Melanie Gonzalez Art
Melanie Gonzalez Art, Fine Photography and Professional Video since 2014.
Piedra y Sombra: The Tiny Books edition.
Cover art: "La Falda de Piedra y Sombra/The Skirt of Rock and Shadow", a photoweave using scraps of UV thermal photographs from Brazil and Puerto Rico (2017-2019) by Melanie Gonzalez Art.
First made at the Women's Studio Workshop,
with Imin Yeh's workshop "Tiny Books and Miniature libraries" as part of o the itty bitty show, Rosendale, NY, July 2023.
Rock & Shadow /
Piedra y Sombra, 2017-
A double exposure analog photography series.
Portraits
by Melanie Gonzalez Art
Image: Dorothy, New Orleans, Lousiana, 2015 by Melanie Gonzalez
As seen in the Youtube series "90 Second Docs: Ep 03" by MGA
Gallery Exhibits + Installations
Background Image: EN FOCO FELLOWSHIP EXHIBITION, 2019, SUBJECT OBJECT, LONGWOOD GALLERY, BRONX, NY, 2019
Image left:
Giardino Bardini, renaissance garden, Firenze, Italia, 21”x94” Archival inkjet print 100% cotton canvas, 2012-19
Image Right:
Castle on the Concourse (Bronx, NY and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), 22”x 103”, Archival inkjet print 100% cotton canvas, 2017-19
Photographic prints and art objects presented by Melanie Gonzalez Art Studio in art galleries and public spaces. Est. 2010.
Architectural landscapes
Background image, Diamante, Italy, 2015
Photographic prints and art objects presented by Melanie Gonzalez Art Studio in art galleries and public spaces. Est. 2014.
The Polaroid Landcamera instant photo collection by MGA.
Polaroid featured image:Women's March, Washington, D.C., 2016
Photographic prints and art objects presented by Melanie Gonzalez Art Studio in art galleries and public spaces. Est. 2014.
Exploring Forgotten NY
BRONX, NY: Abandoned Architecture photography by
Melanie Gonzalez Art. 2014
Abandoned buildings, golf courses, churches, schools, homes, courthouses and more documented by Melanie Gonzalez.
Photographing Dominican Narratives by Melanie Gonzalez Art
Fine art photography 2015-18
in collaboration with Domincan American artist, YELAINE RODRIGUEZ, costume designer and visual artist. Installations, photography and video in The Bronx, New York City, and Domincian Republic.
Discount Saints, 2015-
Discount Saints is a photo and video series to be exhibited in 2015. The work consists of portraits of Catholic Saints depicted as urban, contemporary figures of Caribbean descent.
OCCURRENCE, 2014-
A movement photography and video project.
Image feat. Stephanie Hewett at Oakland Industrial, 2017 by Melanie Gonzalez
Events, 2009-
Events captured in still photography by MGA.
Background image: Matomy Holiday Party, 35mm, NYC, 2017
90 Second Docs: (Ep #08) "Ruby The Clown", Fordham Rd / Grand Concourse, BX, NY
A exchange of ideas and color on a sunny Bronx day. Ruby the Clown, on her loved grandson, her decades long art career in clowning (Coney Island), theater, teaching through miming, costume design, etc. 90 Second Docs created by Melanie Gonzalez Art