CV
Melissa English Campbell
Visual Artist
studio: Kent OH
email: melissaenglishcampbell@gmail.com
web: www.melissaenglishcampbell.com
Education
2013 MFA, Studio Arts, Kent State University
1995 BS, Environmental Design, University of California at Davis
Solo Exhibitions
2023
Ripples and Movement
Troppus Projects, Kent OH
2022
Color Chorus
University Hospital, Ravenna OH
Select Group Exhibitions
2025
World Textile Art Biennial IX
International Fine Arts, Miami, FL
Kent State School of Art Biennial Alumni Show
Center for Visual Arts, Kent, OH
2024
Exhibition in Print
Surface Design Journal
Midwest Open
Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Portraits
Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC
On the Grid
Riffe Gallery, Columbus OH
Various Small Fires
Yards Project, Cleveland OH
25th International Open
Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL
Traversing Textiles
Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus OH
Memory of the Eclipse
North Water Street, Kent OH
2023
Stranger Things
Yards Project, Cleveland, OH
Annual International Exhibition
Center for Contemporary Art. Bedminster, NJ
Co-Create
Stay Home Gallery. Paris, TN
2022
CAN Triennial. You Are Here, The Way We Transcend
Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Small Expressions - traveling exhibition
Hand Weaving Museum, Clayton, OH
Gallery at 48 Natoma, Folsom, CA
2021
Small Expressions - traveling exhibition
Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN
HeART Gallery, Toledo, OH
Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum, Tacoma Washington
Aint the Archies - Portraits of Fiber Artists by Fiber Artists
Timeless Textiles, NSW Australia
Bi-Annual International Fiber Arts X
Sebastopol Center for the Arts. Sebastopol, CA
Excellence in Fiber VI
New Bedford Art Museum, MA
2020
Mandatory Color
Museum of Texas Tech University. Lubbock, TX
Contemporary Portraiture: Redefining the Figure
Visionary Art Collective (online)
Fantastic Fibers
Yeiser Art Center, Paducah KY (online)
Fashion Meets the Body
The Fashion Museum, Kent OH (catalog)
2019
The Other Art Fair
Mana Contemporary. Chicago, IL
Wearing Justice
Kent State University Museum. Kent, OH (catalog)
Extreme Imagination Conference and Exhibition (catalog)
Tramway, Glasgow UK
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter UK
2016
FiberArt International
Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA (catalog)
2014
International TECHstyle Art Biennial
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles. San Jose, CA (catalog)
MFAEN Miniature Textile Exhibition
Downtown Gallery, Kent, OH
2013
Bi-Annual International Fiber Art VI
Sebastopol Center for the Arts. Sebastopol, CA
“Stock”
HEDGE Gallery. Cleveland, OH
Awards / Grants / Fellowships
2025
Honorable Mention, World Textile Art Biennial IX
2024
Full Fellowship, Winter 2024 Residency, Vermont Studio Center
3rd Place, Women United Art Prize, Collage and Fiber Art,
Women United Art Movement
2nd Place, 25th International Open, Woman Made Gallery
2023
Individual Excellence Award, $5K Grant, Ohio Arts Council
2020
3rd Place, Mandatory Color, Museum of Texas Tech
2019
One To Watch, The Other Fair, Chicago
2013
Juror’s Choice, Bi-Annual International Fiber Art VI
Residencies
2025
Berea College Artist in Residency for Textiles, Berea, KY
2024
Vermont Studio Center (VSC). Johnson, VT
Bethany Art Community (BAC). Ossining, NY
2023
Praxis Digital Weaving Residency (deferred). Cleveland, OH
2022
Praxis Digital Weaving Residency. Cleveland, OH