Solo Exhibitions
2021
Jim Melchert: Rethink, Revisit, Reassess, Reenter (A survey), Gallery 16, San Francisco, California
2018
Jim Melchert: (New & Older Work), Anglim Gilbert Gallery, San Francisco, California
2015
Incubator for Ideas, ISB Gallery at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) for NCECA, Providence, Rhode Island
2014
Collage Tiles, Di Rosa Preserve, Napa, California
2013
Piano Scores for David Tudor, Paul Kotula Projects, Detroit, Michigan
2011
Misfits Series, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California
2008
Canon Tolon, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California
Eye Sites and Phoenix Series, B. Sakata Garo Gallery, Sacramento, California
2007
Eye Sites, Paul Kotula Projects, Detroit, Michigan
2006
Made in Oakland, Katzen American University Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
2005
Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, California
Phoenix Series, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California
2004
Kiln Shelf Pieces, Revolution Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California
2001
BACCA, Berkeley, California
Revolution Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
2000
Life on Mars Series, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1999
The Robert Mondavi Winery, Oakville, California
Life on Mars Series, Revolution Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
1998
Words In An Unknown Tongue, the European Ceramic Work Centre, s’Hertogenbosch, Holland
Revolution Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
1996
Jernigan Wicker Fine Arts, San Francisco, California
1995
Revolution Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
Jernigan Wicker Gallery, San Francisco, California
1994
Revolution Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
1991
Holly Solomon Gallery, New York City, New York
Kala Institute, Berkeley, California
Century Club, New York City, New York
1990
Wellington B. Gray Gallery at East Carolina State University, Greenville, North Carolina
1984
Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco, California
1983
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1982
Langton Street, San Francisco, California
1981
Teotihuacan Series, Fendrick Gallery, Washington, D.C. and San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
1977
Rubbings of Photographs, Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago, Illinois and Madison Art Center (Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, MMoCA), Madison, Wisconsin
1975
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), San Francisco, California
Dan Weinberg Gallery, San Francisco, California
1974
de Saisset Art Gallery, Santa Clara, California
Artists’ Books, Groningen, Netherlands
1970
The “a” Show, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
Works from The “a” Show, Obelisk Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
A One-night Stand, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
Location Project #4, Powerhouse Gallery, Berkeley, California
Parker Street 470 Gallery, Boston Massachusetts
1969
The First “a’s”, Reed College, Portland, Oregon
1968
Monopoly Board et al, Hansen Gallery, San Francisco, California
Game on Black Board and Photo-negative Ashtray, Eugenia Butler Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1964
Ghostware Series, Hansen Galleries, San Francisco, California
1961
Graduate Show, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California
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Group Exhibitions
2023
Still, the Meandering Path – Jim’s final works with guest artists, Gallery 16, San Francisco, California
2019
Frieze Spotlight: Jim Melchert (Older Works), Anglim Gilbert, New York, New York
2018
Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, New York
2017
Lyrics, Gestures, and Games, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California
Embracing Imperfection: Contemporary Expressions of Wabi Sabi, Napa Valley Museum, Napa, California
2016
Humming Forward While Humming Back, In-Out Center at De Appel, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Channel Series, Anglim Gilbert Gallery, San Francisco, California
Ceramix, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France
23 | 85 (with Ethan Caflisch), a.Muse Gallery, San Francisco, California
Making Our Mark, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California
Directions for a cloud-crowd, Henry Gallery, Seattle, Washington
National Ceramics Invitational, Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Over/Under, Liberty Arts Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Yreka, California
2015
Ceramix, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastrict, Netherlands
Directions Given, Directions Taken, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
The Ceramic Presence in Modern Art: Selections from the Linda Leonard Schlenger Collection and Yale University Art Gallery, Yale, New Haven, Connecticut
2013
A Riot of Color, the Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Long Conversation, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
2012
Contemporary Ceramics, Stremmel Gallery, Reno, Nevada
Influences and Connections, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine
Out of Line: Extended Drawing Practices, Nelson Gallery at the University of California, Davis
2011
Under the Big Black Sun: California Art 1974-1981, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, California
State of Mind: New California Art circa 1970, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California
Mind Over Matter, Maulsteen Gallery, New York City, New York
Get Lucky: The Culture of Chance, SOMArts, San Francisco, California
Crafting Modernism: Mid-Century American Art and Design, The Museum of Arts and Design, New York City, New York
Cracks, Drips, and Markings, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California
2010
Out of Order, Fine Arts Gallery at San Francisco State University (SFSU), San Francisco, California
Ceramics Annual of America, San Francisco, California
Six Treasures, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
Hand + Made, Contemporary Art Museum of Houston, Texas
Susie Lee Exhibition, Lawrie Moore Project, Seattle, Washington
2009
Life of Making, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, California
Watershed Legends Exhibition, Sculptural Objects Fine Art and Design (SOFA), Chicago, Illinois
2008
The 64th Annual Ceramics Exhibition, Scripps College, Claremont, California
Bay Area Ceramics Sculpture, di Rosa, Napa, California
2007
The Garage Biennale, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
Peter Selz Tribute, B. Sakata Garo Gallery, Sacramento, California
2006
Practice Makes Perfect: Bay Area Conceptual Craft, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
Slides, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland and Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio and Cincinnati Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio
2004
Contemporary American Ceramics (1950-1960), Aichi Predectural Ceramics Museum, The National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto, Japan
Bay Area Now 3, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California
A Secret History of Clay: from Gauguin to Gormley, Tate Liverpool, England
Beyond Boundaries: Bay Area Conceptual Art of the 1970’s, Pasadena Museum of Conceptual Art
2003
Inaugural Exhibition, Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
Kreeger Gallery, Washington, D.C.
60th Annual Ceramics Exhibition, Scripps College, Claremont, California
Blobs, Wiggles, and Dots, The Workspace, New York City, New York
2001
World Ceramic Exposition, Icheon, South Korea
Ceramics and Sculpture, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota
2000
Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, California
Color and Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics, 1950-2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Words in an Unknown Tongue (with Mark Boulding), Zwick Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1999
Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Turkey
1998
Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis Minnesota
1997
Abstract Expressionist Ceramics Revisited, Garth Clark Gallery, New York City, New York
1996
Affinities (with Jamie Walker), Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, California
Hot Off the Press, Traveling Exhibition, United Kingdom
1995
Betty Rymer Gallery at the Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois
U.S.A. Within Limits, International Biennial of São Paulo, Galeria Millan, São Paulo, Brazil
1993
Art of the 60’s and 70’s, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), San Francisco, California
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1992
Five by Seven, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
In the Spirit of John Cage, Jernigan Wicker Gallery, San Francisco, California
with Viola Frey, Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
East is East, West is West, Pence Gallery, Davis, California
1987
The Projected Image, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), San Francisco, California
1986
Drawing Center, New York City, New York
The Object as Poet, Renwick Gallery (of the Smithsonian American Art Museum), Washington, D.C.
Words at Liberty, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
Sculpture from the Museum Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), San Francisco, California
1978
Galerie Fignal, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1977
California Painting and Sculpture, National Museum of American Art (of the Smithsonian Institute), Washington, D.C.
1974
The Biennial, Sydney, Australia
South of the Slot, SiteWorks, San Francisco, California
Public Sculpture, Urban Environment, Paramount Theater with The Oakland Museum, Oakland, California
Imageidea, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois
1973
Video Verslag, Lignbaancentrum, Rotterdam, Netherlands
A Performance in Celebration of our Getting to Know Amsterdam, In-Out Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1972
Documenta 5, Kassel, West Germany
The Joseph Monsen Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco California
Notes and Scores for Sounds, Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, California
Changes, Hetty Heisman Studio, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1971
Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, New York
School of the Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois
San Francisco Art Institute Centennial Exhibition, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum (de Young Museum), San Francisco, California
John C. Fernie, Bob Kinmnont, Tony May, and Jim Melchert, San Francisco Museum of Art (SFMOMA), San Francisco, California
Clayworks: 20 Americans, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, Oregon
Kyoto: Contemporary Ceramic Art: Canada, USA, Mexico, and Japan, the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
1970
Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, New York
The Eighties, University of California-Berkeley Art Museum
with Alex Katz and Jack Tworkov, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
1969
Objects USA, National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Spirit of the Comics, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Twentieth Century American Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
1968
Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, New York
Wellington-Ivest Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Don’t Stand Between a Soldier and the Sun!, Obelisk, Boston, Massachusetts
1967
Funk Art Show, University of California, Berkeley Art Museum
The West Coast Now, Art Museums in Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles
1966
Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, New York
20 American Studio Potters, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
How the West Has Done, Arts Council of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Abstract Expressionist Ceramics, University of California at Irvine
1965
The Slant Step Show, Berkeley Gallery, San Francisco, California
New Ceramic Forms, Museum of Arts and Design, New York City, New York
Recent Still Life in Painting and Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Young American Sculpture, New York World’s Fair, American Express Pavilion, New York City, New York
1964
83rd San Francisco Annual, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
1963
Onze Sculpteurs Americains, Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
82nd San Francisco Annual, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Contemporary California Sculpture, Oakland Museum of California, Kaiser Center, Oakland, California
1962
Work in Clay by Six (with Stephen de Staebler, Rick Gomez, Manuel Neri, Ron Nagle, and Ann Stockton), San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
1961
National Decorative Arts – Ceramics Exhibition, the Wichita Art Association, Wichita, Kansas
1960
79th San Francisco Annual, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California