12.5 x 9.5 inches (framed dimensions)

Acrylic, collage, and graphite on canvas 

Artist's painted frame
2022

Artist: Melissa Oresky

Instagram: @moooooooooosky

Courtesy of the artist

Melissa Oresky holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has attended residencies including Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine and The Santa Fe Art Institute, New Mexico. Originally from Maryland, she lives and works in Normal, Illinois where she is a Professor of Painting and Drawing at Illinois State University.

Oresky has shown her work in painting, collage, and video nationally and internationally, with recent shows at Color Club, Chicago, Boundary Space, Chicago; Tripod Space Project, Busan, South Korea; Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago; Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL; Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN; and K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco.