Melanie Kozol
Melanie Kozol received her MFA from SVA, NY, and her BA from Connecticut College. She is a recipient of an NEA Visual Arts Fellowship for Painting, and a Skowhegan Drawing Grant at NYSS. Kozol has been awarded numerous residencies', the most recent being the Arctic Circle Residency 2025. Kozol lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Working from plein air watercolors, photographic documentation, and memory, I re-imagine the environment through the painting process. In the studio, I create improvisational paintings through layers of wash, mark-making and scraping to reveal a pentimento of color, line, and form. I rely on experience, intuition, and invention to push the landscape into new realms.
