Education:

Chouinard Art Institute
Otis Art Institute
Jepson Art Institute
California College of Arts and Crafts, BFA - MFA

Professional positions, taught at:

Midwestern University
Michigan State University
Antioch College
University of Denver (Director, School of Art, 1969-1985)
Western Michigan University (Chair, Art Dept., 1985-1988)
Professor Emeritus, University of Denver

Exhibitions:

More than 30 one-person exhibitions since 1950, including: Clarke-Benton Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Lutz-Bergerson Gallery, Taos, NM
Sebastian-Moore Gallery, Denver, CO
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
Mesa State College, Grand Junction, CO,1989 (Computer-based) Quigley Fine Art Gallery, Western State College of Colorado, Gunnison, CO,1991 (Computer-based)
Colorado State University,1993 (Computer based prints and paintings)
Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design (Jan- 98)
University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho (March - ’98)
Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design, 1998
Columbia Basin College, 1998
Portland State University, 1998
Durango Art Center, 1999
University of Denver, 1999
Western Art Center, Grand Junction, 1999
Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, 1999-2000
Digital Art Center, Denver, “Coins of The Realm”, one person show, 2001
Cyber Arts Festival, Boston, 2001 cultureclash gallery, Salida, “Coins of the Realm”, 2001

Participated in numerous national and regional exhibitions since 1950, including:

15th Annual International Serigraph Exhibition, New York, NY 1954
73rd San Francisco Painting Annual, San Francisco Museum of Art, 1954
American Painters in France (by invitation), U.S. Foreign Service Cultural office. 1954-55
All Colorado Annual, Denver Art Museum, 1974
Colorado State University Centennial, Fort Collins (First Purchase Award), 1970
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Biennial,1981
The Denver Boulder Show, Pomona-Claremont Colleges (CA, 1984) Colorado Painting. The Arvada Center (CO) 1984
"1-25 Again," University of Colorado, Colorado Springs,1988
"New Tools": ComputerArt-CopierArt, Grant St. Art Center, Denver 1988
"Color!," Colorado Gallery of Art, ACC, Littleton, CO 1989 "Digitized and Manipulated," National Exhibition of Computer Images, Sangre de Cristo Arts & Conf Cntr., Pueblo, CO, 1991 "Techno Artists," Metropolitan State College, 1995
Regis University, Denver, CO, 1996
Art & Technology 97, 98 - Beyond the Virtual Edge, Orlando Museum of Art, 1997,98
Sausalito (California) Art Festival, Guest Artist, 1998

Collections:

Antioch College
The Ohio State University Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
Western Michigan University
Oakland (Cal) Art Museum
Colorado State University
United Bank of Denver
Rocky Mountain Energy Corporation (now Ball Corp. collection)
H. Calkins (law firm)
Amerex Corporation
Ottowa University
University of Denver
SafeCo, Inc. Denver, CO
Expanet Corp. Denver, CO
Numerous private collections

Published:

ARTSPACE Magazine, Sept. 1980 (Major Article)
NEW LINES- a portfolio of drawings with Bernice Strawn,1959 Color Consulting, A Survey of International Color Design, Harold Linton, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1991
The Art of Responsive Drawing, third edition, Nathan Goldstein, Prentice Hall, Inc., 1973
Digital Imaging Magazine, 1987
Design Graphics Magazine (Australia), 1998, 1999
Transitions, - book on Digital art, including digital images of Mel Strawn’s work.
Mel Strawn, Humanities Institute and Daniels School of Business, University of Denver and ENCAD, Inc. 1998