“Melanie Ciccone’s two embroideries on tea-stained squares of linen are quiet, little heartaches. One bears a loose scatter of stitched, colored lines and the other a constellation of sewn dots in white, blue, flamingo. Against the shroud-like, stained fabric, the markings read as intimate maps, notations literally stitched into memory.”
— Leah Ollman (LA Times)

Exhibitions and work with others

  • Bespoke, Roswell Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - 2021

  • Pasadena Art Alliance 20th Biennial Art Auction, Pasadena, CA - 2020

  • 10x10x100: Night of 100 Artists, SPARC Fundraiser, South Pasadena, CA - 2019

  • CA 101, Redondo Beach, California - 2019

  • Textitles Today, SPARC (South Pasadena Art Council) South Pasadena, CA - 2019

  • Leipzig Art Faire & Studio Liberello Contemporary Fine Art (SLC), Moers, Germany -2018

  • Ink & Clay 44, a national juried competition at Kellogg University Art Gallery/Cal Poly - Pomona, CA - 2018

  • McGinty’s Gallery at the End of the World, Altadena, CA - 2018

  • Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, Transfiguration commission,  Vancouver, WA (Images available upon request) - 2018

  • Gimme Shelter, Ave. 50 Studio, Highland Park/Los Angeles, CA - 2018

  • Ink & Clay 43, Kellogg University Art Gallery/Cal Poly - Pomona, CA - 2017
    Gallery Curator's Choice Purchase Award

    • Awarded Curators Prize (purchased into university’s permanent collection)

  • Nowhere Else Festival, Second Annual - Martinsville, OH - 2017

  • Chely Wright, I Am The Rain - Album Cover Commission - 2016                                                

  • Nowhere Else Festival (Hosted by Over the Rhine) - Martinsville, OH - 2016

  • Woven, Sturt Haaga Gallery - La Canada Flintridge, CA - 2016

  • The Need For My Care, Waterfall Mansion & Gallery - New York, NY - 2016

  • Sampled, Offramp Gallery - Pasadena, CA - 2015

  • By Hand, SoPas Gallery - South Pasadena, CA - 2014            

  • Commission, Downtown Women’s Center - Los Angeles, CA - 2014            

  • Linear Perspectives, SoPas Gallery - South Pasadena, CA - 2013

  • 12 x 12 x 12, SoPas Gallery - South Pasadena, CA - 2012

  • Holiday Bazaar, Space Gallery - South Pasadena, CA - 2012                   

  • Textiles on the Edge, Space Gallery - South Pasadena, CA - 2010                

  • Donor Recognition Quilt, Downtown Women’s Center (with Joan Weinzettle) - Los Angeles, CA - 2009

  • Project Home, SOPA Studio - South Pasadena, CA - 2009

  • Mothers and Others, Space Gallery - South Pasadena, CA - 2009 

  • Quilts and Collages, SoPas Gallery (with Joan Weinzettle) - South Pasadena, CA - 2009