MELISSA GODOY NIETO
1985. Born in Tijuana, grew up in Culiacan Sinaloa, Mexico
Education
2011 Bachelor of Industrial Design, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
Solo Exhibitions and Solo Performances
2025 De la Sombra, un Jardín, Maison Mono Brooklyn NY, including 'Buscando Amapolas' performance
2023 Biophilia, NN Galeria, Oaxaca City, Mexico
2023 Refractional Projections performance, Hanes Gallery Wake Forest University, North Carolina
2023 Buscando lo Incierto performance, NN Galeria, Oaxaca City, Mexico
2021 Waters Change, Colors Fade, Lilac Steam Boat Museum, NYC
2020 Hasta Perderse performance, Jardin Botanico, Culiacan Sinaloa Mexico
2018 I Had A Flashback, Espronceda Gallery, Barcelona
2016 Ut Pictura Poesis, Platform Gallery, Baltimore Maryland
2014 Melissa Godoy Nieto, BRIC House Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Selected Group Exhibitions / Art Fairs / Collaborative Projects
2024
Salon Acme en Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Guadalajara Mexico
ArteEast’s 21st Anniversary Benefit
Altar and window installation at Storm Bookstore, Brooklyn NY
Dream Incubation drawing performance, Incubatio Lab, Bozcaada Turkey
Buscando Olivos performance, Domus residency, Puglia Italy
Buscando Tierra performance, Material Art Fair w/ Beverly's, Mexico City
Spring Break Art Show, with Clara Claus, Los Angeles CA
Crystals and Minerals installation for Blonde Redhead 2023-2024 Tour 'Sit down for dinner'
2023
Buscando Caminos performance, Ex Hacienda San José Espacio Cultural, Oaxaca Mexico
Spring Break Art Show, solo booth, NYC and Los Angeles
Las Voces de lo Ajeno, Black Brick Gallery, Brooklyn
2022
Refractional Projections performance, Black Mountain College Museum, Asheville NC
Buscando el Silencio performance, Salon ACME, Mexico City
Can water be thirsty?, S T O R M pop-up gallery, Brooklyn NY
Underwater love by Zeevonk, Spreefeld Genossenschaft, Berlin Germany
BAM Gala Art Auction, NYC
2019
Sanctuary Cities and the Politics of the American Dream, New Haven CT
BAM Gala Art Auction, NYC
Band Practice drawing performance, Salon ACME, Mexico City
2018
BAND PRACTICE drawing performance w/ musician Pedro Soler, Musée Régional d'Art Contemporain, France
BAND PRACTICE drawing performance w/ musician Amedeo Pace, Signs and Symbols Gallery, NYC
Fire Island Artist in Residence Exhibition, Fire Island NY
2017
Underwater installation, BKLYN Immersive, Brooklyn NY
BAND PRACTICE drawing performance, Planeta, NYC
2016
Paraiso, Paradiso performance, w/ musician Amedeo Pace, Spring Break Art Show, NYC
The Dreams That I Gave Her, NARS Foundation Gallery, Brooklyn
2014
Character Portraits, Museum for Contemporary Art MARCO, Monterrey, Mexico
The Pictoplasma Portrait Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2013-Present
Invited Artist annually, curated by Ambre Kelly and Andrew Gori, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York City
Residencies
2024 Domus Residency, Galatina, Italy
2023 La Maquina Lithography Studio, Oaxaca, Mexico
2022 Ellipsis Open School, Tavira, Portugal
2019 Almendro Residencia, Culiacan Sinaloa, Mexico
2018 Waaw Residency, Guet Ndar, Saint-Louis, Senegal
2018 La Sierra Artist Residency, Colombia
2018 Comuna Serigrafíca Quito, Ecuador
2018 Espronceda Center for Art & Culture, Barcelona
2017 Fire Island National Park Artist Residency, Fire Island NY
2011 Pictoplasma Residency, Berlin Germany
Work in Arts / Education / Community Programs
2023 Drawing with Ink w/ Raul Herrera, NN Galeria, Oaxaca Mexico
2022 Workshop, Cochinilla Experiments, Portugal
2018 Open Studios, Guet Ndar, Senegal
2018 Workshop, "Painting Watch Hill", Fire Island National Seashore, NY
2018 Community Mural, Puerto Nuevo elementary school, La Sierra Colombia
2012 Workshop, "Illustration in Jewelry", Centro de las Artes, SLP, Mexico
Presentations
2023 Guest Speaker, Glasgow Caledonian New York College
2021 Guest Artist, The Artist's Voice Podcast by Jerry Hardesty
2014 Artist Talk, BRIC House Gallery Talks of Art Education Program, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Artist Talk, “Borderless” at Flux Factory, Queens, NYC
2011 Artist Talk, Pictoplasma Berlin, Germany
Selected Bibliography and Press
Waters & Soils w/Melissa Godoy Nieto Lake Days podcast, 2024
Perfiles: Melissa Godoy Nieto Indie Rocks Magazine Mx, 2024
A View from the Easel Hyperallergic, 2024
Meet Melissa Godoy Nieto Bold Journey, 2024
Melissa Godoy Nieto in Hanes Art Gallery Wake Forest University, 2023
"Waters Change, Colors Fade" interview with Gabriela Müller and Robbin Remers Zeevonk, March 2022
"Waters Change, Colors Fade" Climate Week NYC Atmos, September 2021
The Artist's Voice Podcast - Melissa Godoy Nieto Interview November 20, 2021
"The Always Bizarre NYC Spring Break Art Show" Gothamist, March 2019
“Esta es la Semana del Arte en México y te decimos qué puedes encontrar,” El Heraldo de Mexico, February 2019
"Lo mejor de la Semana del Arte 2019," Cultura Colectiva, February 2019
"Smaller sales platforms spotlight artists without gallery representation during Mexico City’s fair week," The Art Newspaper, Feb 2019
"Our 21 Favorite Moments From SPRING/BREAK Art Show" Art Zealous, March 2018
"The Best of Spring/Break, the Outré Art Fair in an Abandoned Times Square Office Building" Bedford + Bowery, March 2018
“10 Things I Learned Working a Booth at SPRING/BREAK Art Fair” Art Zealous, March 2018
"Inside Spring/Break, The Best Armory Arts Week Fair Inside A Time Square Office Building" Gothamist, March 2017
“Inside Bklyn Immersive, Spring/Break’s First-Ever Brooklyn Edition” W Magazine, May 2017
"Scenes of Madness High Above Times Square at Spring/Break Art Fair" W Magazine, March 2017
"We Went to Baltimore Part II: Platform, Springsteen, First Continent," ArtFCity, July 2016
"Spring/Break Art Show Trades Labyrinthine Rooms for Immersive Installations"
"Back to School with the New Mysticism at SPRING/BREAK" Hyperallergic, March 2013
"Preview of Spring Break- An Art Fair in a Schoolhouse" Papermag March, 2013
"Spring/Break Arrives Early in Soho for Curator-Driven Fair's Opening Night" Blouin Art info, March 2013
" 'School Nite' Opens 'Wish Me,' curated by Ambre Kelly & Andrew Gori" Art Observed, May 2013
"Melissa Godoy Nieto" CoolHunter Mx, July 2013