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 The Jewish Museum New York March 16, 2008 - March 27, 2008 Off the Wall: Artists at Work is a two-week open studio project featuring 12 artists working and performing in the galleries. Representing a new generation with strong Jewish social networks or a familiarity with Jewish rituals and symbols, artists will create a work-in-progress and exhibit other work in various media including fashion, music, performance art, video and new technologies. Events include concerts, salons, a runway show, and a Purim party. Closing Party Thursday March 27, 9pm Levi Okunov’s Fashion Show with video projections by Melissa Shiff and a live mix by diwon. Other musical guests include Smadar and Y-Love. For full length description of this upcoming show please click here |
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 July, 2007 - Volume 50.3 REVIEW OF ARK by Bruce Jenkins, Dean of Undergraduate Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Curator: The Museum Journal "The spectral character of Shiff's projections coupled with footage and photographs of people and places that survive only as images, capture perfectly the tragic aspect of this historical chronicle." "Shiff joins a handful of media artists, includling Bill Viola and Mary Lucier, Beryl Korot and Chantal Akerman, who have placed this contemporary form of the moving image arts in the service of probing the past - creating time machines that transport us into historic sites, sacred spaces, and arenas that challenge the limits of sacrifice and faith." |
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 catastrophe, trauma, possibility March 28, 2008 - March 30, 2008 The Design Exchange, 234 Bay Street, Toronto: Panel Discussion Saturday March 29th, 4-5pm Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills Road, Toronto: |
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 April 1, 2008 Melissa Shiff Lectures at San Jose State University Melissa Shiff has been invited to present her work at the Natalie and James Thompson Art Gallery. |
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 April 13, 2008 Center for Jewish History, NY, NY Screening of Postmodern Jewish Wedding Melissa Shiff will screen her film Postmodern Jewish Wedding and lecture about the creation of her real life performance art wedding at: Link to colloquium announcement at Center for Religion and Media NYU |
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 Spring 2009 Melissa Shiff has been invited to give the biannual endowed Samuel and Bettie Roberts Lecture in Jewish Art in the spring semester of 2009. More details to follow. |
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 Activating Exodus: the art of Melissa Shiff By Heather Diack Excerpt from essay: "Shiff is an artist who is decidedly activist, in all senses of the word. Assuming that activism also implies questions of "access" and "affect," Shiff looks for the transformative possibilities of religion and culture by using a keen sense of philosophical subtlety and opening up spaces for emergent discourse through interrogation and constant critique. Ultimately, art and faith must be regarded as issues of contingency and exchange in order to stay vibrant, relevant, and powerful." |
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 Repairing the World: Contemporary Ritual Art November 04, 2007 - March 16, 2008 Melissa Shiff's Elijah Chair in Group Show with Richard Meier This exhibition highlights a group of contemporary ceremonial artwork from The Jewish Museum’s collection. These works, innovative in design and message, explore a wide range of contemporary issues facing both modern Jewish life and broader society. |