USA
based in New York and Mexico City
Melanie McLain is an artist based in New York and Mexico City combining sculpture, video, architecture, and acrobatics that incite social interactions and explore how our physical senses formulate our social and emotional environment. Her awards include the NYFA Artist Fellowship from New York Foundation for the Arts, Emerging Artist Fellowship from Socrates Sculpture Park and Professional Artist Fellowship from Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. She participated in residencies at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Workspace Program. She recently exhibited in Mecanismos, MECA Art Fair in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Queens Museum, Queens, NY, Parallel Vienna at Alte Post, Vienna, Austria, and Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY.