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2021
HELIOTROPIC RELICS AT CHROMATIC BOTANIC GARDEN EVENING | ECHO ARTS | BOZEMAN, MT | 9.9.2021
TINWORKS ART  | RAISON D'ETRE DANCE PROJECT | STORY MILL | BOZEMAN, MT | 8.21.2021
EXCERPTS AND SUITES | RAISON D'ETRE DANCE PROJECT | THE EMERSON | BOZEMAN, MT | 8.6.2021 & 8.8.2021
TORRENT | INSTALLATION | JESSIE WILBER GALLERY | THE EMERSON | BOZEMAN, MT | 5.14.2021 / 7.2.2021
CATACLYSM | GROUP EXHIBIT | LEWISTOWN ART CENTER | LEWISTOWN, MT | 7.1.2021 / 7.31.2021
HELIOTROPIC RELICS | RED ROCK SCREENDANCE FILM FESTIVAL | ST. GEORGE, UT | 6.10.2021

2020
SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS TEACHING GALLERY | UNIV OF WYOMING ART MUSEUM | LARAMIE, WY
COMING TO | PERFORMANCE WITH RAISON D'ETRE DANCE PROJECT | TINWORKS ART | BOZEMAN, MT
​OUR NOW | GROUP EXHIBIT | EXIT GALLERY | BOZEMAN, MT
CORPOREAL | SOLO EXHIBIT | EXIT GALLERY | BOZEMAN, MT
PANDEMIC POSTCARDS | ZOOTOWN ARTS COMMUNITY CENTER | MISSOULA, MT
WATERWORKS ART MUSEUM TRAVELING COLLECTION 2020 | 7 MONTANA VENUES
EXCHANGE | ROBERT ELSE GALLERY | SACRAMENTO STATE UNIV | SACRAMENTO, CA
SUBJECTIVE PERSPECTIVE | WATERWORKS ART MUSEUM | MILES CITY, MT

2019
RAISON D'ETRE DANCE PROJECT | THE EMERSON | BOZEMAN, MT
JOURNEYS | EXIT GALLERY | BOZEMAN, MT
WAY OUT WEST | ST. LOUIS ARTISTS' GUILD | ST. LOUIS, MO
ART WALK WITH COLLECTIVE MOVEMENT | OLD MAIN GALLERY-THE VIEWING ROOM | BOZEMAN, MT
PERSIMMON GALLERY WINTER SOLSTICE EXHIBIT | BIGFORK, MT
COMMUNITIES WEST IV | UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY | LOGAN, UT

​COMMUNITIES WEST IV | ROCKY MOUNTAIN PRINTMAKING ALLIANCE CONFERENCE | SALT LAKE CITY, UT
HODOLOGY II | ROCKY MOUNTAIN PRINTMAKING ALLIANCE CONFERENCE | SALT LAKE CITY, UT
TRAIN TRACTS | ROCKY MOUNTAIN PRINTMAKING ALLIANCE CONFERENCE | SALT LAKE CITY, UT
RAISON D'ETRE DANCE PROJECT | INDEPENDANCE | BOZEMAN, MT
FROGMAN'S 2019 PORTFOLIO | UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA | OMAHA, NE
COMMUNITIES WEST IV | IMAGINE BUTTE RESOURCE CENTER | BUTTE, MT

ART WALK WITH COLLECTIVE MOVEMENT | OLD MAIN GALLERY-THE VIEWING ROOM | BOZEMAN, MT
RAISON D'ETRE DANCE PROJECT | SWEET PEA FESTIVAL | BOZEMAN, MT
RAISON D'ETRE DANCE PROJECT | SLAM FESTIVAL | BOZEMAN, MT

COLLECTIVE MOVEMENT | SWEET PEA FESTIVAL | BOZEMAN, MT
ART WALK WITH COLLECTIVE MOVEMENT | EMERSON | BOZEMAN, MT
VARIETY SHOW | RIALTO | BOZEMAN, MT
STETTIE RUTH | STORY MILL | BOZEMAN, MT
ART WALK WITH COLLECTIVE MOVEMENT AND RAISON D'ETRE DANCE PROJECT | EMERSON | BOZEMAN, MT
TRAIN TRACTS | TRANSCONTINENTAL: PEOPLE, PLACE, IMPACT | RIO GALLERY | SALT LAKE CITY, UT
NOIR WITH RAISON D'ETRE DANCE PROJECT | RIALTO | BOZEMAN, MT
RAISON D'ETRE DANCE PROJECT OPEN STUDIO WITH PAUL GOMEX | BOZEMAN, MT

2018
WOOL WORKING WOMEN PERFORMANCE WITH ALAYNA RASILE DIGRINDAKIS | EXIT GALLERY | BOZEMAN, MT
​RADIUS GALLERY'S 5TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY SHOW | MISSOULA, MT
SPEAKING VOLUMES: TRANSFORMING HATE'S READING LIBRARY | HOLTER MUSEUM OF ART | HELENA, MT
​GREY LAND: IN MEMORY OF WORLD WAR I WITH ​RAISON D'ETRE DANCE PROJECT | BOZEMAN, MT
BOZEMAN OPEN STUDIOS | BOZEMAN, MT
MOVEMENT IN PROGRESS: AN OPEN REHEARSAL WITH RAISON D'ETRE DANCE PROJECT | BOZEMAN, MT
​WESTWARD BOUND: CONTEMPORARY BOOK ART | EXIT GALLERY | BOZEMAN, MT

2018 MID AMERICA PRINT COUNCIL MEMBERS' EXHIBITION | LARAMIE, WY
​INDEPENDANCE PERFORMANCE | THE ELLEN THEATER | BOZEMAN, MT
​RAISON D'ETRE DANCE PROJECT PERFORMANCE | THE ELLEN THEATER | BOZEMAN, MT
CHERRY RIVER / WHERE THE RIVERS MIX | WATERWORKS 2018 | THREE FORKS, MT
​AMPLIFIED THE ART OF MUSIC EXHIBIT | EMERSON | BOZEMAN, MT

COMMUNITIES WEST III | MISSOULA ART MUSEUM | MISSOULA, MT 
JURIED SWEET PEA ART SHOW
- HONORABLE MENTION | BOZEMAN, MT  
RAISON D'ETRE DANCE PROJECT PERFORMANCE | SWEET PEA FESTIVAL | BOZEMAN, MT
BOZEMAN CREATES | WATERWORKS ART MUSEUM | MILES CITY, MT
THE SYMPHONIC BODY / WATER | WATERWORKS 2018 | BOZEMAN, MT | EMIGRANT, MT
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA | COMMUNITIES WEST III | OMAHA, NE 
​WOVEN PERFORMANCE | COLLABORATIVE INSTALLATION | BOZEMAN, MT
RAISON D'ETRE DANCE PROJECT PERFORMANCE | TEDX BOZEMAN | BOZEMAN, MT
COMMUNITIES WEST III AND CATACLYSM | ROCKY MOUNTAIN PRINTMAKING ALLIANCE CONFERENCE | PULLMAN, WA
​REMINISCENCE AND UNRAVELING WITH VALLEY DANCE ENSEMBLE | ELLEN ECCLES THEATER | LOGAN, UTAH
PHOTOGRAPHY PLUS JURIED ART EXHIBIT
- BEST OF SHOW AWARD | WATERWORKS ART MUSEUM | MILES CITY, MT
SHADOW  |  SOLO INSTALLATION  |  EXIT GALLERY  |  MSU BOZEMAN | BOZEMAN, MT
 
Photo by Nathan Norby of Heliotropic Bodies at Stettie Ruth: Shift | 2019 | Dancer and Choreographer | Melissa pictured with dancers Erin Levy, Genevieve Trygstad-Burke, and Michelle Kolodin | Website © 2021 Melissa Dawn LLC