Still-life paintings of toys, figurines, and printed fabrics are the subject matter of Melodie Provenzano's Debutant exhibition and the arrangement and iconography of these items is the crux of it. These meticulously rendered compositions allow a brief glimpse into the artist's personal world. They function as dreamscapes that offer many interpretations based upon root emotions such as love, longing, and hope.

Set up as ‘mock dramas', the paintings tell a tale that oscillates between fantasy and reality, accomplishment and disappointment, understanding and bewilderment. At further inspection, the works build narrative momentum as the audience assigns meaning to the portrayed objects and unravels the significance of the icons.

Deciphering each painting and drawing, the viewer begins to see the ‘bigger picture' within the image to realize that these set-ups drawn from life actually imitate it.

b. 1974, Kinderhook, NY

EDUCATION

1996 B.F.A. Parsons School of Design

EXHIBITIONS

2006
“Melodie Provenzano - Cherries and Ferrari Series,” Private View Fine Art / Supreme Projects, New York, NY
Melodie Provenzano at Saks Fifth Avenue Windows, New York, NY 2005
“Melodie Provenzano, Yuko Shimizu, Xawery Wolski” Private View Fine Art / Supreme Projects, New York, NY
“Resonance-Works by Melodie Provenzano and Richard Monge,” Space Other, Boston, MA
“Summer Splendor - Donald Baechler, Richard Bosman, Louisa Chase, Morgan Cohen, Dennis Farber, Luis Flores, Kay Hwang, Melodie Provenzano, Ruth Root,” Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD


2004
“Melodie Provenzano/Yuko Shimizu,” Private View Fine Art, New York, NY
“Melodie Provenzano,” Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
Works on Paper, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
Palm Beach Contemporary, Palm Beach ,FL


2003
IFPDA Fair, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY “Summer Selection: Sally Egbert, Bernhard Hildenbrandt, Hermine Ford, Gail Deery, Robert Salazar. Louisa Chase and Melodie Provenzano,” Goya-Girl Press and Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
Works on Paper, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
San Francisco International Art Exposition, San Francisco, CA “Pablo Cano, Melodie Provenzano, Robert Bishoff,” Private View Fine Art, New York, NY


2002
“No-Home Show,” Eugenia Vargas Residence, Miami, FL
“No-Show,” Frederic Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL “Melodie Provenzano,” Private View Fine Art, New York, NY Art Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL Art Miami, Miami, FL “33 Paintings by Melodie Provenzano,” North Pointe Cultural Arts Center, Kinderhook, NY

1998
“Absolut Secret,” David McKee Gallery, New York, NY