For two days, Mexican artist Melissa Godoy Nieto will be performing Refractional Projections as an artist-in-residence at the Hanes Gallery. 

Each day, Nieto will lead two performances in the Gallery’s Mezzanine where she will utilize overhead projectors, cut-out transparencies, various paper/textile materials, and sound to create an immersive installation. 

Melissa Godoy Nieto is an artist with a diverse practice that includes drawing, painting, textile, installation, and performance. Melissa’s narratives are representative of her wandering life and her insatiable curiosity. Her research-based process has taken her to explore themes of the subconscious, identity, adaptation, transformation, and environmental stewardship. In her work she reflects on the relationship between culture and environment, investigating the human experience connected to the natural world. Combining abstract and representational work, she uses imagery permeated with social, political, and environmental matters.