Amelia E. Mendelsohn
Holland, MI | ameliamendelsohn@gmail.com | ameliamendelsohn.com

EDUCATION

2023 MFA, Painting and Drawing, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
2020 BA, Studio Art and Art History, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

2023 - Present, Visiting Assistant Professor of Studio Art, Hope College, Holland, MI

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024, Out of View, FKM Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2024, Connecting Flights: New Faculty Exhibition, De Pree Gallery, Holland, MI
2023, MFA Thesis Exhibition, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
2023, Do It Right, Penthouse Gallery, South Bend, IN
2022, Worlds within Worlds, Kylemore Abbey, Galway, Ireland
2022, Burnout, A|AH|D Gallery, South Bend, IN
2020, New Faces, A|AH|D Gallery, South Bend, IN
2020, Avant-Garde is Female, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA

JURIED EXHIBITIONS

2024, West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
2024, West Michigan Art Competition 2024, LowellArts, Lowell, MI
2024, ACWL-Nuveen Juried Exhibition, Arts Council of White Lake, Whitehall, MI
2023, All Media Show, Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, VA
2023, Arts of Dignity, University of Notre Dame Center for Social Concerns, South Bend, IN
2022, Phantasmagoria, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2025, Harry D. Forsyth Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
2024, First Place Award, Juried Exhibition, Arts Council of White Lake, Whitehall, MI
2022, Graduate Student Research Award, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
2022, Professional Development Award, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
2022, Second Place Award, Phantasmagoria, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL
2020, Kathryn Haw Prize in Art History, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA
2019, The Loren Oliver Award in Studio Art, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA
2019, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Internship Award, Friends of Art, Sweet Briar, VA
2019, Grants for Engaged Learning, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA
2018, Nancy Godwin Baldwin ‘57 Scholars Award, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA

RESIDENCIES

2025, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
2022, Kylemore Abbey Artist Residency, Galway, Ireland

COLLECTIONS

Permanent Collection, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
Private Collection, Minneapolis, MN

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Visiting Assistant Professor of Studio Art, Hope College, Holland, MI
FALL 2023 - SPRING 2024, Basic Drawing
FALL 2023 - Present, Basic Painting
FALL 2024, Painting II

Instructor of Record, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
FALL 2021 - SPRING 2023, Basic Drawing

Teaching Assistant, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
SPRING 2021, Basic Drawing
FALL 2020, Basic Painting

Instructor, Snite Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
2021, Figure Drawing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2023 - Present, Friends of Art Board Member, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA
2023, Curator, Do It Right, Penthouse Gallery, South Bend, IN
2023, Juror, Scholastic Art Awards, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
2020, Communications Assistant, Second Stage Amherst, Amherst, VA
2019 - 2020, Center for Creativity, Design, and the Arts Student Board, Sweet Briar, VA
2019, Arts Management Intern, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
2018, Gallery Intern, Academy Center of the Arts, Lynchburg, VA