Melissa Dorn Richards

Melissa Dorn Richards is a Milwaukee-based artist, who holds a BFA from the

Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. A practicing artist for 20 years, she is

represented by Frank Juarez Gallery in Sheboygan, WI.

Her work can be found in many corporate collections including Tax-Air,

Northwestern Mutual, West Bend Mutual Insurance Company, Littler Mendelson

and Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. Select exhibitions include: Preservatif,

Stockholm Gallery; Forward 2014, Charles Allis Art Museum; Up, Down!, River

Edge Gallery; Moving Mountains, Frank Juarez Gallery; Schematic, UW-

Sheboygan; Eight Counties, John Michael Kohler Arts Center; Art Chicago and

Aqua Art Miami, Hotcakes Gallery.

Dorn Richards is also active in the local arts community through her work co-

chairing the Milwaukee Artist Resource Network (MARN) advisory board and as

a board director and previous lead artist for Artworks for Milwaukee. Her newest

adventure is as co-managing director of Material Studios + Gallery, a space for

artists to create, produce and develop their entrepreneurial practice.