MCCAIG + WELLES

MELISSA MCCAIG-WELLES:

Melissa McCaig-Welles is an independent curator and founder of McCaig-Welles Gallery, one of the first galleries to establish themselves in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

From March 2000 to present, McCaig-Welles focused on mid-career, cutting edge artists, exhibiting their works in solo and group shows and art fairs around the world: including New York City, Miami, Chicago, Zurich and Cologne, placing the gallery on the global map and contributing to a burgeoning art community.

McCaig-Welles is recognized for her curatorial endeavors discovering contemporary art talent and placing it at the forefront of her programs, presenting artists recognized as pioneers of the new contemporary art movements including: James DALEK Marshall, Doze Green, FAILE, Shepard Fairey, Maya Hayuk, Tristan Eaton, David Hochbaum, TRUSTOCORP, Andrew Schoultz, Morning Breath, Greg Lamarche, SP ONE, FUTURA, among many others.

Reviews and articles of Melissa McCaig-Welles have been featured in The New York Times, The Economist, The NY Observer, San Francisco Chronicle, The National Public Radio, New York Press, Juxtapoz, The New York Post, NY Arts, Art and Antiques, ArtNet, The Village Voice, The Wooster Collective, The Columbia Spectator, Paper Magazine, Nylon, and others. Melissa was honored as head curator for several Pratt MFA exhibitions and is a founding member of Fountain Art Fair.

She is currently working with her roster of artists in independent curatorial exhibits and as an art consultant in NYC.

For more information please visit her website at http://www.mccaigwelles.com or contact by email at:

info@mccaigwelles.com