Melissa Floyd
Melissa Beth Floyd (b.1979) graduated from Pratt Institute in New York City with a BFA in painting. She spent two decades living and working in Brooklyn, New York—as a bookseller, taxidermist, leather accessories designer, tutor, and mother. She began painting the figure in 2017 after a move to the American Midwest, focusing initially on found images of women. Her practice has evolved since the onset of the pandemic— exploring humor, cynicism, and confrontation in portraiture. She currently lives and works in Grand Rapids, MIchigan.
