MELANIE HERNANDEZ
melhernand@ucdavis.edu   ◇   www.melaniehernandez.me

EDUCATION
2022 University of California Davis, Davis, CA Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art
2018 Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art, Painting Emphasis

EXHIBITIONS
2022 Arts and Humanities 2022 Graduate Exhibition, Manetti Shrem Museum, Davis, CA
2021 16th National Juried Exhibition, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2021  HOME, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2019 Side Hustle,​ Blackburn 20/20 Gallery, New York, NY
2019 Spring Fling Grand Salon Show, The Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Emerging Artists 2018, Healdsburg Center for the Art, Healdsburg, CA
2018 El Segundo Art Walk, Copper Willow Paper Studio, El Segundo, CA
2018 GMC Student Exhibit, Green Music Center, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
2018 BFA Exhibition 2018, Sonoma State Art Gallery, Rohnert Park, CA
2018 CONNECTIONS, California State University East Bay Art Gallery, Hayward, CA

AWARDS
2022 Fay Nelson Award, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
2022 Freemon Gadberry Award, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
2021 Juror’s Award, HOME Exhibition, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA 
2016, 2017, 2018 Dean’s List, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA

PUBLICATIONS
2022 Topophilia, UC Davis Art Studio MFA Exhibition Catalog
2021 “Home,” National Juried Exhibition Catalog
2019 Robert Arneson, The Anti-War Works 1982-1986 Catalog