Title: Artist, Proprietor
Company Name: M.E. Klesse Designs
Industry: Art
Company City/Company State: Rockport/TX
Education: Master’s Degree in Philosophy, Texas A&M University; Student, New York Studio School; Student, The Pratt Institute
Career History: Membership Development Executive, GSUSA (2015-2018); Director, Sandgate Non-Profit Projects (2011-2015); ER-RN Charge Nurse, Cardiac Emergency, Providence Health Center (1998-2011)
Creative Works: Artist, Solo Exhibition, Coast Modern Gallery (2025); Artist, Numerous Group Exhibitions (2020-2025); Artist, Small Group Exhibition, Coast Modern Anniversary Celebration, Rockport, TX (2024); Artist, Small Group Exhibition, Elements of Contrast: Artifex Gallery, Houston, TX (2024); Artist, Solo Exhibition, Binge Watch, Coast Modern Gallery, Rockport, TX (2023); Artist, Small Group Exhibition, Walk a Mile in Their Shoes – Featured Artist, The Alta Arts, Houston, TX (2023); Author, “Nature’s Way” (2023); Artist, Small Group Exhibition, Road Tripping: Ardest Gallery, Magnolia, TX (2022); Artist, Solo Exhibition, From Somewhere in the Middle, Ardest Gallery, Magnolia, TX (2022); Artist, Small Group Exhibition, Second Act – Anita Diebel Studio Gallery, Rockport, TX (2021); Artist, Solo Exhibition, The New Normal, Rockport, TX (2021); Artist, The Mardi Gras Celebration of Art-Student Art Show, Waco, TX (2011-2014); Artist, Collections, Wayne County Museum, Lyon, NY, Museum of Encaustic Art, Aransas County Navigation District, Rockport, TX, Catholic Diocese of Corpus Christi, Texas, ClearWell Dynamics Corporate, Bryan, TX; Artist, Private Collections, United States, Canada, United Kingdom; Featured, Voyage Magazine, Create Magazine Podcast, Boston Art Review
Honors/Achievements: Hammer and Sky Residency, Nova Scotia, Canada (2025); Millay Arts Winter Residency, Austerlitz, NY (2025); First Place, Works on Canvas, Dimension’s 50th National, Art Center of Corpus Christi, TX (2023); Milay Arts Winter Residency, Austerlitz, NY (2023); Best in Show, Contemporary Gallery, Annapolis, MD (2022); Talent Award, Art Show International, California (2022); Grant Award, Dreamworks/Fineline Group, Fort Worth, TX (2020)