Amelia Mendelsohn

Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
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Amelia Mendelsohn teaches basic courses in drawing and painting at Hope College as a visiting assistant professor. She previously taught as an instructor at the University of Notre Dame and currently serves on the board for Sweet Briar CollegeÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™s Friends of Art. 

Her current paintings explore family dynamics, conflict, and memory within the home through a feminist understanding of the domestic sphere. Professor MendelsohnÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™s work has been exhibited throughout the U.S. in Virginia, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan. In 2022, she participated in Kylemore Abbey Global CentreÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™s artist residency program and exhibited her work in Ireland. She has been teaching at Hope since 2023.

AREAS OF Expertise

  • Painting
  • Drawing

EDUCATION

  • M.F.A., painting and drawing, University of Notre Dame, 2023
  • B.A., studio art and art history, Sweet Briar College, 2020

Selected Exhibitions

  • Connecting Flights: New Faculty Exhibition, group exhibition, De Pree Gallery at Hope College, 2024
  • ACWL-Nuveen Juried Exhibition, Arts Council of White Lake (Whitehall, MI), 2024
  • MFA Thesis Exhibition, group exhibition, South Bend Museum of Art (South Bend, IN), 2023
  • Worlds within Worlds, group exhibition, Kylemore Abbey Global Centre (Galway, Ireland), 2022
  • Burnout, group exhibition, A|AH|D Gallery at the University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN), 2022

Residency

  • Kylemore Abbey Global Centre Artist Residency, Galway, Ireland, 2022

Outside the College

Professor Mendelsohn loves running, thrifting and the color pink.

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Amelia Mendelsohn

Phone Number616.395.7500