Melanie D. Berardicelli
Brooklyn, New York | melanie.berardicelli@faculty.nyaa.edu
EDUCATION
2021 — Master of Fine Arts in Painting, New York Academy of Art, New York, New York
G.P.A. 3.90
2017 — Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing and Painting, State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, New York
G.P.A. 3.92
TEACHING
2021–Present — Faculty (Masters, Undergraduate, and Continuing Education), New York Academy of Art, New York, New York
2017–2019 — K–8 Art and Social Studies Teacher, Ivy League School, Smithtown, New York
2014–2017 — Drawing, Painting, Life Drawing, and Sculpture Assistant Teacher, USDAN Center for the Fine and Performing Arts, Wheatley Heights, New York
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2022 — Present President, Exhibition Catalogue Chair, Audubon Artists, Inc., New York, New York
2021 — 2023 Studio Assistant, Studio of Audrey Flack, New York, New York
2020–2021 — Student Services Assistant, New York Academy of Art, New York, New York
2019–2020 — Assistant Librarian, New York Academy of Art, New York, New York
2015–2016 — Children's Book Illustration Intern, Augie Goes to the Library, New Paltz, New York
2014–2017 — Gallery Assistant, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, New York
2016 — Muralist, Castle Music and Arts Studio, New Paltz, New York
RESIDENCIES
Spring 2026 — Teaching Artist in Residence, West Nottingham Academy, Colora, Maryland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 — Ostara, Cryptic Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Ongoing — Forensic Facial Reconstructions, The Mütter Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2026 — The Secret Show, Era Contemporary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2026 — 60th Annual CAIN National Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas
Purchase Award; acquired by Del Mar College Permanent Collection
2025 — Take Home A Nude Auction, Phillips, New York, New York
2025 — BoHo Bazaar, Equity Gallery, New York, New York
2025 — DUMBO Shop the Studios, Brooklyn Arts Association, Brooklyn, New York
2025 — Pop Up Holiday Show, Skeleton Crawl Art Ball, Brooklyn, New York
2025 — Huntington Fall Festival 2025, Babylon Citizens Council on the Arts, Huntington, New York
2025 — Gardens of Enchantment, Era Contemporary, Online
2025 — Long Island Public Arts Festival 2025, Babylon Citizens Council on the Arts, North Babylon, New York
2025 — The Long Island Aquarium 25th Anniversary Art Exhibition, Long Island Aquarium, Riverhead, New York
2025 — Memento Mori, Equity Gallery, New York, New York
2024 — DUMBO Shop the Studios, Brooklyn Arts Association, Brooklyn, New York
2024 — The Lover's Eye, Poetic Tiger Gallery, Boise, Idaho
2024 — November Open Call Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Awarded third place and a solo show
2024 — Mighty Group Exhibition, The Christensen Gallery, Babylon, New York
2024 — Pop Up Holiday Show, Skeleton Crawl Art Ball, Brooklyn, New York
2024 — New York Artists Equity Association Exchange Show, Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock, New York
2023 — Deck the Walls, New York Academy of Art, New York, New York
2023 — DUMBO Shop the Studios, Brooklyn Arts Association, Brooklyn, New York
2023 81st Annual Exhibition, Audubon Artists, Inc., Online
2023 — Take Home a Nude, Sotheby's, New York, New York
2023 — Business Card Art Show 2023, JKR Gallery, Provo, Utah
2023 — Laguna Beach Open Group Exhibit, Las Laguna Gallery, Online
2023 — DUMBO Open Studios, Brooklyn Arts Association, Brooklyn, New York
Featured in Two Coats of Paint Magazine
2022 — Deck the Walls, New York Academy of Art, New York, New York
2022 — Take Home a Nude, Sotheby's, New York, New York
2022 — 80th Annual Exhibition, Audubon Artists, Inc., Online
Awarded the Silver Medal of Honor
2022 — Tribeca Ball, New York Academy of Art, New York, New York
2021 — Artists for Artists, Sotheby's, New York, New York
2021 — Summer Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York, New York
2021 — Tribeca Ball Online, New York Academy of Art, New York, New York
2021 — Treading Lightly Group Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York, New York
2020 — Deck the Walls Online, New York Academy of Art, New York, New York
2020 — Dark Arts Group Exhibition, Cryptic Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York
2020 — Parallels Group Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York, New York
2020 — Tribeca Ball Online, New York Academy of Art, New York, New York
2019 — Deck the Walls, New York Academy of Art, New York, New York
2019 — Beneath Notice Group Show, New York Academy of Art, New York, New York
2019 — Drawn From Life Group Exhibition, Upstream Gallery, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York
2019 — Time Group Show, Mills Pond Gallery, Smithtown, New York
2018 — Spirit of Long Island Group Show, Mills Pond Gallery, Smithtown, New York
2017 — Single Fare 4 Group Show, New York Academy of Art and Highline Stages, New York, New York
2017 — Autumn Salon, Roost Gallery, New Paltz, New York
2017 — September Pop Up Show, PoMeCo Art, Poughkeepsie, New York
2017 — May Open Call Group Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Greenpoint, New York
Best in Show; awarded a solo show
2017 — BFA II Group Show, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, New York
Thesis Exhibition: I Found Myself in the Garden
2017 — May Pop Up Show, Gallery MC, New York, New York
COLLABORATIONS
2024 — Audrey Flack: With Darkness Comes Stars, Hollis Taggart Gallery, New York, New York
Featured collaborations:
Byzantium (Acrylic and Mixed Media, 2021)
Galatea (Bronze, 2022)
Starfall (Acrylic and Mixed Media, 2022)
Self Portrait with Flaming Heart (Acrylic and Mixed Media, 2022)
Melancholia: With Darkness Comes Stars (Mixed Media, 2022)
Lux Eternal (Acrylic and Mixed Media, 2022)
Imagine (Acrylic and Mixed Media, 2022)
Pinocchio's Dream (Acrylic and Mixed Media, 2022)
A Brush with Destiny (Acrylic and Mixed Media, 2023)
Rex Judaeus (Acrylic and Mixed Media, 2023)
Tidal Force (Acrylic and Mixed Media, 2023)
Harmonic Convergence (Acrylic and Mixed Media, 2023)
2022 — The Supernatural in Art, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York
Featured collaboration: Star Fall (Mixed Media, 2022)
2022 — Audrey Flack: Force of Nature, Hollis Taggart Gallery, New York, New York
Featured collaboration: Galatea (Bronze, 2022)
2022 — Audrey Flack: Days of Reckoning and Melancholia, Techne Sphere Leipzig GmbH, Leipzig, Germany
Featured collaboration: Melancholia: With Darkness Comes Stars (Mixed Media, 2022)
AWARDS & HONORS
2026 — Purchase Award, 60th Annual CAIN National Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas
2024 — Third Place and Solo Show Award, November Open Call Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2022 — Silver Medal of Honor, Audubon Artists, Inc. 2022 Annual Exhibition
2021 — SURP Teaching Award, New York Academy of Art
2017 — Best in Show and Solo Show Award, May Open Call Group Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
GRANTS
2025 — Long Island Grants for the Arts, Artist Fellowship, Huntington Arts Council, Huntington, New York
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2026 — Joseph A. Cain Memorial Art Gallery, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas — Saint John (Hydrocal, Pine, Sculpey, Acrylic, Fabric, Ribbon, Glass Beads, Gems, 2023)
2025-Present — The Mütter Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — Forensic Facial Reconstructions (series)
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
2021 — Eileen Guggenheim — Adam Room (Oil on Canvas Board, 2019)
2021 — Brooke Shields — In the American Wing; At The Met Scene 4 Animation Background (Oil on Gessoed Paper, 2020)
PUBLICATIONS & PRESS
2026 — Create! Magazine
Winter's Light Rebellion: A Neo-Rococo Respite at The Jane Gallery
2025 — CanvasRebel Magazine
Rising Stars: Meet Melanie Berardicelli
2025 — Bold Journey Magazine
Meet Melanie Berardicelli
2025 — Arts To Hearts
101 Portraits 2025 Edition
2025 — Women United Art Movement
Women United Art Magazine Issue IX
2024 — Visual Art Journal
Visual Art Journal Winter 2024 Issue
2023 — Artists Talk
Artists Talk Magazine Issue 28
2023 — Visionary Arts Collective
New Visionary Magazine Issue 7
2023 — Divide
Addition Magazine Issue 2
2023 — Audubon Artists, Inc.
2022 Annual Exhibition Catalogue
2023 — Two Coats of Paint
DUMBO Open Studios in Full Tilt
2023 — New York Daily News
NY Academy of Art students rebuild faces of the forgotten, to ID them for families and help NYPD solve cold cases
2023 — NBC New York
Art Students Work with Human Skulls to Help Solve NY Cold Cases
2023 — Telemundo 47
Estudiantes de arte trabajan con cráneos humanos para ayudar a resolver casos en Nueva York
2021 — Untitled Magazine
New York Academy of Art Presents "Artists for Artists" 2021 Benefit Auction at Sotheby's
2019 — The Island Now
Huntington Arts Council Presents "Horror Vacui: Fear of the Empty"
2017 — The Source
Augie Goes to the Library
2016 — International Books Inc.
Augie Goes to the Library
2016 — New Paltz NEWS
Painting major leads illustration team for "Augie Goes to the Library"; "Augie Goes to the Library": campus pup's literary sequel out now
INTERVIEWS
2023 — SUNY New Paltz Career Resource Center
Arts Chat | Melanie Berardicelli '17 BFA Painting & Drawing
2023 — NBC 4 New York
Art Students Work with Human Skulls to Help Solve NY Cold Cases
2023 — Fox 5 New York
NYC art students creating sculptures to solve cold cases
2016 — SUNY New Paltz
Augie Goes to the Library — SUNY New Paltz
2016 — WNPC-TV
Augie the Dog Releases New Book at SUNY New Paltz