Melissa Feldman, 2016. Image courtesy of Winnie Westergard

Join us for a discussion with Curator-in-Residence Melissa Feldman as she touches on her independent curatorial work, as well as her research into humour and artistic practices during her residency at Griffin.

A native New Yorker who spent two decades on the West Coast, Melissa E. Feldman is a contemporary art curator and writer who specializes in novel curatorial approaches, the geo-cultural context of art, and identifying emergent artistic trends. In 2017 Feldman’s A Cool Breeze: LA and Vancouver Art from the 60s to Now was presented at Griffin Art Projects, the first exhibition to observe the affinity for perceptualist minimalism between the coastal cities. Recent traveling exhibitions include Indie Folk: New Art and Sounds from the Pacific Northwest organized by the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Pullman, WA (2022-25); Free Play, Independent Curators International (2013-17); and Another Minimalism: Art After California Light and Space, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (2015-16). A contributor to Art in America, Canadian Art, and Frieze among others, Feldman has taught at the California College of Art, the San Francisco Art Institute, Cornish College of the Arts, and Goldsmith's College. She is credited with organizing the first monographic exhibitions for artists such as Karen Kilimnik, Martin Kippenberger, Beverly Semmes, and Hiroshi Sugimoto as a curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, in the 1990s.