
Melissa Arostegui
and her art work
Curriculum Vitae
Education
1998 Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Beyond the Surface: Assumptions Unveiled, Air Studio & Gallery, Glencoe, IL
1999 A Place She Calls Her Own, Mission Gallery, Elgin, IL
Two-Person Exhibition
2006 Between the Two of Us (two-person show), d/vision, Chicago, IL
Three-Person Exhibition
2025 Unleashed Conscious, Fulton Street Collective, Chicago, IL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 Women Painting Women, Grove Gallery, Evanston, IL
2026 Pictures of You, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL
2025 Fresh Terrain, Chicago Fine Art Salon, Chicago, IL
2025 Annual Group Show Art Exhibit, NVision Gallery, Niles, IL
2025 The Art of Being: Loud, Proud, Alive, Gallery 1701, Chicago, IL
2025 Portraits With Impact, Grove Gallery, Evanston, IL
2025 Landscape Show, Fulton Street Collective, Chicago, IL
2025 Collective Narratives: Artists, Influences & Inspirations From Around the City, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
2025 Power in Practice: Celebrating Women Artists in Chicago, Fulton Street Collective, Chicago, IL
2025 BFF Modern Portraits, Palm Beach Art & Design Showroom, Lake Worth, FL
2024 Dear Jazz, Fulton Street Collective, Chicago, IL
2023 Chromatic Convergence, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
2023 Vitality, West Chicago Cultural Arts, West Chicago, IL
2019 Evolve.Women.Wisdom, Long Hall Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
2019 Refreshing Feminism, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2018 In Our Family, The Compassion Factory, Brookfield, IL
2014 My Girl, It’s All About Things Gallery, Port Chester, NY
2014 Beginnings, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL
2007 Chicago Art Open, Iron Studios, Chicago, IL
2007 8 X 8, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Prisons of Your Own Devices, The Art House, Oak Park, IL
2005 Bare Walls, The School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
2000 1st Annual Art Exhibit, Lemon Street Gallery, Kenosha, WI
1999 Landscape Show, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL
Publications
Create! Magazine, Issue #45, August 2024
Art & Beyond Magazine, Volume 58, March 2019
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Corporate Collections
The Children’s Center of Cicero/Berwyn, 7022 Riverside Drive, Berwyn, IL