Melaina Thompson (she/her) was born in Pittsburgh, PA and is currently studying Studio Art at Cornell University. Working primarily in printmaking, her practice explores the intersection of personal identity, experience, and social injustice through the aesthetics of craft and illustration. In addition to being an artist, Melaina is a writer, which informs her practice as a means of storytelling.

Melaina has experience working in studio maintenance and event programming. She has exhibited her work in group shows in Ithaca, NY and had her first solo show this past spring at Cornell’s Tjaden Hall Gallery. She has work in the permanent collection of Duquesne University Law School and has had public art installed in Downtown Pittsburgh in collaboration with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust for the past three years. You’ll most likely find her in the intaglio studio working on her latest etching.