Prairie Dive, Solo Exhibition. Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
September 18th - October 31st, 2020

GALLERIES ONE AND TWO
ANDREW RAFACZ is pleased to announce Prairie Dive, a solo exhibition of new stretched textile works and installation by Melissa Leandro in Galleries One and Two. The exhibition continues through Saturday, October 31, 2020. This is the artist’s first solo exhibition with the gallery.

Chicago, IL, May 8, 2020 – ANDREW RAFACZ is pleased to announce participation in Frieze Viewing Room, the online platform hosting Frieze New York 2020, with a solo exhibition of new work by Melissa Leandro. Originally scheduled to open in New York City in early May, the fair has been recalibrated as a web and app-based edition and runs from May 8th to the 15th, with VIP previews on May 6th and 7th.

Depaul Art Museum, Chicago lL.
September 12, 2019 – February 23, 2019
Remember Where You Are presents work by four emerging artists based in San Antonio and Chicago who use performance, sculpture, and textiles to make visible untold narratives of heritage and place, while questioning practices of exclusion and erasure. Their works are informed by layering personal and public histories to imagine new methods for navigating the world around us.

Solo exhibition
Ignition Project Space, Chicago lL.
September - October, 2019

https://www.ignitionprojects.org/

MCC Art Gallery, Mesa AZ.
September 3 - November 8, 2019

DeGroot Fine Art, Chicago, IL.
September 13, 2019 - November 8, 2019 Reception Sept 13, 5–8pm

Opening:Saturday, Jun 22, 2019 5 – 8 pm
Exhibition dates: Saturday, Jun 22 – Aug 31, 2019

Chicago Printmakers Collaborative
4912 N. Western
Chicago, IL 60625
773-293-2070

Chicago Printmakers Collaborative is pleased to present SOFT, an exhibition of prints and textiles curated by Victoria Marie Barquin and Cassie Tompkins. In addition to exploring the shared appreciation for craft, repetition, imagery, and physicality between textile and print production, SOFT confronts the often gendered interpretation of the word by exhibiting works that are all at once emotive, graphic, skillful, and strong. This exhibition will feature artwork by Meg Roberts Arsenovic, Bukola Koiki, Melissa Leandro, Nicole Del Rio, Sonnenzimmer (Nick Butcher and Nadine Nakanishi), Fraser Taylor, Cassie Tompkins, and Chris Williford.

Primavera 2019.
Featured Artist Interview, Pages 22-23. Los Tejidos de Melissa Leandro by Esmeralda M. Guerrero

May 10 - June 14, 2019
The exhibition Time Share makes reference to those dwellings with shared ownership as a lens for considering artist collectives like Monaco, and to engender a spirit of mutuality that is required in such communal spaces. The exhibition takes as its prompt the generosity of Sage Dawson, a member of Monaco, who has given her curatorial opportunity for this exhibition to take place. The artists featured in Time Share make work that parallel aspects of Dawson’s studio practice. Though each artist pursues divergent aspirations, common threads are seen throughout the work and include formal and material sensitivity, as well as reference to domesticity and architecture and an overall concern for the identity of space. Collectively, the works allude to a domestic-like setting that is necessary to instill a sense of community and reciprocity.

2701 Cherokee Street
Saint Louis, MO 63118
Saturday 12pm - 4pm

Solo Exhibition
March 22nd – April 26th
Reception: Friday, March 22, 6:00-9:00 pm

Rockford University Art Gallery
Clark Arts Center
5050 E. State Street
Rockford, IL 61108
815.226.4105

Hours:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
3 - 6pm, or by appointment.

EQ Office and Franklin Lobby, Willis Tower, Chicago IL.
Feb 11- June 30th, 2019

Curated by Sheridan Tucker

OPENING RECEPTION: THE POETICS OF RELATION
Tuesday, February 12th from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM

Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
35 E Upper Wacker Dr, Suite 2600, Chicago, IL, 60601, United States

Open untill June 21st 2019

Ignition Project Space
3839 W. Grand Ave. #1, Chicago lL.
March 2-30
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 9 6-9pm

With two central themes “Failed Masquerade” and “Shared Loneliness”, we invited 24 Chicago based artists to take part in this edition.

Please join us in the launching of the first edition of Pen Incest.
December 13th, 6 pm to 9 pm
Gallery 062 (1029 W 35th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60609)

Friday, November 2, 2018 - 6:00pm to Tuesday, November 20, 2018 - 5:00pm
Opening reception: Friday, November 2, 2018 6:00-9:00PM
Chicago Artists Coalition is pleased to present AfterGlow, a solo exhibition by BOLT Artist-in-Residence, Melissa Leandro.

Sunday, September 23, 2018, 11AM–1PM

Mana Contemporary exhibition in collaboration with ArtLeadHER and International Sculpture Center.

Mana Contemporary Chicago
2233 S Throop St
Chicago, IL 60608
T. 312.850.0555

Group Exhibition, Praxis Fiber Workshop
September 7- October 28

https://praxisfiberworkshop.com/praxis-lab/

15301 Waterloo Road
Cleveland OH
44110

Heaven Gallery
OPENING RECEPTION Friday Sept, 14th 7-11pm
1550 N Milwaukee ave, 2nd floor
Jeffrey Grauel, Noël Morical, Melissa Leandro
Curated by Elizabeth Lalley

A biennial Exhibition of New Art from Chicago.
September 9- November 11, 2018

www.hydeparkart.org
Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S. Cornell Ave. | Chicago, IL 60615

Tile Blush Gallery
Curated by Joseriberto Perez
August 25 - October 7
Opening reception: Thursday, September 13
6:00 - 9:00 pm

8375 NE 2nd Ave
Miami, FL 33138


Wednesday - Saturday
11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
or by appointment

LVL3 Gallery and Media, located in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago. An artist-run space and online platform promoting creative talent from around the world, LVL3 Publication releases interviews covering a variety of cultural categories.
Read full article: http://lvl3official.com/melissa-leandro/

June 2018 Artist Feature and Interview for LUXE Magazine,Design Chicago Style Edition.
LuxeSource | Luxe Interiors + Design Magazine. Explore the best in design. View the most comprehensive photo collection of luxury homes and connect with top design experts.Available in stores or through subscription.

Thursday, May 17, 2018
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

9 East Ontario Street
Chicago, Illinois 60611

Featuring Artwork from Andrew Rafacz Gallery

Samantha Bittman, Zachary Buchner,
Robert Burnier, Caroline Wells Chandler,
Cody Hudson, Jason Lazarus,
Melissa Leandro, Wendy White


RSVP @
https://splashthat.com/sites/view/artopeningconstructioseason.splashthat.com

Friday, March 23 at 5:00 p.m
Latino Arts Gallery
1028 South 9th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53204

Curated by Edra Soto

Opening Reception:
January 27th, Saturday
5pm-8pm

Exhibition Dates: January 27th- March 18th

Location:
Efrain Lopez Gallery, Chicago IL
908 North Ashland Avenue
Chicago IL, 60622


Gallery Hours:
Wednesday - Friday 12-5pm
Saturday 12-4pm

Show Info:
The Arts Club of Chicago is located at 201 East Ontario Street, on the southeast corner of St. Clair and Ontario Streets.
Exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Gallery hours:
Tuesday- Friday 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Saturday 11:00 am – 3:00 pm.

December 6 – 10
Open to the public
Ocean Drive and 12th Street.

ANDREW RAFACZ is pleased to participate in Untitled, Art, an international, curated art fair founded in 2012 that focuses on curatorial balance and integrity across all disciplines of contemporary art.

Presenting new works by:
JOSH DIHLE, JUSTIN JOHN GREENE, MELISSA LEANDRO, SHEIDA SOLEIMANI, BARI ZIPERSTEIN

Opening Reception 12/8/17
6pm-7:30pm: Panel Discussion
8pm-midnight ¡VaCiLóN! with DJ Madeline (WNUR)

The Unsolicited Sideshow and Office Andorus Present: ¡Vacilón Columnar! brings to life Portland architect Andrew Santa Lucia's project "Outram meets Mamani in Miami" with an architectural fibers installation created in collaboration with artist Melissa Leandro, setting the scene for a proper Miami-style Vacilón dance party.

Luminarts Fellowship Celebration
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2017
THE ARTS CLUB OF CHICAGO
201 E. Ontario Street
Chicago, IL 60611

Dark Matter Star Lounge
2521 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60622
Reception: Friday, November 3 at 7 PM - 10 PM

Exhibition dates: Nov 3rd- Dec3rd

August 31st, 5-8pm

801 NORTH SPAULDING
CHICAGO ILLINOIS
Residency Projects and Workshop presentations with Envision Studio
www.theweavingmill.com

Thursday, May 18
VIP Reception: 5:30-7pm at CAC (217 N. Carpenter St)
Main Event: 7-11pm at Venue One (1034 W. Randolph St)

Auction link: paddle8.com/auction/cac/

Time/Date: 5:30 - 7pm (Tuesday 5/9)
Location: the Union League Club of Chicago, 65 W Jackson. (The reception is open to all, but please note that the Union League Club's dress code specifies no denim / no gym shoes).

2017 MFA Show Panel
Friday, May 5, 2017
5:00pm-7:30 p.m.
Sullivan Galleries, 33 S. State St. 7th floor

Continuing the dialogue, SAIC Arts Administration graduate student Libia Bianibi will lead artist panelists Oscar Gonzalez Diaz, Nuria Montiel, and Melissa Leandro in a discussion on the appropriation of craft and culturally-specific motifs in contemporary art.

Public Reception
Spring 2017 MFA Show
April 29–May 17
Opening Reception: Friday, April 28, 7:00–9:00 p.m.
SAIC Sullivan Galleries, 33 S. State St., 7th floor

Opening Reception: March 17th , 5-8PM
March 17 - April 29, 2017
andrewrafacz.com

835 W. WASHINGTON BLVD.
CHICAGO IL 60607
INFO@ANDREWRAFACZ.COM
TUESDAY-FRIDAY, 11-6
SATURDAY, 11-5

Curated by Lynnette Miranda
OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, November 18, 2016, 6-9PM
la Esquina / 1000 W 25th Street, Kansas City, MO, 64108
November 18, 2016 - January 7, 2017

Friday, September 23 at 6 PM - 9 PM
SAIC Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St., 7th floor, Chicago, Illinois 60603

Opening Reception on Sep 16th, 7-9PM
Exhibition Dates: September 16th-29th

Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St., Chicago, IL 60607
http://www.chicagoartistscoalition.org/programs/annual

2100 N. Major Avenue, Chicago IL
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 11th, 2016
2-10pm!!
Guest Galleries, Efrain Lopez Gallery: Melissa Leandro

May (9th) at 5 p.m.
The Central Museum of Textiles in Lodz, Piotrkowska Street 282.

“Present Standard” Review, CRITICS' PICKS
http://artforum.com/picks/id=58692

Gallery Talk with Artists: Ivan Lozano, Melissa Leandro, Alberto Aguilar, Sofia Moreno and Dianna Frid
5:30 PM-6:30pm
Chicago Cultural Center
Claudia Cassidy Theater (2nd Fl North)

Opening Reception with the Artists: Saturday, January 30, 2-4pm
The Chicago Cultural Center
Michigan Avenue Galleries, 1st Floor
78 E. Washington St., Chicago, IL 60602

Opening reception: September 11 2015 6-9PM
Efrain Lopez Gallery
1620 w Chicago Ave Suite 304, Chicago IL 60622
September 11, 2015 - October 4, 2015

Family Business in Art and Life
Arts Incubator
University of Chicago
Opening reception: July 17th 6-8pm
July 17th -Sep 11th

Winner of the 57th Annual Beloit and Vicinity.
Solo exhibition, Recuerdos de un Paseo
(Mementos From a Walk)

Date: June13 - August 2nd
Wright Museum of Art
700 College Street
Beloit, WI 53511

Tuesday, May 12th, 2015
5:30-7pm
2nd floor Main Lounge Club of Chicago
65 West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago IL, 60604

May 4-14th
Leroy Neiman Center
37 s Wabash ave, 1st floor
Chicago IL, 60603

Winter 2015
Reception: March 10 from 6-9.
www.lulaswalls.blogspot.com

August- November 2014

Intelligentsia Coffeehouse
53 East Randolph St, Chicago, Illinois 60602
(312) 920-9332

September 19- November 7, 2014
Opening Reception: Friday, September 19 7-10pm

Fourth Floor Gallery
1200 w 35th Street Chicago 773.247.3000
Bridgeport Art Center
WWW.BRIDGEPORT.COM

September 6th, 2014
6pm-9pm

Autotelic Studio
1856 n Richmond st, Chicago IL 60647

Wright Museum of Art
June 14th- July 25th
2014

Purdue University Galleries
March 10- April 26 2014

One Foot x One Foot.
VP Fiber Arts Club. University of Missouri, Columbia
Opening 2/3/14

Small Works Exhibition
National Association of Women Artists. New York, NY.
Opening 2/5/14

“Lilliputians March” Small Works Exhibition. Purdue University Galleries. West Lafayette, Indiana.
March 10 - April 26, 2014

New Work-Woman’s History Month. Sulzer Regional Library. Chicago IL. {Artist Talk}
March 2014

FLY, Flag Installation. Gallery 400, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
January 17 2014