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A painting by Roxanna Meléndez showing a man in a blue suit over a purple background

Roxanna Meléndez

New York City, NY and Asbury Park, NJ

roxannamelendezart@gmail.com

Selected Exhibitions

2026

Face(t)s of America, The Gallery Space, Rahway, NJ

2026

Silver - Plata, Martinez Gallery, Troy, NY

2024

Visual Art from the African Diaspora, Martinez Gallery & The Albany Black Chamber of Commerce, Troy, NY

2024

Employee & Volunteer Group Show, MET Museum, NYC

2024

Grace & Turmoil, Online Exhibition, Martinez Gallery, Troy, NY

2023

Group Show, Martinez Gallery, Troy, NY

2022

Employee & Volunteer Group Show, MET Museum, NYC

2022

True to Myself, Virtual Show, Martinez Gallery, Troy, NY

2022

Black & White to Magnificent Color, Curated by Alpana Mittal, Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, NJ

2021

Asbury Park Mural, Asbury Park, NJ, Charles Trott (Design), Troy Jones, Roxanna Meléndez

2021

Art in the Age of CoVid with Roxanna Meléndez, Zoom Chat, William Patterson University, March 11, 21

2020

Art in the Age of CoVid, Atlantic Highlands Arts Council, Highlands, NJ

Commissions

 

1997     Family Portrait

Private Collections

On Request

Reviews & Awards

 

Hispanic Heritage Month, Use of Art Work for Public Advertisement, downtowntroy.org, September 9, 2021.

Chanel 12 Live Review and Interview of Art Work, Atlantic Highlands Art Council, Highlands, NJ, January 31, 2020.

MET Matters, Bi-Weekly Newsletter for the Staff & Volunteers of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 15, 2020.

Imagen Magazine, Presencia Boricua, July, 2005, page 148.

CARAS Magazine, Presencia Boricua, August, 2005, page 98.

Art Review, Colorful Traditions, Metroland Online – Art Murmur, February 2003, by David Brickman.

Art Review, Record Review, Friday, October 2, 1998, Better Living Pages 15-16, by D. Dominick Lombardi.

Honorable Mention, “The Four Elements”, Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, NY, 1998.

Foundation Benefit Auction, New York Ctiy College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY 1997.

Education

Painting & Art History, School of Visual Arts and Hunter College, NYC, 1994-98.

MS, Social Work, Columbia University, NYC, 1979.

BA, Psychology, College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, MN, 1973.

Professional Memberships

Represented by Martinez Gallery, Troy, NY.

Pro Arts Jersey City Member.

© 2026 by Roxanna Meléndez. All Rights Reserved.

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