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Selected Exhibitions
Solo
2023
Connections, Gallery on Park, Swarthmore, PA
2022
Still, Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth Beach DE
2020
Explorations in Light and Color, Gallery on Park, Swarthmore, PA
2018
Geometries, Courtyard by Marriot, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA
2015
Solo Series, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA
2006
New Work, posh home and design, Media, PA
Two Person
2019
New Work: Melissa Husted-Sherman and Polly Dressler Bech, Swarthmore, PA
2009
Recent Work: Melissa Husted-Sherman and Polly Dressler Bech, Swarthmore Borough Hall Gallery, Swarthmore, PA
Three person
2001
Vernal Equinox, Cosmopolitan Club, Philadelphia, PA
Group
2023
Oxford Arts Alliance, 9th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Oxford, PA
Center for the Creative Arts, Regional Art Exhibition, Yorklyn, DE
Cerulean Arts' 11th Annual Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2021
7th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Oxford Arts Alliance, Oxford, PA
Home, Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA
2020
Everyday Magic, Exhibit B Gallery, Souderton, PA
Banished for the Good of the Realm, InLiquid virtual exhibition
2019
Jon Redmond and his Students, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
West Chester Autumn Gallery Walk, West Chester, PA
Wayne Art Center Student Works, Wayne PA.
Professional Artists Members Exhibition, Main LIne Art Center,Haverford, PA.
Members Show, Center for Emerging Visual Artists , Philadelphia, PA.
2017
Members’ Show, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia,PA
2016
Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series 2016, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA.
Art of the State,The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA.
Penn Charter Triennial Art Show, Philadelphia, PA.
Spring Gala, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA.
Professional Artist Members Exhibition, Main Line Art Center
2014
Navigation Puzzle, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE
Jewels and Treasures, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
71st Annual Painting Show, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA
2013
Professional Artist Members Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Annual Juried Show, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
2012
Annual Members Show, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Annual Juried Show, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
Works on Paper, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Fall Juried Members Exhibition, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Continuing Education Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Spring, Community Art Center, Wallingford, PA
Annual Members Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2008
Annual Members Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2007
National Spring Open, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Images 2007, Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, State College, PA
Still, Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA
2006
66th Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Landscape Revisited: Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2005
Annual Members Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Annual Open Juried Exhibition, Delaware County Community College, Wilmington, DE
2004
Works on Paper, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2004, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
National Spring Open Juried Exhibition, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
2003
66th Annual Members Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Fall Members Juried Exhibition, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
22nd Annual Evening of Art, Hardcastle Gallery, Wilmington, DE
Annual Juried Exhibition, Delaware County Community College, Media, PA
12th Annual Art Exhibition and Sale, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
75th Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
In Depth, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2000
The Painter’s Eye: Exhibition by Emerging Artist Recipients, Nexus/Foundation for Today's Art, Philadelphia, PA
72nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
Annual Members Show, Community Art Center, Wallingford, PA
Awards and Honors
2023 2nd Prize, Cerulean Arts 11th Annual Juried Exhibition
2022 Mid Penn Bank Award, Fall Members Juried Art Exhibition, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
2021 Honorable Mention, 7th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Oxford Arts Alliance, Oxford, PA
2019 Best in Show, Wayne Art Center Student Works, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
2016 Honorable Mention, Spring Gala, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2012 Honorable Mention, Fall Juried Members Exhibition, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA.
2003 Purchase Prize, Annual Juried Exhibition, Delaware County Community College, Media, PA
2000 Leeway Foundation Seedling Grant for Emerging Artists, Painting
Honorable Mention, Advanced Still Life, Annual Members Show, Community Arts Center, Wallingford PA
Gallery Representation
Gallery on Park, Swarthmore, PA
https://www.galleryonpark.com/
Education
1984 MC Counseling, University of Delaware
1980 BA Psychology University of Delaware