Melisa Beveridge
Arts Education
Science Illustration Master’s Certificate 2007
University of California, Santa Cruz
B.A. Art, B.A. Biology 2006
University of Montana
Work History
Freelance Science Illustrator and Designer / 2007-Present
Illustration and design for various publications including my long-term client, The American Museum of Natural History. I design their publications of Novitates and AMNH Bulletins featuring new scientific discoveries.
Associate Art Director at Natural History Magazine / 2007-2010
Layout, design, production, illustration, finding artists, managing production schedules.
Illustrator in the Vertebrate Paleontology Dept. AMNH / 2007-2008
Illustrations of turtle skull fossil reconstructions at the American Museum of Natural History.
Illustration Publications / Partial Client List
National Geographic through Ceres Publishing
New York State Hudson River Eel Project
Atascadero Land Preservation Society, Three Bridges Oak Preserve.
Cow Parade, San Luis Obispo County
Plot Vol 5./ Spring 2016
MindFuel
Bay Nature
US Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Le magazine de la santé” / “Allô docteurs”
Acorn Naturalists
Marine Environmental Biology and Conservation by Daniel Beckman
Inside Butterflies (Inside Series)- Sterling Press in partnership with The American Museum of Natural History, 2011. —body of work: multiple paintings for a book about butterflies.
RLSimonson Studios, Inc.
Visual Language for Designers: Principles for Creating Graphics that People Understand. By Connie Malamed
University of California Press
Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary & Sloth Sanctuary Living History Museum—Monteverde, Costa Rica
Assembly
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators
University of Colorado
American Museum of Natural History
Hal Leonard Corporation
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Natural History Magazine
Quayside Publishing Group
Papawai Press
PBS-Dragonfly TV/ Twin Cities Public Television
Montana Outdoors Magazine
Herb Companion Magazine
Villa Matilde Wildlife Education Center
Meerkat Media;“Every Third Bite, Media That Matters Film Festival
Science Notes
Western Montana Mycological Association
The Cultivar
Coleopterists Bulletin
University of Montana Herbarium
Montana Natural History Center and Museum—
Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch Plant Key
Art Exhibitions
Brushstrokes / San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 2020
Juried Show- 1 painting. Received a Golden Artist Award.
Art After Dark / All Animals Deserve Love – San Luis Obispo, CA 2019
Solo show Featuring a mix of new fine art animal paintings and scientific illustrations
Cow Parade- San Luis Obispo County / “Udderly Exposed” 2016
Large fiberglass cow statue painted to show the internal anatomy of a cow. 101 cows were painted by local artists. “Udderly Exposed” was bought by a veterinary clinic and is now installed in front of the building.
Focus On Nature XII: Natural History Illustration / New York State Museum 2012
Juried show- 2 paintings
Galeria Tonantzin Women Illustrating Nature 2011 —San Juan Bautista, CA
3 paintings, juried show
Skink Ink’s Exhibition as part of Northside Open Studios 2010—Brooklyn, NY
Single painting, juried show
Sloth Sanctuary Living History Museum 2009 —Monteverde, Costa Rica
2 large drawings
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Annual Exhibit- Ft. Kent ME 2009
Juried show- 1 painting
Park Slope Art Walk 2009—Brooklyn, NY
single painting
Eponymy Brooklyn & Humble Arts Foundation 2009—Brooklyn, NY
5 paintings, group show
Inspiration & Interpretation 2009—Brooklyn, NY—single painting, collaboration in group juried show
Open Studios— 2008 Brooklyn, NY
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Annual Exhibit- Ithaca, NY 2008
Juried show- 1 painting
Residencies & Awards
COM.EN.ART Residency Program at The Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve and Biological Research Station; Rensselaerville, NY 2009
NSF / AAAS International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge Finalist 2009