MEET THE NEW ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE

MELISSA VOGLEY WOODS

A.I.R. Fall/Winter 2024-25

Melissa Vogley Woods is a visual artist, teacher, and artist-curator born and residing in Columbus, OH. She is a multi-generational caregiver of 30+ years. Her practice is aligned with her life as a way to delve into the intricacies of care within relationships with a specific focus on barriers and how we bridge them. Her work spans between public art, social practice, and intimate exploration of the object. Recent recognition she has received includes a National USA Fellowship nomination, two Ohio Art Council Individual Artist Grants, and A Greater Columbus Arts Council Individual Artist grant, and she has exhibitions locally, nationally, and internationally in such institutions as the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus Museum of Art, Museum of Sisters Aslamazyan in Armenia, and Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions. She attended Mass MoCA, Vermont Studio Center, and Wassaic Projects Residencies and her work has been written about in the Brooklyn Rail among others. She is an arts organizer, recent curatorial projects include “Portal to the Other Side” “Springbreak, Los Angeles” and “Room to Let” series held in empty houses that exhibited seventy artists over three years of programming.

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Winter/Spring A.I.R. ZACH VAN HORN

Zach Van Horn’s studio practice resembles that of the night sky where each star is an interest or concept he wants to explore. These concepts include, but are not limited to, philosophy, psychology, technology, dreams, and consciousness. By thoroughly studying these celestial bodies, he can start to map the night sky by drawing connections between the stars based on the overlap of their content and language. The paintings are the physical manifestations of these metaphorical constellations. The current iteration of his process involves cutting painted paper into strips and then reconstructing them. He does this vertically and horizontally multiple times. This creates a foundation that resembles a pixelated mosaic. He then masks the rippling symmetrical lines, paint the imagery, and then sands the surface after removing the mask.