Melissa Markell has been creating custom commissioned collage/mixed media artwork for the hospitality industry, cruise lines, corporations and private collectors, for the past twelve years. She was commissioned by Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, to create a 24 foot mural, which hangs at one of the V.I.P. entrances to the arena. She has over 300 original works hanging at the Beverly HIlls Hilton Hotel, in Beverly Hills. Her work can be found on several of the Princess Cruise Lines ships and she is involved in the ongoing on-board-auction program. Some of her other clients include Toyota Motor Corp., Samsung, Concentric Network, Monaco Hotels, St Francis Hotel in San Francisco, Del Coronado Hotel on Coronado Island, Teleflora, Kaiser Hospitals, Shades of Green Resort in Orlando, Florida and many more.
She is well known for creating personal Family Legacy Gifts where she will work with a client who needs something unusual for an anniversary, special event, birthday, special interest, family tree, a pet, anything you can think of. She can use the client’s photographs and memorabilia along with materials that she collects to create a personalized work of art that
will become a keepsake for years to come.
Melissa’a work is most often theme oriented, telling a story or portraying a specific time in history. Her work is created using vintage imagery that she has collected, handmade papers, found objects, old maps, postcards, just about anything that provides the right feel and texture for the piece she is working on.
Hotels and Resorts:
Kimpton Group
Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, California
Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood, California
Monaco Hotel, San Francisco, California
Monaco Hotel, Seattle, Washington
Monaco Hotel, Chicago, Illinois
Deerfield Hilton Hotel, Deerfield, Florida
St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, California
Bistro Cafe, Adolphus Hotel, Dallas, Texas
Salt Lake City Airport Hotel, Salt Lake City, Utah
Main Street Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
Phoenician Hotel, Phoenix Arizona
Scottsdale Fairmont Princess Hotel, Scottsdale, Arizona
La Jolla Village Towers, La Jolla, California
Nordic Hills Resort, Itasca, Illinois
Hotel La Jolla, La Jolla, California
The Radisson Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts
Hyatt Grand Victorian Hotel, Rising Sun, Indiana
Bismark Hotel, Chicago, Illinois
Casa Marina Resort, Key West, Florida
Baltimore Hilton Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland
Lafayette, Hilton Hotel, Lafayette, Louisiana
Ritz Carlton Golf Club, Jupiter, Florida
Sheraton Fairplex, Pomona, California
Shades of Green Resort, Orlando, Florida
Royal Oaks Country Club, Houston, Texas
Crown Plaza “Bon Appetito Restaurant”
Caesar's Palace Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
Hotel Del Coronado, Coronado Island, California
Pasadena Hilton, Pasadena, California
Marriott Hotel at Sarugrass, Jacksonville, Florida
Tatum Ranch Golf Club, Phoenix, Arizona
Friendly Hills Golf Club, Whittier, California
Palm Beach Country Club, Palm Beach, Florida
Latham Suites Hotel, Georgetown, Washington D.C.
Blue Moon Hotel, West Beach Florida
Le Suites Hotel, West Beach, Florida
Carlsbad Retirement Hotel, Carlsbad, California
Whistling Straits Golf Club, Kohler, Wisconsin
Sheraton Hotel, Yokohama Bay, Japan
Forest Inn Showakan, Tokyo, Japan
Glen Eagle Golf Club, Arlington Virginia
Safety Harbor Resort and Spa, Safety Harbor, Florida
Sanibel Island Hotel, Sanibel Island, Florida
Singer Island Hilton, Miami, Florida
Caribe Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Red Rock Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
Portland Hilton, Portland, Oregon
Ojai Valley Inn and Spa, Ojai, California
Corporate Clients:
Staples Center, Los Angeles, California (24 foot wall mural)
The Griffin Group, Beverly Hills, California
Princess/Carnical Cruise Lines
Disney Corporation
La Vida Del Mar Retirement Community, Del Mar, California
Disclosure, A Primark Corporation, Washington D.C.
Honda Corporation, Torrance, California
Toyota Motor Sales Corporation, Houston, Detroit, Cincinnati,Chicago, Iowa etc.
Toyota Motor Credit Corporation, Philadelphia, Torrance, Boston, etc.
Dean Witter, Torrance, California
Union Pacific Railroad, Omaha, Nebraska
Amgen Corporation, Torrance, California, Rhode Island etc.
Teleflora, Los Angeles, California
Santa Barbara Medical Center, Santa Barbara, California
European Investments, Los Angeles, California
EDS (Electronic Data Systems), Fulsom California
Kaiser Otay Mesa, Otay Mesa, California
Riverside Medical Center, Riverside, California
Kaiser Riverside Hospital, Riverside, California
Poushak and Zanetti, Los Angeles, California
Levene, Neal, and Bender, Los Angeles, California
Signet Scientific, Los Angeles, California
The Federal Building, West Los Angeles, California
Samsung Headquarters, Singapore
Manpower, Inc., San Jose, California
Las Vegas Business Bank, Las Vegas, Nevada
Lexus Headquarters, Torrance, California
Skytrails Aviation, Van Nuys, California
Concentric Network, Palo Alto, California
First National Bank of Kansas, Overland Park, Kansas
Flint Hill High, Vienna, Virginia
The Manor, Medford, Oregon
City of Cerritos, California
Veternary Clinics of America: Torrance, California
Countrywide Mortgage Brokers (several locations)
VNU Expositions / Sports Division
Private Collections:
Merv Griffin, Palm Springs, California
Steven Tucker, Los Angeles, California
Susan Shapiro, Los Angeles, California
Rob Rio, Woodland Hills, California
Dr. & Mrs. Donovan Greene, Mountainview, California
Amy & Michael McDonald
Marla & Tom Estes
Alisa and Jean-Yves Bosc
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Lefkowitz
Galleries and Exhibitions:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Sales and Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Seidman Gallery, Orange County California
Susan Street Gallery, Solano Beach, California
National Collage Society
Hanson Howard Gallery, Ashland, Oregon
Riley Arts, Manhattan Beach, California
Grants Pass Art Museum: February 2007 (up coming)
Auctions:
Rainforest Action Network, Venice California
Venice Dream Team, Venice California
A.S.P.C.A., Los Angeles, California
“Angels’ Night”, Center Theater Group, Los Angeles, California
“Appetite For Art”, Los Angeles, California
“Millennium Mask Project” Hospice Auxiliary of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California
Articles:
Revels, Daily Tidings, Ashland, Oregon
Sneak Preview, Ashland, Oregon
Somerset Stuidios Magazine: March/April issue 2005
Other:
Commissioner: Ashland Public Arts Commission - 2004-2008
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