Artists

editions

exhibitions

Jim Melchert

Selected Works

Bio

Melchert was born in 1930 in Ohio, and he received degrees from Princeton and the University of California, Berkeley, studying ceramics under Peter Voulkos as his teaching assistant. He taught at SFAI and was a Professor Emeritus at U.C. Berkeley. In 1977, he was hired by the National Endowment for the Arts as Director of the Visual Arts Program. In 1984, Melchert became the Director of the American Academy in Rome.
“The arc of an artist’s career is usually described in such a way that the more mundane parts, such as employment (since most artists today do have other work besides their studio practice) remain magically invisible. In Melchert’s case, these other activities are inextricably interwoven with the objects and ideas he has produced over the past five decades. His commitment to a larger community through leadership and teaching never altered his intense interest in making art.” - Maria Porges

Melchert’s work has been exhibited are the Whitney Museum and the Museum of Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Museums of Contemporary Art in Houston, and Los Angeles; at the Museums of Modern Art in San Francisco, Tokyo, and Kyoto; The Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and Documenta 5 in Kassel, Germany.

Feathers of a Phoenix (Blue),

2003-4

Broken and fired porcelain tile with glaze

70 x 82 inches

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11 Seconds 8 Minutes,

2007

Broken and fired porcelain tile with glaze

18 x 36 inches

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Six and a Half Minutes,

2007

Broken and fired porcelain tile with glaze

18 x 18 inches

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4 Minutes 30 Seconds,

2007

Broken and fired porcelain tile with glaze

18 x 18 inches

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Arles,

1993

Glazed and layered tile scraps

11.75 x 11.75 x 1.5 inches

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Chinese Vodka ("A" Panel),

1994

Glazed and layered tile scraps

12 x 12 x .5 inches

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It, too, is,

2022

Broken and fired porcelain tile with glaze

12 x 12 inches

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Shards Speaking for the Group 11,

2021

Broken and fired porcelain tile with glaze

12 x 12 inches

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Tips,

2023

Broken and fired porcelain tile with glaze

12 x 12 inches

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Scores And Performances (Blue),

2013

broken and glazed porcelain tile mounted to plywood

18 x 18 inches

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A Win,

2022

Broken and fired porcelain tile with glaze

18 x 18 inches

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Almost Wet,

2023

Broken and fired porcelain tile with glaze

18 x 18 inches

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Getting the Point,

2022

Broken and fired porcelain tile with glaze

18 x 18 inches

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Mind the Bumpers,

2023

Broken and fired porcelain tile with glaze

18 x 18 inches

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Released,

2022

Broken and fired porcelain tile with glaze

18 x 18 inches

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Twentyone,

2022

Broken and fired porcelain tile with glaze

18 x 18 inches

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What Began as a Sound,

2023

Broken and fired porcelain tile with glaze

18 x 18 inches

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What Five Shards Would Have One Know,

2022

Broken and fired porcelain tile with glaze

18 x 18 inches

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Why Not?,

2023

Broken and fired porcelain tile with glaze

18 x 18 inches

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About Time,

2022

Broken and fired porcelain tile with glaze

24 x 24 inches

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Sought and Shown,

2023

Broken and fired porcelain tile with glaze

24 x 24 inches

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The Unglazed Shards Holding Their Own,

2022

Broken and fired porcelain tile with glaze

24 x 24 inches

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When Eleven Can Be Eight and Three,

2022

Broken and fired porcelain tile with glaze

24 x 24 inches

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Sought and Seen,

2022

Broken and fired porcelain tile with glaze

12 x 60 inches

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Short Score In Red And Black,

2011

broken and glazed porcelain tile mounted to plywood

36 x 54 inches

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Channel Islands,

2001

Broken and fired porcelain tile with glaze

53 x 53 inches

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Mirror Box 2,

2020

broken porcelain tile with glaze, mirror, glass and wooden box

8 x 8 x 8 inches

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Mirror Mox 5,

2020

broken porcelain tile with glaze, mirror, glass and wooden box

8 x 8 x 8 inches

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Adriane Colburn

Alex Zecca

Alice Shaw

Amy Franceschini

Andrew Romanoff

Bonanza

Carson Ellis

David Hytone

Fox Hysen

Graham Gillmore

Inez Storer

Jason Jägel

Jason Middlebrook

Jeffrey Sincich

Jered Sprecher

Jim Melchert

Johanna St. Clair

Jonn Herschend

Josh Jefferson

Kim Bennett

Lowell Darling

Martin McMurray

Michelle Grabner

Nathaniel Parsons

Nathaniel Russell

Rebeca Bollinger

Reed Anderson

Rex Ray Estate

Richard Shaw

Scott Hewicker

Shaun O'Dell

Taravat Talepasand

Thomas Heinser

Tucker Nichols

Wayne Smith

Zuzana Licko

Ala Ebtekar

Amy Ellingson

Ann Chamberlain

Ari Marcopoulos

Barry Gifford

Brad Killam

Bruno Fazzolari

Carol Selter

Charles Linder

Cliff Hengst

Darren Waterston

David Perry

Deborah Oropallo

Double Strength

Elliot Anderson

Gay Outlaw

Harrell Fletcher

Kara Maria

Libby Black

Lynn Hershman Leeson

Margaret Kilgallen

Off Hours

Rudy Vanderlans

Serena Cole

Sonny Smith

Xylor Jane

editions

exhibitions

Selected Works

Bio

EXHIBITIONS

RETHINK, REVISIT, REASSESS, REENTER

Still, The Meandering Path

Warp and Weft

Feathers of a Phoenix (Blue),

11 Seconds 8 Minutes,

Six and a Half Minutes,

4 Minutes 30 Seconds,

Arles,

Chinese Vodka ("A" Panel),

It, too, is,

Shards Speaking for the Group 11,

Tips,

Scores And Performances (Blue),