Artist Bio
Melanie Moralez is an artist, teacher, and swing jazz guitarist living in Bozeman, Montana. From early childhood, she intensely gravitated towards creating art and playing music. In 2006, she graduated from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, with a degree in Fine Art. Melanie is currently in a 3-year MFA art program at Montana State University. Her areas of focus include abstract, encaustic mixed media, painting which engage ideas surrounding the perception and depiction of sound, as well as realistic portraits of musicians. Her primary mediums are graphite, acrylic, oil, pigmented shellac, and wax. She also works in photography, watercolor, charcoal, ceramics, and installation.
Previous to attending MSU for grad school, Melanie taught both art and music high school classes at Eastside Academy in Bellevue, WA. She is currently teaching undergraduate drawing at MSU, Bozeman. She professionally performs gypsy jazz, and offers private guitar lessons.
"The creation and reception of art is a microcosm for the questions and answers of life: the curiosities we gather, and the messages we feel compelled to share. The sense of purpose that creating art grants, in union with the rewards of teaching it, yields solace and inspiration."
- Melanie Moralez
- Melanie Moralez
