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Biography
Robert Melee (born 1966) is an artist, based in NYC and Asbury Park, New Jersey.
Melee was born in New Jersey.He makes multimedia art – videos, installations, collages.–His work is often compared to that of John Waters and Andy Warhol due to its overt campiness. He is also a painter.
He attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City from 1986 to 1990.
Selected exhibitions
2009
"Robert Melee in City Hall Park"' NYC
2008
"Unshamelessfulnessly", Andrew Kreps Gallery, NYC
2007
Painting the Edge, Gallery Hyundai (Do Art), Korea
"The Lath Picture Show", Fredrich Pretzel Gallery, NYC
2006
Robert Melee's Poplar, Ingalls & Associates, Miami
2005
Greater New York, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Museum, New York
Stage Works and Substitutions, Sutton Lane Gallery, London
"In Between False Comforts", Andrew Kreps Gallery, NYC
"Robert Melee's Talent Show"' the Kitchen, NYC
2004
"Currents:31 Robert Melee", Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee
2003
Greetings from New York: A Painting Show, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
Robert Melee, Art Statements, Art 34 Basel, Switzerland
"This Is For You"',Judson Church, NYC
2002
Wonderland, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels
Super-Heroes, Galerie Edward Mitterrand, Geneva
You, Me and Her, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
2001
Robert Melee’s Unit, Corcoran Museum, Washington D.C.
2000
Mount Miami, Tel Aviv Artists Studio, Tel Aviv
Units, Jay Jopling / White Cube, London
"Robert Melee's UNIT"',Andrew Kreps Gallery, NYC
1999
Group Show, Cartervous & Time, Wales