Curriculum Vitae
Melissa Ayr
Awards / Honors:
- Selected as one of ten artists in the United States represented by Ruinart Champagne (LVMH) at Art Basel | Miami Beach and Art Platform Los Angeles.
- Melissa Ayr was commissioned to paint her style of artwork on a Young Chang Baby Grand Piano which was sold by Heritage Auction house.
Education:
- 2013 – San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
- 1999 – College of Notre Dame, Art Therapy Training, Belmont, CA
- 1995 – University of California, Berkeley, B.A., Berkeley, CA
Professional Experience:
- 2007–Present – Ayr Art, Inc., Founder & International Fine Artist, San Francisco, CA & International
- 2012-2014 – Town of Los Gatos Arts & Culture Commission, Arts Commissioner, Los Gatos, CA
- 1999–2011 – Scribbles Art, Business Owner / Art Instructor, San Francisco, CA
- 2008 – YAT Gallery, Gallery Art Director, Keller, TX
- 2007 – Tahoe Art League, Publicity Chair, South Lake Tahoe, CA
- 1998 – Art for Recovery, Cancer/AIDS Patient Art Evangelist, San Francisco, CA
- 1994–1998 – New Age Academy, Art Instructor, Berkeley, CA
- 1993 – Museum of Children’s Art, Gallery Director / Art Instructor, Oakland, CA
Board Trustee:
- 2010–2011 – International Child Art Foundation Advisory Board, Washington, DC
- 2007 – Tahoe Art League, Publicity Chair, South Lake Tahoe, CA
Recognized Instructors:
- 2014 – Reagan Louie, San Francisco Art Institute
- 2014 – Christopher Coppola, San Francisco Art Institute
- 2013 – Jeremy Morgan, San Francisco Art Institute
- 2009 – Edward Gilmore, Coeur d’Alene, ID
- 2008 – Francois Arenas, Grapevine, TX
- 2007 – Linda DeCurtis, Zephyr Cove, NV
- 2006 – David “DA” Russo (Student of Picasso), South Lake Tahoe, CA
Professional Accreditation:
- 2011 – Florence Biennale
- 2010 – Liverpool Biennial
Selected Art Exhibitions:
- 2024 – Ordinals Exhibition, Superchief NFT Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 2024 – Bitcoin Miner VIP Exhibition, New York, NY
- 2024 – Santa Cruz Art Expressions Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
- 2020 – Tunnels of the Mind, San Francisco Art Institute, SFAI Tower
- 2020 – Sky, NYC LinkedIn Woman’s Show, Online
- 2020 – Stroke of Luck, Raw Artists, 1015 Folsom, San Francisco
- 2020 – Black & White, Local Maker Mart, San Francisco
- 2020 – Blowout, Superfine!, Fort Mason, San Francisco
- 2018 – Wine & Art, San Francisco Open Studios, Gratta Wines
- 2018 – Art Takes SoHo, See|Me, NYC, Untitled Gallery
- 2018 – Art Battle, San Francisco, CA
- 2017 – Playground Global, Palo Alto, CA
- 2016 – Art Millennium, San Francisco, CA
- 2016 – Divino, Milwaukee, WI
- 2014 – Art Exploration, Kourosh Fine Art Gallery, Angora Hills, CA
- 2013 – Concentrate, SFAI, San Francisco, CA
- 2013 – Spectrum, Javits Center, New York, NY
- 2013 – The Red Zone, Gallery 85, San Jose, CA
- 2012 – Red Dot, Miami Beach, FL
- 2012 – Eighths, Chelsea, New York, NY
- 2011 – Honey Bee, Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea di Firenze, Italy
- 2011 – 10 Artists for Ruinart, Art Platform, Los Angeles, CA
- 2011 – SquAyr, The Artist Project / Architectural Digest Home Show, Pier 92, New York
- 2010 – Be Ruinart, Art Basel Miami Beach (ABMB), Miami Beach, FL
- 2010 – Ayr Art Transformation Tour, Dallas, TX
- 2010 – Ocean Drive, NFL Super Bowl Charity Bash, Miami Beach, FL
- 2009 – Wild Thing, Jane Goodall (Roots & Shoots) – Wild9 World Congress, Yucatan, Mexico
- 2009 – Rush, Gilmore Collective Art Gallery, Coeur d’Alene, ID
- 2009 – Pure Creativity, Goodrich Gallery, Dallas, TX (Solo Exhibition)
- 2009 – Fire Rainbow, Art251, Keller, TX
- 2009 – Benefit Exhibition, Texas Motor Speedway, Roanoke, TX
- 2008 – Artists of Texas, City Hall, Keller, TX
- 2008 – Exhibition, Lone Star Park, Grand Prairie, TX
- 2007 – Join the Vibration, Galerie Blu’u Art Gallery, South Lake Tahoe
- 2007 – Volunteers in Art Exhibition, Nevada Museum of Art (NMA), Reno, NV
- 2006 – Benefit Exhibition, Edgewood Tahoe, American Century Celebrity Golf Championship
- 2002 – Falling, Ghirardelli Square, Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, San Francisco, CA
- 1999 – Gallery Exhibition, The Wiegand Gallery, Belmont, CA
- 1997 – Women’s Group Exhibition of Art and Self Expression, The Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
- 1997 – Exhibition, National Institute of Health, Washington DC, Art for Recovery
- 1995 – Sculpture Installation, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
- 1994 – Gallery Exhibition, Berkeley Art Museum (BAM), Berkeley, CA