Melissa Yes
Assistant Professor of Art, Digital Media
- (205) 348-5967
- myes@ua.edu
- Woods Hall 310
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Education
- MFA, The Ohio State University, 2017
About
Melissa Yes is an intermedia artist working primarily in video and installation art. Her studio practice considers American myths and attitudes, reflecting and processing them as objects, moving images, and constructed environments, as she describes, “each of these fraught with their relationship to our cultural economy’s ‘business as usual.’” Her work often uses subtle humor as a form of critique, directed both outwardly and inwardly. Her most sincere gestures extend towards gathering and listening, often working collaboratively and creating contexts for engaged participation.
Yes received an MFA from The Ohio State University in 2017, then returned to her home state of Alabama and co-founded Vinegar, a nonprofit contemporary art space in Birmingham. She is the recipient of an Alabama State Council on the Arts Media/Photography Fellowship and has received grants for research and scholarship from The Ohio State University.
Yes has presented solo exhibitions at the Gadsden (Alabama) Museum of Art, Southern Exposure Project Space in St. Augustine, FL; C for Courtside in Knoxville, TN; Gallery Vox in Tarrant, Alabama, and Sean Christopher Gallery in Columbus, OH. Her work has been included in the 2020 SECAC Juried Exhibition (Richmond, VA), 2020 Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Historic Jacinto Aleix House, New Orleans; Walnut Gallery, Gadsden; among many others.
