Threads is presented in part with $25,000 from the UC Humanities Research Institute. The contribution is part of the institute’s Humanities and Changing Conceptions of Work initiative, a multi-campus project funded by an $800,000 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant.
2010	California Rice Growers Association, State Capital, Sacramento, CA
2008	University of California, Davis Medical Center, new wing expansion
	Woodland Healthcare, 1325 Cottonwood St, Woodland, CA – “Farm House with Tree”, installation – 92” h x 192” w
2007	Sacramento International Airport, Exhibition sponsored by the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Council
	University of California, Davis Medical Center, new wing expansion
	Korshak Kracoff Kong & Sugano Law Offices- Sacramento, CA
TEACHING
2013- present	University of California, Davis, Design Department
2009 – 2008	University of California, Davis, Environmental Sciences, Art/Science Fusion Program
2001-1997	Davis Community Art Center, Painting, (color and form)
2001-1997	Davis Community Art Center, Drawing
TEACHING (WORKSHOPS – plein air)
2007	14-day workshop, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2007	14-day workshop, Mondoubleau, Franc
2006	2-day workshop, Yountville, CA
2006	2-day workshop, Clarksburg, CA
2005	14-day workshop, Vers-Pont-du-Gard, France
2004	10-day workshop, Santa Fe and Taos, New Mexico
ENGAGED SCHOLARSHIP – SEMINARS (Sponsored Courses/Educational Partners)
1997-2007	Researched, coordinated, and executed over 100 field seminars to over 30 count with 12 to 45 participants per seminar. The seminars lasted one to three weeks in length and were accompanied by an expert guide or academic visiting museums for specific exhibitions, artist studios, special events special firings for ceramics, Pilchuck Glass School for a 1 week glass blowing event where 5 teams of glass blowing artist work. The field seminars were sponsored by various non-profit organizations. The trips additionally raised funds for the organizations. Listed below are the sponsors: Crocker Art Museum, City of Davis, Pence Gallery, Marin Museum of the American Indian, Yolo County Arts Council, KVIE Channel 6
	University of California, Davis: Friends of the Arboretum, Design Museum, C. N. Gorman Museum, Medical Center, Department of Food Science and Technology, Shields Library Associates, Richard L. Nelson Art
PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
2000-2004	Assistant to the Director, Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis
	•    Implemented exhibition calendar, installation design and acquired specific equipment for each installation
	•    Trained students on art handling, gallery preparation and installation
	•    Scheduled student pool for exhibition staffing
	•    Coordinated special gallery activities; guest speakers, special events, visiting artist talks