Melinda Borysevicz
Melinda Borysevicz is an Italian-American figurative artist currently living and working in rural southern Italy. Her narrative portrait, figure and landscape paintings spring directly from her personal experience of having re-discovered her ancestral home and often reflect a more universal sense of longing and searching. The characters in her work are often either in motion or caught in an implied desire to move/escape, no longer completely satisfied to oblige the invention of boundaries or borders, be they physical, emotional or spiritual.
Borysevicz received a BFA in Painting from Savannah College of Art and Design (Savannah, GA) magna cum laude. In 2012 she founded the Studio School in Savannah GA, a small art school dedicated to classical painting techniques (now in new hands) and continues to teach painting workshops both in the States and abroad. Her work was recently selected for Manifest Gallery’s International Painting Annual as well as for Figurativas '19 at the European Museum of Modern Art in Barcelona, where she has previously exhibited. She received a Certificate of Excellence in the Portrait Society of America's International Competition 2013, has been received awards in the Portrait Society of America's Members Competition and has been a finalist in ARC Salon, She has exhibited at the Museo Pablo Sarrano in Zaragosa Spain, the RJD Gallery in New York, Abend Gallery in Colorado, and numerous locations in Georgia, Virginia, Ohio, Texas, and Italy.
Borysevicz received a BFA in Painting from Savannah College of Art and Design (Savannah, GA) magna cum laude. In 2012 she founded the Studio School in Savannah GA, a small art school dedicated to classical painting techniques (now in new hands) and continues to teach painting workshops both in the States and abroad. Her work was recently selected for Manifest Gallery’s International Painting Annual as well as for Figurativas '19 at the European Museum of Modern Art in Barcelona, where she has previously exhibited. She received a Certificate of Excellence in the Portrait Society of America's International Competition 2013, has been received awards in the Portrait Society of America's Members Competition and has been a finalist in ARC Salon, She has exhibited at the Museo Pablo Sarrano in Zaragosa Spain, the RJD Gallery in New York, Abend Gallery in Colorado, and numerous locations in Georgia, Virginia, Ohio, Texas, and Italy.
EDUCATION
2011 BFA in Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA, magna cum laude
EXHIBITIONS
2025 Totally Open, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2024 MADONNE, Chiesa di Sant'Antonio Abate, Padula SA, Italy
Look!, The Ellis Gallery of Arts Southeast, Savannah, GA
2021 Women Painting, Museo MEAM, Barcelona, Spain
2020 Creator and Muse, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL (moved online)
2019 Figurativas 19, Museo MEAM, Barcelona, Spain
Painting the Figure Now II, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, WI
Painting Today, Museo MEAM, Barcelona, Spain
Genesis, Dab Art, Ventura CA
Adorn Me, PoetsArtists (online)
2017 ModPortrait Exhibition, Museo MEAM, Barcelona, Spain
ModPortrait Exhibition, Museo Pablo Serrano, Zaragoza, Spain
Sight Unseen, Abend Gallery, Denver CO
Medusa: Riflessioni, Palazzo Marrone, Monte San Giacomo, Italy
10th Anniversary Exhibition, Kobo Gallery; Savannah, GA
2016 Women Painting Women, RJD Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
Luci in Avalon, Tempio di Pomona, Salerno, Italy
2015 Obliqua, Castello Macchiarolli, Teggiano, SA, Italy
2014 Women Painting Women, RJD Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
Into That Darkness Peering, Edgar Allan Poe Museum, Richmond VA
Southern Discomfort 2: Art Inspired by Flannery O’Connor, ThincArt, Savannah GA
2013 Winter Show, Whitney Gallery, Savannah GA
Women Painting Women, RJD Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
About Face, S.P.A.C.E., City of Savannah Cultural Affairs Dept., Savannah GA
2012 TAPPED, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Annual Spring Exhibition, Kobo Gallery; Savannah, GA
Southern Discomfort: Art Inspired by Flannery O’Connor, 1704Lincoln, Savannah, GA
Still Life and Memory, (solo show) S.P.A.C.E., City of Savannah Cultural Affairs Dept.; GA
2011 Small Works, Gutstien Gallery, Savannah GA
Ossabaw Works on Paper and Wood, Atwell’s Art, Savannah GA
Transition 7, Little Beasts Gallery, Savannah GA
2010 Salon International 2010, Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art; San Antonio TX
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2021- present Director, Art Center Padula, Padula, SA Italy
2023 Featured Artist Workshop: The Costumed Figure, Telfair Museum, Savannah GA
2021 Plein air Painting, The Mountain Retreat and Learning Center, Highlands, NC
2019 Basic Painting Workshop, Guest Artist The Studio School, Savannah GA
Clothed Figure Painting Workshop, Guest Artist The Studio School, Savannah GA
2018 Portrait Painting Workshop, Guest Artist The Studio School, Savannah GA
2012- Dec. 2015 Founder & Director of The Studio School, Savannah, GA
2018 Portrait Painting Workshop, Guest Artist The Studio School, Savannah GA
AWARDS/GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS
2023 Alumni Mentor, Foundations (workshops, lecture, classroom visits), SCAD, Savannah, GA
2021 Artist-in-Residence, Alumni Atelier, SCAD Lacoste France
Artist-in-Residence, Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Taos NM
2019 Alumni Mentor (workshops, lecture, studio visits), SCAD, Savannah, GA
2018 Artist-in-Residence, Stiwdio Maelor, Corris, Wales
Finalist, Portrait Society of America Members Only Competition
2017 Finalist, Portrait Society of America Members Only Competition
2016 Finalist, Portrait Society of America Members Only Competition
2014 3rd Honorable Mention, Portrait Society of America Members Only Competition
Finalist, Art Renewal Center’s International 2013/14 ARC Salon
2013 Artist-in-Residence, Hambidge Center for the Arts, Rabun Gap GA
Certificate of Excellence, Portrait Society of America International Competition
2010 Finalist, Art Renewal Center’s International 2009/2010 ARC Salon
COLLECTIONS
Savannah College of Art and Design Permanent Collection
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2019 INPA 8 (International Painting Annual), Manifest Press, Cincinnati OH
2017 The Portrait Issue, PoetsArtists Magazine, April
2015 Bevin Valentine Jalbert, "Transition & Transformation", Paprika Southern,
http://issuu.com/paprikasouthern/docs/july15/45?e=7619734/14014092
2014 Jeffrey Carlson, “Contemporary Painters Get Gloomy With Edgar Allen Poe”, Fine Art
Connoisseur, http://www.fineartconnoisseur.com/pages/18826073.php
2013 Bill Dawers, “Unplugged: Group Show Explores Contemporary Portraiture, The Savannah Morning News, July 17
David Gignilliat, “Seven Artists You Need to Know”, South Magazine, February/March
Allison Malafronte, “Currently on View: About Face”, Fine Art Connoisseur,
http://www.fineartconnoisseur.com/Currently-on-View-About-Face-/16785058
2012 Allison Hersh, “Objects, Memory Interact…”, The Savannah Morning News, July 14
2011 BFA in Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA, magna cum laude
EXHIBITIONS
2025 Totally Open, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2024 MADONNE, Chiesa di Sant'Antonio Abate, Padula SA, Italy
Look!, The Ellis Gallery of Arts Southeast, Savannah, GA
2021 Women Painting, Museo MEAM, Barcelona, Spain
2020 Creator and Muse, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL (moved online)
2019 Figurativas 19, Museo MEAM, Barcelona, Spain
Painting the Figure Now II, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, WI
Painting Today, Museo MEAM, Barcelona, Spain
Genesis, Dab Art, Ventura CA
Adorn Me, PoetsArtists (online)
2017 ModPortrait Exhibition, Museo MEAM, Barcelona, Spain
ModPortrait Exhibition, Museo Pablo Serrano, Zaragoza, Spain
Sight Unseen, Abend Gallery, Denver CO
Medusa: Riflessioni, Palazzo Marrone, Monte San Giacomo, Italy
10th Anniversary Exhibition, Kobo Gallery; Savannah, GA
2016 Women Painting Women, RJD Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
Luci in Avalon, Tempio di Pomona, Salerno, Italy
2015 Obliqua, Castello Macchiarolli, Teggiano, SA, Italy
2014 Women Painting Women, RJD Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
Into That Darkness Peering, Edgar Allan Poe Museum, Richmond VA
Southern Discomfort 2: Art Inspired by Flannery O’Connor, ThincArt, Savannah GA
2013 Winter Show, Whitney Gallery, Savannah GA
Women Painting Women, RJD Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
About Face, S.P.A.C.E., City of Savannah Cultural Affairs Dept., Savannah GA
2012 TAPPED, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Annual Spring Exhibition, Kobo Gallery; Savannah, GA
Southern Discomfort: Art Inspired by Flannery O’Connor, 1704Lincoln, Savannah, GA
Still Life and Memory, (solo show) S.P.A.C.E., City of Savannah Cultural Affairs Dept.; GA
2011 Small Works, Gutstien Gallery, Savannah GA
Ossabaw Works on Paper and Wood, Atwell’s Art, Savannah GA
Transition 7, Little Beasts Gallery, Savannah GA
2010 Salon International 2010, Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art; San Antonio TX
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2021- present Director, Art Center Padula, Padula, SA Italy
2023 Featured Artist Workshop: The Costumed Figure, Telfair Museum, Savannah GA
2021 Plein air Painting, The Mountain Retreat and Learning Center, Highlands, NC
2019 Basic Painting Workshop, Guest Artist The Studio School, Savannah GA
Clothed Figure Painting Workshop, Guest Artist The Studio School, Savannah GA
2018 Portrait Painting Workshop, Guest Artist The Studio School, Savannah GA
2012- Dec. 2015 Founder & Director of The Studio School, Savannah, GA
2018 Portrait Painting Workshop, Guest Artist The Studio School, Savannah GA
AWARDS/GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS
2023 Alumni Mentor, Foundations (workshops, lecture, classroom visits), SCAD, Savannah, GA
2021 Artist-in-Residence, Alumni Atelier, SCAD Lacoste France
Artist-in-Residence, Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Taos NM
2019 Alumni Mentor (workshops, lecture, studio visits), SCAD, Savannah, GA
2018 Artist-in-Residence, Stiwdio Maelor, Corris, Wales
Finalist, Portrait Society of America Members Only Competition
2017 Finalist, Portrait Society of America Members Only Competition
2016 Finalist, Portrait Society of America Members Only Competition
2014 3rd Honorable Mention, Portrait Society of America Members Only Competition
Finalist, Art Renewal Center’s International 2013/14 ARC Salon
2013 Artist-in-Residence, Hambidge Center for the Arts, Rabun Gap GA
Certificate of Excellence, Portrait Society of America International Competition
2010 Finalist, Art Renewal Center’s International 2009/2010 ARC Salon
COLLECTIONS
Savannah College of Art and Design Permanent Collection
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2019 INPA 8 (International Painting Annual), Manifest Press, Cincinnati OH
2017 The Portrait Issue, PoetsArtists Magazine, April
2015 Bevin Valentine Jalbert, "Transition & Transformation", Paprika Southern,
http://issuu.com/paprikasouthern/docs/july15/45?e=7619734/14014092
2014 Jeffrey Carlson, “Contemporary Painters Get Gloomy With Edgar Allen Poe”, Fine Art
Connoisseur, http://www.fineartconnoisseur.com/pages/18826073.php
2013 Bill Dawers, “Unplugged: Group Show Explores Contemporary Portraiture, The Savannah Morning News, July 17
David Gignilliat, “Seven Artists You Need to Know”, South Magazine, February/March
Allison Malafronte, “Currently on View: About Face”, Fine Art Connoisseur,
http://www.fineartconnoisseur.com/Currently-on-View-About-Face-/16785058
2012 Allison Hersh, “Objects, Memory Interact…”, The Savannah Morning News, July 14