Education
2016 Masters of Fine Arts in Painting, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pa.
2013 Master of Arts in Painting, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana, Pa.
2011 Bachelors of Arts in Art Education, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, Pa.
Exhibitions
2020
Group Pittsburgh Society of Artists - New Member Exhibition, Gilberti Fine Art Gallery, Coraopolis, PA
Group Six Feet, Artwork Made During Quarantine, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Exhibition Space, Pittsburgh, PA
Group Watercolors Art Exhibition 2020, J. Mane Gallery (online showcase)
2019
Group Pittsburgh Society of Artists Fifty-Fourth Annual Juried Exhibition, Panza Gallery Millvale, PA
Group Homeograph, Bar Marco | Union Hall Pittsburgh, PA
Group Seton Hill University Alumni Show, Harlan Gallery, Greensburg, PA
2018
Solo Finding Material, Structure and Rhythm, Pittsburgh International Airport, Pittsburgh, PA
Group Associated Artists Pittsburgh 106th Annual Exhibition, Southside Works, Pittsburgh, PA. (catalogue)
2016
Solo Unfixed Landscape, Indiana University of PA., University Museum, Indiana, PA. (catalogue)
2015
Solo Melissa Riggatire, Recent Works, Tula Organic Salon, Pittsburgh, PA.
Group Associated Artists Pittsburgh First Night, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA.
Group Three Rivers Arts Festival- Juried Visual Art Exhibition, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA.
Group White Walls Art Auction, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, University Museum, Indiana, PA.
Group Scholars Forum, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Student Co-Op. Indiana, PA
Group Graduate Juried Show, Bottleworks, Johnstown, PA.
Group Interchange, Edinboro University, START-Up Incubator Gallery, Edinboro, PA.
2014
Group Summer Series, Most Wanted Fine Art, Homestead, PA.
Group Subterranean Reality, Unsmoke Gallery, Braddock, PA.
Group Scholars Forum, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Kipp Gallery, Indiana, PA
2013
Solo Transience, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Kipp Gallery, Indiana, PA.
Group Student Show, Dixon Center, Harrisburg, PA
Group Calavera, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Miller Gallery, Indiana, PA
Group Spectrum, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, University Museum, Indiana, PA.
Group Scholars Forum, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Annex, Indiana, PA.
2012
Group Graduate Group Show, Edinboro University, START-Up Incubator Gallery, Edinboro, PA.
Group Permutations, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Annex Gallery, Indiana, PA. (catalogue)
2011
Solo Senior Solo Exhibition, Seton Hill University, Harlan Gallery, Greensburg, PA.
Group Fall Featured Student Artworks, Harlan Gallery, Greensburg, PA.
2010
Group Featured Student Artwork, Harlan Gallery, Greensburg, PA.
Awards
2019
Joan Swanson Macey Award, Pittsburgh Society of Artists, Fifty-Fourth Annual Exhibition
2013 – 2014
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Graduate Assistantship Awards: Teaching, Curatorial Research and Collections Research