Melissa Staiger (b. 1978, Louisville, KY) is a Brooklyn-based artist whose bold, colorful abstract paintings bring together pattern, botanical forms, geometry, and energetic gestures. She earned her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and her MFA from Pratt Institute.

Staiger has participated in artist residencies including the Robert Rauschenberg Residency in Captiva, Florida, the Wassaic Project in New York, and Alfred University’s Düsseldorf Artist Residency in Germany. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally.

Staiger is a member of American Abstract Artists and lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She teaches in the Foundation Department at Pratt Institute.

Photo Credit: Keith O. Anderson