Artists
Melissa Misla
Pyrex Patterns & Pastelón Pairings, mixed media on canvas, 72 x 60 in, 2025-6
Priority Seating, mixed media on canvas, 72 x 60 in, 2025
Un Querido Rinconcito, mixed media on canvas, 72 x 60 in, 2025
K29378 Curved couches and tight corners, mixed media and velvet flocking on canvas, 116 x 116 cm / 46 x 46 in, 2022
K29663 On the fringe, mixed media on canvas, 215 x 224 cm / 85 x 88.5 in, 2022
Melissa Misla was born in 1989, in New York. Misla (she/her) is a queer mixed media artist specifically interested in the Nuyorican experience. Misla’s work offers a personalized and collective account of the Latinx home and NYC apartments. Her paintings layer collages and found materials to explore the culturally dualistic environments in which she was raised. Misla holds a BFA, supported by the first Kossok Fellowship Award from Hunter College, and an MFA from Queens College. Her work has been exhibited with The Latinx Project, at the NY Latin American Art Triennial, and as an emerging artist at the Heckscher Museum. Represented by Praxis Gallery, Misla’s work has most recently been shown in a group exhibition with El Museo del Barrio entitled Domesticanx, as well as a solo exhibition in the John Little Barn at Duck Creek in East Hampton.
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My artwork centers on the theme of home. Depicted through painting, collage, digital arts, and installation, my pieces commemorate my homes and those of my community. I am specifically interested in the experiences of the Puerto Rican diaspora. The works provide a personalized and collective account of NYC apartment interiors and aim to extend the life and memory of such Latinx spaces. Bold colors, Caribbean influences, and abstracted elements collectively embody an amalgamated Nuyorican home, narrating my personal connections and honoring the endurance and creativity of my community.
Melissa Misla
Queens, 2024
Melissa Misla (New York, 1989)
Lives and works in Queens, New York
Education
2019 – MFA, Queens College CUNY – Flushing, New York, USA
2012 – BFA, Hunter College CUNY – New York, USA
2007 – Specialized Art Diploma, LaGuardia H.S. – New York, USA
Solo exhibitions
2023 – En Casa, Art Center at Duck Creek, East Hampton, New York, USA
2022 – What a Part of the Apartment Meant, Praxis, New York, USA
2020 – Bendita Casita, Praxis, New York, USA
2019 – Apt.9D, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Queens College, Flushing, New York, USA
Group exhibitions
2022-23 – Domesticanx, El Museo del Barrio, New York, USA
2022 – NY Latin American Art Triennial, Pace University Gallery, New York, USA
2021 – Crafted Identities, The College of Architecture, Art & Design, Starkville, MS
2019 – Art Miami, Praxis, Miami, USA
2019 – Afro Syncretic, The Latinx Project, King Juan Carlos I Center, New York, USA
2019 – MFA Thesis Exhibition, Apt.9D, Queens College, Flushing, New York, USA
2019 – Kulturecity Charity Show/Auction, Yogibo, New York, USA
2019 – Things Seen, Aquarius Studios, Ridgewood, New York, USA
2019 – Icebreaker 2, Queens College, Flushing, New York, USA
2018 – Icebreaker 1, Queens College, Flushing, New York, USA
2018 – A Fresh Civility, Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, New York, USA
2018 – Staff Show, Museum Of Modern Art, New York, New York, USA
2015 – Rev Up: by The NY Committee for Human Rights In The Philippines, New York, USA
2014 – Bone Razed: Hosted by NeoCreos Artist Collective, Corona, New York, USA
2012 – BFA Thesis Exhibition, Hunter College, New York, USA
Awards and distinctions
2023 – QC Fellowship Residency, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA, USA
2020 – Emerging Artist The Heckscher Museum of Art
2019 – QC Fellowship Residency, The Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2011 – Kossak Fellowship Award with Hunter College
