- Big News -
Thank you 4Culture and King County!

I am beyond thrilled to have been selected, alongside Jenny Riffle, to receive the Picturing Trails Grant to explore and photograph the King County Regional Trail System over the next year.  This significant opportunity to photograph the uses, the users, and the natural world will build on my existing work of illustrating the Northwest’s ecosystems and inhabitants. I am ready to hit the trails that I grew up on with my bike and scanner. See you out there!

Upcoming & Current Work On View

Upcoming & Current Solo, Two Person & Group Shows
Photographic Center Northwest, Benefit Event, October 13, 2017
Support PCNW while celebrating photography! Not only will you dine, connect, and contribute to their future alongside a community of collectors, advocates, and partners, but you may also take home fantastic photography! Underneath the Carrots, which was recently part of Photographic Center Northwest's 21st Juried Exhibition (juried by Sandra Phillips, Curator Emerita of Photography, SFMOMA) will be part of PCNW's upcoming benefit auction. Go see all of the work, bid, and enjoy!
Blue Sky Gallery
Ten images from Underneath are on view in the drawers at Blue Sky Gallery for 2017! Blue Sky’s mission is to educate the public about photography through exhibitions and publications; to further the careers and artistic development of the artists shown; to create a dialogue among artists and between artists and the public; and to leave a concrete permanent record of their work through print and digital publications. I could not be more honored. Go visit! 

Work Recently On View
Recent Solo, Two Person and Group Shows

Press, Publications and Process

In the Dirt: Melinda Hurst Frye Brings a Scanner To Her Yard

​Melinda Hurst Frye makes pictures in the dirt. In her latest series, Underneath, worms, caterpillars, beetles, snails and anonymous animal skeletons intermingle with stringy roots and soil that are simultaneously mysterious and hyper real. They at once resemble homages to narrative painting and large scale Natural History museum dioramas, giving a private view into the world beneath our feet. - Written by Jon Feinstein

​Capturing the Creatures of the Underground With … a Scanner?

There is an invisible but wondrous world just under your feet — full of roots, bugs, and burrowing creatures. Photographer Melinda Hurst Frye wanted to see it. So she dug some holes. Actually, a lot of holes. - Written by Charley Locke
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Uncovering the Underneath

Hurst Frye dives into her backyard to discover a world teeming with underground creatures. Using just a shovel, a stick and a scanner, the Seattle artist reveals an entire world right under our feet. The final product is a compilation of several scans as well as some added photographs of specific creatures, such as a mole or a caterpillar. The artwork has a magical quality to it, but all the subjects are representative of what’s really there.

Seventeen Artists for 2017 - Magnify Seattle

The 2017 issue is proudly self-published and curated by Meggan Joy. Featuring: Carson Allmon, Daniel Carrillo, Julie Devine, Zak Helenske, Erin Hovland, Melinda Hurst Frye, David Hytone, Lindsey Jensen, Iskra Johnson, John Keatley, Mya Kerner, Melissa Mc Clain, Colleen E. Monette, Anne Siems, Renata Steiner, Uyen Tran-Gjerde, Nathan Watkins.

Super Interessante... Brazil!

Fotógrafa usa scanner para registrar a vida subterrânea no quintal de casaA americana Melinda Hurst Frye enterrou um scanner no quintal de sua casa, em Seattle, para registrar um pedaço do mundo que atropelamos, sem perceber, todos os dias

The Ayatana Artistic Research Program

The Ayatana Artistic Research Program is a Canadian, artist run, residency program dedicated to encouraging visiting artists to engage in hands on research, adventure and experimentation.  I had the pleasure to participate in Creep: Insects and Entomology for Artists in July of 2016 and was blown away with inspiration and learning about the natural world. We collected, gilded and experimented all week. Check out some of the other artists at Ayatana that I joined in July, and the artists who have come before me.

Origin

Work from the Origin Series included in several shows and publications;

The Artist Parent Index

My heart is warm to be included in the very special and important artist parent database project by artist Sarah Irvin.  The Artist Parent Index is a searchable database of artists making work about their experience as parents. This site also features exhibits exploring topics of parenthood as well as organizations supporting artists who are parents. Use this site to link up with artists, exhibitions and curate your heart out!
Today we're taking the honesty topic a little further... guest contributor and photography teacher Melinda Hurst Frye talks about critiquing your own work, which no doubt must be done honestly as well.