Melissa Godoy Nieto was born in Tijuana and grew up in Culiacán Sinaloa, Mexico. She is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans textiles, drawing, painting, installation, and performance. Through a research-based approach, Melissa delves into the interplay between human experience and the environment. Her work often traverses the underworlds—exploring what lies beneath the surface: underwater realms, the subconscious, the subsoil, the hidden depths, and the undercurrents of conflict and resilience. With abstract and representational elements, her imagery reflects on social, political, and environmental issues.
Melissa has exhibited and performed internationally, including at Black Mountain College Museum ReViewing in Asheville NC, BAM Gala, Lilac Preservation Project in NYC, Material Art Fair Mexico City, Museo de Arte de Zapopan, NN Galeria Oaxaca City, Spring/Break Art Show NYC and LA, Salon Acme Mexico City, Winston-Salem University NC, BRIC House Brooklyn, The NARS Foundation Brooklyn NY, MARCO Museum of Contemporary Art Monterrey Mexico, Pictoplasma Germany, and Musée Régional d’art Contemporain Sérignan.
Melissa's exhibition "Waters Change, Colors Fade" was featured in Atmos Magazine in 2021. Her largest textile work to date is currently on a world tour with the NYC-band Blonde Redhead.
Melissa maintains a practice as a Spanish-English translator and immigration interpreter. She is also the archivist for Thomas Hoepker.
*
Photo: Raquel Duron