Melissa Misla was born in 1989, in New York. Misla (she/her) is a queer mixed media artist specifically interested in the Nuyorican experience. Misla’s work offers a personalized and collective account of the Latinx home and NYC apartments. Her paintings layer collages and found materials to explore the culturally dualistic environments in which she was raised. Misla holds a BFA, supported by the first Kossok Fellowship Award from Hunter College, and an MFA from Queens College. Her work has been exhibited with The Latinx Project, at the NY Latin American Art Triennial, and as an emerging artist at the Heckscher Museum. Represented by Praxis Gallery, Misla’s work has most recently been shown in a group exhibition with El Museo del Barrio entitled Domesticanx, as well as a solo exhibition in the John Little Barn at Duck Creek in East Hampton.
K28536 Wandering roots
mixed media on wood board
91 x 61 cm / 36 x 24 in
2020
K29369 Crimson waves in waterfalls
mixed media on canvas
152 x 116 cm / 60 x 36 in
2022
K29370 Rice and riches
mixed media on canvas
106 x 106 cm / 42 x 42 in
2022
K29371 Filled to the rim
mixed media on canvas
152 x 116 cm / 60 x 36 in
2022
K29372 Feeding the fam
mixed media on canvas
124 x 58 cm / 49 x 23 in
2022
K29374 Tokens for taking
mixed media on canvas
152 x 121 cm / 60 x 48 in
2022
K29376 Blue skies and rose-colored glasses
mixed media on canvas
152 x 116 cm / 60 x 36 in
2022
K29378 Curved couches and tight corners
mixed media and velvet flocking on canvas
116 x 116 cm / 46 x 46 in
2022
