CV

b. 1998

Education 

BFA Drawing + Painting, Laguna College of Art + Design, Laguna Beach

Drawing Bootcamp, Grand Central Atelier, New York City

Group Shows

2023 35x35 Bicentennial Exhibition, Consulate of Mexico, Los Angeles, Ca.

2022 Juried Fine Art Exhibition, City Hall, Laguna Beach, Ca. 

2021 BFA Senior Show, LCAD Gallery, Laguna Beach, Ca.  

2021 Juried Mentor Show, Dawson Cole Fine Art, Laguna Beach, Ca.

2019 Juried Student Exhibition, LCAD Gallery, Laguna Beach, Ca. 

Publications

2022 Master painters, “Beautiful as You Are.” International Artist Magazine, pp. 112–114, Feature Artist: Melissa Leila Mallory

Awards and Honors  

2022 Finalist, The Future Generation, Portrait Society of America

2021 Finalist, The Future Generation, Portrait Society of America 

2019 NCCWSL Grant, AAUW

2017 Merit Scholarship, LCAD 

Collections, Private

Illinois, Chicago, USA

Los Angeles, California, USA

Tehran, Iran

Teaching  

2017 - Present, Private Art teacher, Orange County, Ca.