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Melissa Shook

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WA-00029443

Mixed MediaPhotography

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WikidataQ55219783

MoMA

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Photography: Recent Acquisitions, 1974�1976

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

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MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5407
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Melissa Shook photographed domestic interiors and interpersonal relationships with unflinching directness, working in black-and-white silver gelatin and color across five decades. Her observational practice resisted sentimentality while maintaining formal rigor, capturing moments of vulnerability and daily life within the domestic sphere. Shook's photographs are held in American museum collections and have been widely exhibited throughout the United States.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York

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Artworks (43)

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Maybelle's Room, The Upstairs, Cleveland

1992 · gelatin silver print

Image: 14.9 x 22.5 cm (5 7/8 x 8 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Cynthia, Upstairs

1992 · gelatin silver print

Image: 14.9 x 15.2 cm (5 7/8 x 6 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Ellen's Room, Angeline Christian Home, Cleveland

1992 · gelatin silver print

Image: 29.5 x 44.1 cm (11 5/8 x 17 3/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Emergency Overflow Shelter, First United Methodist Church, Cleveland

1992 · gelatin silver print

Image: 13.7 x 20.6 cm (5 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Diana Paliotto and Andrew

1990 · gelatin silver print

Image: 43.2 x 28.9 cm (17 x 11 3/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Salvation Army Day Care

1989 · gelatin silver print

Image: 33 x 33 cm (13 x 13 in.)

Melissa Shook

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