Melissa Pinney

Bio

South Carolina artist Melissa Pinney creates art inspired by her personal experiences traveling near and far. Most all of her artwork has a connection to nature or design elements in man made objects. Experimentation with subjects and media are an important part of her work.

Painting as a creative outlet was a new chapter in Melissa’s life. Always interested in and a supporter of the both the visual and dramatic arts, it wasn’t until after her son completed college that she began taking painting lessons. Learning a new craft energized her in unexpected ways; painting successes were fulfilling and failures were only new problem solving opportunities to try a different approach or technique.

Exhibits and Awards

2022 – Accepted to the 2022 Visual Arts Annual Student Exhibition, Greenville Technical College, Juror, Karen Oremus, Greenville, SC
2022 – Accepted to the Juried Fine Art Show, 2022 South Carolina State Fair, Columbia, SC
2022 – Greenville Center for Creative Arts (GCCA) Annual Member Showcase, Greenville, SC
2022 – Honorable Mention at the 9th Annual Juried Exhibition, Spartanburg County Public Libraries, Juror, Shane Howell, Spartanburg, SC
2022 – Accepted to the 2022 Juried Art Exhibition, City of Fountain Inn, Jurors, Fountain Inn business/community committee, Fountain Inn, SC
2022 – Flat Out Under Pressure (FOUP) Juried Show, Metropolitan Arts Council, Juror, Dr. Katie Geha, Greenville, SC
2022 – Accepted to the Artist of the Upstate 2022 Juried Art Show, Artisphere. Juror, Elizabeth Goddard, Greenville, SC
2022 – Accepted to the Small Works Juried Competition 2022, SouthWest Artist Inc., Juror, James D. Brantley, Mena, AK
2022 – Accepted to the 47th Annual Juried Show 2022, Anderson Arts Center, Juror Kirah Van Sickle, Anderson, SC
2022 – Honorable Mention at the Greer Arts Center juried show, Juror City of Greer Art Show Judges, Greer, SC
2022 – Blue Granite Review Magazine, Juror/Managing Editor Mimi Schlein, Professor of English, Greenville Technical College, Greenville, SC
2022 – 26 Awards from the 2021 GTC Department of Visual Arts Annual Student Exhibit, January 19-February 25, 2022, The Kroc Center, Greenville, SC
2021 – 2021 Visual Arts Annual Student Exhibition, Greenville Technical College, Greenville, SC, Waiting for Her, Printmaking Design – 1st Place, The Studio Artist Gallery website – 3rd place
2021 – Accepted to the Artist/Collective Spartanburg Annual Juried Show 2021, Spartanburg, SC, Jurors Mary Erickson and Denise C. Woodward-Detrich
2021 – Librarian’s Award at the Spartanburg County Public Libraries’ 8th Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror, Zane Logan, Spartanburg, SC
2021 – Greenville Center for Creative Arts (GCCA) Annual Member Showcase, Greenville, SC
2021 – Flat Out Under Pressure Competition Retrospective Exhibit, Metropolitan Arts Council, Greenville, SC
2021 – Accepted to the Artist of the Upstate 2021 Juried Art Show, Artisphere. Juror, William Downs, Greenville, SC
2021 – Accepted to the Small Works Juried Competition 2021, SouthWest Artist Inc., Juror, Brenda Morgan, Mena, AK
2021 – Accepted to the Art on the Town Art Crawl, Andersons Art Center, Anderson, SC
2021 – Blue Granite Review Magazine, Juror/Managing Editor Mimi Schlein, Professor of English, Greenville Technical College, Greenville, SC
2021 – Greenville Technical College Student Scholar Exhibit, Greenville, SC
2020 – Awards from the 2020 GTC Department of Visual Arts Annual Student Exhibit, 3D Design – 1st Place, The Kroc Center, Greenville, SC
2020 – 2020 Visual Arts Annual Student Exhibition, Greenville Technical College, Greenville, SC, 3D Design – 1st Place

Melissa’s Latest Instagram Posts

Instagram: @melissapinneyart

Melissa Pinney’s Gallery

Colorful Cactus in the SW
Oil on Canvas, 12″ x 16″

To see more of Melissa’s artwork please visit her website at melissapinney.com

Contact Melissa Pinney

Please contact me for more information about my work or if you would like to be added to my mailing list. Prints are available for my artwork.