Monique Meloche

12/02/20 • 34 min

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Episode Forty-Three features gallerist Monique Meloche. She founded her eponymous gallery in Chicago’s West Loop in 2001 with an international roster of emerging artists working in all media. Her programming has been diverse and inclusive since its inception, and the gallery continues to be a bellwether for artistic talents early or under-recognized in their careers like Rashid Johnson, Amy Sherald, Ebony G. Patterson, Sanford Biggers and Brendan Fernandes. She has consistently presented conceptually challenging programming in Chicago and at art fairs internationally with an emphasis on institutional outreach. Canadian born Meloche holds a BA from the University of Michigan, and Masters of Art History and Theory from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She spent six years at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago as an assistant curator, then went on to direct both Rhona Hoffman and Kavi Gupta galleries before striking out on her own and will celebrate the gallery’s 20th anniversary in 2021. The Monique Meloche gallery will feature six artists during the ‘OVR: Miami Beach’, Art Basel’s upcoming Online Viewing Rooms initiative running December 2-6, 2020 Below are links to the gallery website and recent article/interview for the 6 artists. Monique Meloche http://moniquemeloche.com/ https://news.artnet.com/art-world/monique-meloche-1312325 Candida Alvarez - https://brooklynrail.org/2020/03/art/CANDIDA-ALVAREZ-with-Phong-H-Bui Sanford Biggers - https://www.contemporaryand.com/magazines/the-many-faces-of-sanford-biggers/ David Antonio Cruz - https://www.documentjournal.com/2019/10/david-antonio-cruz-the-artist-giving-lgtbq-victims-of-violence-a-place-in-art-history/ Maia Cruz Palileo - https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/maia-cruz-palileo-62676/ Ebony G. Patterson - https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/ebony-g-patterson-nasher-museum-1805721 Cheryl Pope - https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/in-conversation-with-cheryl-pope/ Monique Meloche, photographed by Heidi Norton.

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