EDUCATION
MFA, Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Philadelphia PA
BFA, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA

SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 Mythical Fruit & Underworld Glimmers. DePillars Gallery, Richmond VA
2023 Drifting Clouds. Trustman Gallery, Boston MA
2021 Punch the Sun. Temple Contemporary, Philadelphia PA
2020 The Gardener and the Gardened. Simmons University Trustman Gallery, Boston MA
2017 You Can’t Bury Me, I’m Already Underground. Museum of Arts and Design, New York NY
2017 Thank You For Your Service. Dirt Palace, Providence RI
2013 The Wayside. Wayside, Miami FL
2011 Rock ‘N Roll Vortex (collaboration with Peaches Goodrich). 301 Gallery, Beverly MA
2010 RAINBOWBOMB (collaboration with Ryan Really, Blair Waters). MEME Gallery, Cambridge MA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS
2021 Very Tender. Flower Head, Los Angeles CA
2020 Late Songs. Evening Hours, New York NY
2020 Moviate Film Festival. Harrisburg, PA
2019 Dispatches from the Underground. Somerville Theater, Somerville MA
2018 The Mirror. Current Space, Baltimore MD
2018 Under a Dismal Boston Skyline. Stone Gallery, Boston MA
2018 Far Out Film Festival. Nashville, TN
2018 Code Stitch: Resistance in Apparel. How's Howard, Boston, MA
2017 Caught in a Dream. Dorchester Art Project, Dorchester MA
2017 Ladyfest Art Auction. Aviary Gallery, Boston MA
2016 Standing Rock Benefit Auction. Distillery Gallery, Boston MA
2016 Palatial P’leasures. Distillery Gallery, Boston MA
2016 Parts Unknown. Aviary Gallery, Boston MA
2016 Series: 10 Years of Creative Projects by Bodega. Union, Somerville, MA
2016 Yard Sale. Carroll and Sons, Boston MA
2016 Cambridge Arts Ass. National Prize Show. University Place Gallery, Cambridge MA
2016 Wish You Were There. Distillery Gallery, Boston MA
2014 I've Been Everywhere, Man: Stories from the Road. Nave Gallery, Somerville MA
2014 GLVBXAOTM. Voltage, Cambridge MA
2013 RE:FORM. C24 Gallery, New York NY
2012 Fly Over the City. Uncle Crummy's, Allston MA

RESIDENCIES
2018 Crosstown Arts AIR, Memphis TN
2017 New Craft Artists in Action x Queer Sport Split AIR, Split Croatia
2016 Oxbow School of Art AIR, Saugatuck MI

DISCOGRAPHY
2019 Feels Funny, Boston Cream. KLYAM Records
2018 Mine, Boston Cream. KLYAM Records
2017 Bloom, Boston Cream
2017 Rubaluvnub, Boston Cream
2017 Dancin' In The Wrong Shoes, Boston Cream
2016 Satan Is On The Way, Boston Cream
2016 Barbazonia, Barbazons
2015 House of the Rising Fuzz, Barbazons & Various Artists
2015 Avec Plaisir, Barbazons. KLYAM Records
2014 Live From Your Dreams, We're…, The Electric Street Queens. KLYAM Records
2014 Brew Cassingle, The Electric Street Queens
2013 Tour Split 7”, The Fagettes
2013 Gonna Die Out Here, The Fagettes
2012 If I See Him Again, The Fagettes. Rock Slop Records
2012 Savage Young Fagettes, The Fagettes. Stimulation Addict Records
2011 Volume 2, The Fagettes
2011 Live on WMBR, The Fagettes
2011 Volume 1, The Fagettes

AWARDS
2022 Finalist, Frankenthaler Climate Art Awards, USA
2021 Fibers & Materials Studies Award, Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Philadelphia PA
2020 Graduate Academic Teaching Assistantship, Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Philadelphia PA
2019 Graduate Academic Teaching Assistantship, Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Philadelphia PA
2008 Special Projects Grant, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA
2007 Best in Show: All School Show, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
2019 Kirsten Swenson, “Under a Dismal Boston Skyline,” Art in America.
2019 G. Gordon Gritty, “10 Most Influential Local Bands of the 2010’s,” Boston Hassle.
2019 Ash Richter, “Feel Funny with Boston Cream,” Boston Hassle.
2019 Mary Menzemer, “Boston Cream: MINE,” Boston Hassle.
2017 Andrew Nunes. “Vinyl Joints and Spliff Packs Envision the Future of Weed Legalization,” VICE Creators.
2017 Editors, “Meet Melanie Bernier of Punk Rock Aerobics,” Boston Voyager.
2016 Maggie Halpern, “Chronicle: Music Makers,” WCVB TV.
2015 Amelia Mason, “With These Flags We Remember Underground Rock Venues That Died Too Soon,” WBUR.
2015 Perry Eaton, “Local Artist Stitches Flags to Honor Boston’s Lost Underground Venues,” Boston.com.
2015 Paul Robicheau, “Sound Check,” Improper Bostonian.
2015 Amelia Mason, “Meet The Barbazons — Formerly Surf Rock Showgirls, ‘Now We're Just Weirdos,’” WBUR.
2015 Lawrence Gjurgevich, “Censorship: A Band By Any Other Name,” Louder Than War.
2014 Editors, “Celebrating 4/20 with 13 Ways of Looking at Cannabis,” Creative Time Reports.
2014 Mo Kelly, “Reigning Sound, the Fagettes, Televibes, Milk at Middle Easts Downstairs,” Allston Pudding.
2013 Carolyn Keddy, “The Fagettes - If I See Him Again,” Maximum Rocknroll, June 2013.
2013 Jodie Baehre, “Interview with Melanie Bernier,” Glovebox.
2012 Robert Collins, “The Fagettes - Savage Young Fagettes,” Maximum Rocknroll, July 2012.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023-24 WINDGATE EMERGING CRAFT ARTIST & VISITING FACULTY, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA
2021-23 ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR, Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Philadelphia PA
2021 STUDIO ASSISTANT, Alex Da Corte, Philadelphia PA
2019-21 TEACHING ASSISTANT, Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Philadelphia PA
2018-21 COLUMNIST, Boston Compass, Boston MA
2016-19 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, Professional Arts Consortium, Boston MA
2014-16 PROGRAM MANAGER, Professional Arts Consortium, Boston MA
2010-15 STUDIO ASSISTANT, Ellen Rich, Boston MA
2007-15 STUDIO ASSISTANT, Karen Moss, Boston MA
2010-14 TEACHING ARTIST, ONLINE & MARKETING MANAGER, Gateway Arts, Brookline MA