Melly Trochez
Los Angeles, CA
Mellytrochez.com
melly@mellytrochez.com

Education

Masters in Art Therapy, Loyola Marymount, Westchester, CA, 2011
Bachelors of Fine Arts, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton CA, 2004
Associates in Arts, Rio Hondo College, Whittier CA, 2000

Selected Exhibitions

2018 Rituals, two person exhibit, Ace 121, Glendale, CA
2008 “Ghost In The Machine” solo exhibit, Frank Pictures Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2007 “Melly”, solo exhibit, Frank Pictures Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA

Group Exhibitions

2023 “American Identity”, group exhibit, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Al
2023 LAX / AMS, curated by Thinkspace LA, Straat Museum, Amsterdam, NLD
2023 Hawaii Walls, curated by Thinkspace LA, Palama Settlement, Honolulu, HI
2023 “RAIZ I”, curated by Tlaloc Studios & Thinkspace, Brand Library, Glendale, CA
2022 “Southland” curated by Patrick Martinez, Charlie James Gallery, LA, CA
2022 Border Kindness benefit, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019 “Human Nature”, curated by Jaime Munoz, The Pit, Los Angeles, CA
2018 “Remembrance”, group exhibit, Southwest Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2018 “We Rise”, group exhibit sponsored by dept. of mental health, Los Angeles, CA
2017 “Summer in the City”, group exhibit, Avenue 50 Gallery, Highland Park, CA
2017 “Art Never Sleeps” Modern Multiples, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Aigantighe Art Gallery, Timaru, New Zealand
2016 “The Mother Ship Returns”, Meltdown Comics, Hollywood, CA
2015 Alumni group exhibit, Loyola Marymount, Westchester, CA
2012 “Our Lady’s Messenger”group exhibit, Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, CA
2011 “Adelante”, group exhibit, Forrest Lawn Museum of Art, CA
2011 “Summer of Solstice”, group exhibit, Jaus, Santa Monica, CA
2010 “Grow”, group exhibit, Morono Kiang Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Sanrio, Hello Kitty 35th Anniversary, group exhibit, Royal-T Gallery, Culver City
2007 Dia de los Muertos, group exhibit, De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
2007 “Nuestra Historia”, Riverside Museum of Art, Riverside, CA
2006 “Chicano Demuirge”, group exhibit, Pharmaka, Los Angeles, CA
2006 “Does Religion Kill”, group exhibit, 18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica CA
2006 “Iron Eye”, group exhibit, Scion Gallery, Culver City, CA
2005 “Latino Artists of Los Angeles, Defining Identity”, Millard Sheets, Pomona, CA
2004 “Incognito”, group exhibit, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA

Selected Collections

2022 Fremont Elementary, Montebello, CA
2017 Loteria Cards, La Reina, East Los Angeles, CA
2015 “Id Rather Play with Ladybugs” Utility box Eagle Rock Ca
2014 “Four Women’’ Timaru, New Zealand, Grosvenor Hotel
2014 Maestro Glass, Puente Hills CA, private business
2009 Johnnie Cochran Middle School Campus Beautification Project, Los Angeles 2008 Fortune Gym, boxing gym Hollywood
2007 Church on The Way, Sherman Oaks, mural for nativity scene
2006 Murchinson Elementary, Los Angeles
2006 Lovers, private residence Claremont CA.
2005 Frida for the People, Pico Blvd, Los Angeles

Curatorial Experience

2021 “Quiet Please” Tlaloc Studios, Los Angeles, CA
2019 “Impressions” Art by Art Therapists, Ave. 50 Gallery Los Angeles, CA
2017 “Quiet Please II” Avenue 50 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 “Quiet Please”, The Inn Gallery, Los Feliz, CA
2007 “Day of the Dead”, Mendenhall Sobieski, Pasadena, CA
2006 “Garden of Souls”, Self Help Graphics and Art, Los Angeles, CA
2005 INRI Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Collections

Birmingham Museum of Art, AL
Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, AL
Hammer Museum of Art, CA
Janet Bruce, Virginia
Gisselle Acevedo, Para Los Ninos, CA
Jeryll W. Adler, Pacific Stages, Redondo Beach, CA
Jesse Juarros, Public Works Exec, Alhambra, CA
Loyola Marymount University, Westchester, CA

Publications/Press

Voyage LA Magazine, 2022
Beautiful Sadness, by Melissa Trochez, published by Frank Pictures Gallery
“El Despertar De Una Artista, Melly Trochez”, La Opinion, Vida y Estilo, July 2007
Los Angeles EnVivo, Interview, August 2007, Channel 62
Bliss Magazine, article, February 2008
URB Magazine, featured artist, May 2008
Los Angeles Northeast Sun Newspaper, September 18, 2008
Mun2, September 2008
Healing Through Her Art, Timaru Herald New Zealand, 2014