Melissa Staiger (b.1978, Louisville, KY) earned a BFA from Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore, MD; an MFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. Staiger lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. The artist was nominated and attended Freight & Volume’s DNA Artist Residency in Provincetown, MA, Robert Rauschenberg Artist Residency in Captiva, Florida, and attended Wassaic Project Residency in New York. She is a member of the American Abstract Artists. Currently, teaches in the Foundation Department at Pratt Institute.

Photo Credit: Keith O. Anderson