Melissa Wolf
Instagram: @concreteloverr @melissalupewolf
Education
2022- 2024 BFA- Sculpture, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2019- 2021 AFA- Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS
Professional Experience
2025- Present Jesse Howard Fellow- Artspace, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2024- Present Studio Arts Technician- Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS
2025- Present Contractor- The Bauer, 115 W 18th St, Kansas City, MO 64108
2023 - 2025 Contractor- KCAI Gallery Kansas City, MO
2022- 2024 Gallery Assistant- KCAI Gallery Kansas City, MO
Awards
2024 - KCAI 2024 Annual BFA Exhibition: In Assemblage, Honorable Mention- Kansas City Art Institute, MO
- International Sculpture Center's 2024 Outstanding Student Achievement In Contemporary Sculpture
Award nomination
2023 - Kansas City Zoo- Sobela Ocean Aquarium public art proposal finalist
2022 - League for Innovation Student Art Competition- third place international award at the
Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS
2021 - Fine Arts Sculpture scholarship- Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS
- League for Innovation Student Art Competition, Jury's choice award- Johnson County Community
College, Overland Park, KS
Solo Exhibitions
2025 - (Upcoming) “Hecho en México / Made in Mexico” - KCAC, Kansas City, MO
2025 - “Celebrating the Dead and Then Some”- Wickerson Studios, Kansas City,KS
Two person/Group Exhibitions
2025 - “Bless Your Heart”- Two person show including Riley Rouse, Vulpes Bastille, Kansas City, MO
- 2025 KC Flatfile- Digitalfile, Emily & Todd Voth Artspace, Kansas City, MO
- “Beco-se of You”- The Waiting Room, Kansas City, MO
2024- 2025 - “Local Artists Go Miniature Exhibition”- The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures, Kansas City, MO
2024 - Benefit Art Auction- Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
- “Reflecting the City”- Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, MO
2023 - “Inspired by Maya Indigenous & Latino Art Experience” Bank of America Exhibition Gallery- Union Station,
- Mattie Rhodes Cultural Center- Kansas City, MO
2022 - MDW Fair, Mana Contemporary- Chicago, IL
- “Ejercicio” Instituto Allende Spanish and Art School- San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
2021 - KCAC 26th Annual Undergraduate Student Exhibition, Kansas City, MO
- “La Onda” - This exhibition is intended to be a wide showcase of the Latino Experience in the following
different locations:
Beco Gallery- Fine Art Gallery Kansas City, MO
Garcia Squared- Contemporary Art Gallery Kansas City, MO
Holsum- Artist Run Space Kansas City, MO
InterUrban Arthouse- Fine Art Gallery Overland Park, KS
Selected Public Art
2025- 2026 “Pebbles the Bear” St. Joseph Sculpture Walk- St Joseph, MO
Publications
2025 - “Celebrating the Dead and Then Some”- Forum print magazine, Kansas City Artist Coalition
Forum — Kansas City Artists Coalition
- “Local Artists Go Miniature,” National Museum of Toys and Miniatures- KC Studio
“Local Artists Go Miniature,” National Museum of Toys and Miniatures – KC STUDIO
2024 - National Museum of Toys and Miniatures unveils new exhibit featuring dozens of regional mixed-media
masterminds- The Pitch KC
National Museum of Toys and Miniatures unveils new exhibit featuring dozens of regional mixed
2023 - Chico Sierra curates work by local Latinx artists for “Inspired by MAYA exhibit at Union Station-
The Pitch KC
Chico Sierra curates work by local Latinx artists for "Inspired by MAYA" exhibit at Union Station
2022 - Latinx Art Rising in KC: ‘La Onda’ Exhibition Series Showcases Emerging Artists - KC Studio Magazine
Latinx Art Rising in KC: ‘La Onda’ Exhibition Series Showcases Emerging Artists