Refractional Projections

Refractional Projections

Melissa Godoy Nieto

MARCH 22 & 23, 2023

MEZZANINE LEVEL

For two days, Mexican artist Melissa Godoy Nieto performed Refractional Projections asan artist-in-residence at the Hanes Gallery.

Each day, Nieto lead two performances in the Gallery’s Mezzanine where she utilized overhead projectors, cut-out transparencies, various paper/textile materials, and sound to create an immersive installation. To hear more about Nieto’s artistic process, listen here to the Gallery Director’s interview with the artist.

Melissa Godoy Nieto is an artist with a diverse practice that includes drawing, painting, textile, installation, and performance. Melissa’s narratives are representative of her wandering life and her insatiable curiosity. Her research-based process has taken her to explore themes of the subconscious, identity, adaptation, transformation, and environmental stewardship. In her work she reflects on the relationship between culture and environment, investigating the human experience connected to the natural world. Combining abstract and representational work, she uses imagery permeated with social, political, and environmental matters.

Godoy Nieto has exhibited and performed in Black Mountain College ReVIEWING in Asheville NC, Spring/Break Art Show NYC and Los Angeles, BAM NYC Art Auction, Salon ACME Mexico City, BRIC House NYC, Knockdown Center NYC, Pictoplasma Berlin Germany, The NARS Foundation NYC, MARCO Museum of Contemporary Art Monterrey Mexico, Espronceda Center for Art and Culture Barcelona, and Musée Régional d’art Contemporain Sérignan, France.

She is currently based in New York City, and Oaxaca Mexico.