Spark Artist

Photography

Melanie Flood (b. Queens, NY; lives and works in Portland, OR) employs photography as a tool for examining how femininity is constructed, commodified and performed. She has exhibited in solo and group presentations at Adams & Ollman, Portland, OR; Friend of a Friend, Denver, CO; the Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR; Ruschwoman, Chicago, IL; and Fourteen30 Contemporary, Portland, OR. In fall 2026, she was a resident in the Creative Exchange Lab at the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA). She has received support from the Oregon Arts Commission, the Ford Family Foundation, and the Regional Arts and Cultural Council. In 2027, she will have a solo exhibition at ILY2, New York, NY. From 2008 to 2022, she founded and directed Melanie Flood Projects, an artist-run exhibition space established in Brooklyn, NY. She holds a BFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts and an MFA in Contemporary Art Practice from Portland State University, where she is an adjunct instructor of photography in the Schnitzer School of Art + Art History + Design.