Solo Exhibitions and Curatorial Projects
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Hawai`i Triennial, Foster Botanical Garden, Honolulu, HI
2024 Hanau Ka Mo`olelo – Donkey Mill Arts Center, Holualoa, HI
2023 Fear of the Unknown – Hawaii State Art Museum, Honolulu, HI
2021 8×8 – Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art & Design, Honolulu, HI
2020 Why Are You Painting – Honolulu Museum of Art (Linekona), Honolulu, HI
2020 Art in Isolation – Middle East Institute, Washington, DC
2020 Let there be spaces in your togetherness – New York Mills Art Center, MN
2019 Let there be spaces in your togetherness – Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
2017 Contact 3017 – Honolulu Museum of Art (Linekona), Honolulu, HI
2016 Flora of the National Parks – U.S. Botanic Garden, Washington DC
2016 Hawaii National Parks – Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Maui, HI
2015 Ethos – Linus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Mixed Media – Linus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 War and People – Levantine Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Labor, Migrant, Gulf – Uri-Eichen Gallery, Chicago, IL
2011 Art as the Mother Tongue – 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
2011 The Legacy of Land – Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Maui, HI
2010 Paper Journeys – Capital One Gallery, Richmond, VA
2010 The Essence of Maui – Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Maui, HI
2009 Moving Cultures – Orange Gallery, Guangzhou, China
2009 Moving Cultures – GC Art Yard, Lhasa, Tibet
Collections
Haleakalā National Park
Hawai’i Department of Land and Natural Resources
Hawai’i State Foundation of Culture and the Arts
Honolulu Museum of Art
The Four Seasons
The Nature Conservancy
Awards, Grants, & Residencies
2022 Anchorage Museum Artist-In-Residence
2022 - 2024 University of Hawaii Grant, Land & People Podcast
2019 Catherine E. B. Cox Award for excellence in visual arts, Honolulu Museum of Art
2019 Finalist, Lange-Taylor Prize, Duke University Documentary Studies
2019 - 2024 Recognition Award, Hawai`i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
2009 Sharjah Art Foundation Grant, “Inheritance: Reclaiming Land and Spirit”
2009 RMTI University, Melbourne Australia Grant, “Moving Cultures”
Selected Press
2018 (December 28) “Artists and poets look at homelands from a distance” – Hyperallergic
2018 (November) “Interview with Melissa Chimera, curator of The Far Shore: Navigating Homelands” – The D-Brief Detroit
2016 (March/April) “Two bright stars to trouble the dark” – OnMaui!
2015 (September 15) “The art of nature” – The Maui News
2014 (March 12) “Artists and workers unite” – San Diego Union Tribune
2011 “Painting rare isle species is artist’s way to save them” – Honolulu Star Advertiser
2010 “The Essence of Maui: artists go beyond in depth and scale” – Maui Weekly
2009 “Editor’s diary” – mixednerve.org (Vol 3 No 1)
2009 Sharjah Biennial 9″ – Artico
2009 “All eyes on the gulf” – onculture.eu
2008 “Alchemy” – Maui News
2008 “War and Peace: the exhibit ” – Maui Magazine
2007 “The storm before the calm” – Honolulu Star Bulletin
2006 “Music for your eyes” – Maui Weekly
2006 “A passion for plants and painting” – Haleakalā Times
Bibliography
2021 CONTACT 2014 – 2019. Drew Broderick et al (ed). Pu’uhonua Society and Tropic Editions Press, Honolulu, HI
2020 WHY ARE YOU PAINTING. José Carpio (ed). Ki Smith Gallery, New York, NY
2020 MS. ALIGNED: WOMEN WRITING ABOUT MEN. Rebecca Thomas (ed). Manoa Books/El Leon Literary Arts, Honolulu, HI
2009 INHERITANCE: RECLAIMING LAND & SPIRIT. Adele Ne Jame, Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
2009 PROVISIONS. Antonia Carver et al (ed). Sharjah Art Foundation / Bidoun Press, Dubai, United Arab Emirates