MELINDA OSTRAFF
490 East 100 South
Fairview, UT 84629
(801) 669-3886
Melinda-ostraff.squarespace.com
EDUCATION
2004 PhD Environmental Science & Human Geography, Univ. of Victoria, Victoria, BC
1996 MS Botany, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
1994 BS Mathematics, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
EXHIBITIONS
2021 Bio.graphic, A Community Drawing
o Gallery 303, Provo, UT,
o New Mexico School of Art, Santa Fe, NM,
o Wirral Met Gallery, Liverpool, England
o MCLA Gallery 51, North Adams, MA
2020 Odd Place(s) A Zine Project
Thomas Nelson Community College Gallery, Hampton, VA
2019 Odd Nature, A Group Exhibition
Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM
We are Family, A Group Exhibition
Gallery 303 - Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Botanical Essence, Solo Exhibition
Philips Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2018 Familiar Flora, A Four-Person Exhibition
o Rio Grande Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
o Orem Library Gallery, Orem UT
94th Annual Spring Salon
Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
Waiting 3.0, A Group Installation
Penninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA
2017 Protégé: A Group Exhibition
Art Access Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
93rd Annual Spring Salon
Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
2016 Waiting, A Group Installation
MCLA Gallery 51, North Adams, MA
2015 Western Wilds, A Group Book Arts Exhibition
Contemporary Art Space Chester
Chester University, Chester, UK
Let It Flow, A Collaborative Community Based Installation
Ballinglen Arts Foundation Art Gallery
Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland
Mapping Our Turf, A Group Exhibition
Limerick School of Art & Design, Limerick, Ireland
2013 Pride of Place Project, An International Invitational Exhibition
Wirral, UK
2012 How To Read A Book: An Invitational Exhibition
Lawton Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, WI
Shared Ground, A Book Arts Exhibition
• Wirral Met Gallery, Birkenhead, England
• The Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead, UK
Manulua Project: A Book Arts Exhibition
Minneapolis Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2011 Manulua Project: A Book Arts Exhibition
Wirral Metropolitan College, Liverpool, UK
2010 IN A NAME: An Installation, A Solo Exhibition
Rio Grande Gallery, Utah Arts Council, SLC, UT
2009 22nd Liverpool Artists' Book Fair,
Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead, UK
Mapping The West: An International Exhibition
• PR1 Gallery, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
• Wirral Metropolitan College Art Gallery, Birkenhead, UK
FILMS
2007 Fangota: Gleaners of the Sea, Documentary film. Documentary
Educational Resources, 101 Morse St. Watertown, MA.
1999 Kau Faito’o: Tonga’s Traditional Healers. Documentary film. Documentary
Educational Resources, 101 Morse St. Watertown, MA.
1997 Kuo Hina ‘E Hiapo – The Mulberry is White and Ready for
Harvest, Documentary film. Documentary Educational Resources, 101 Morse St. Watertown, MA.