Opening Saturday, November 21, 2026, 5–7pm; on view, thereafter, by private appointment throughout the exhibition's duration. Please contact the gallery to request a scheduled viewing and/or address details.
Melissa Violette Aliz (b. 1993, Detroit, MI) is an artist, poet, and composer living and working in New York. Her practice encompasses writing, sound, moving image, and installation, with recent work appearing in grotto journal, blush lit, Charm School, Dream Boy Book Club, and afloat.earth. Solo exhibitions: Cheremoya, Santa Fe (forthcoming, 2026); Triest, New York (2026). Group exhibition: Washed Ashore, curated by Adrienne Greenblatt (2022).
Her compositions and recordings have appeared on releases by Women of Noise, including Samples Without Borders(2024), For Palestine (2023), and Holler Health Justice (2022), as well as through stella franco and Pure Rave Detroit. Her contribution to For Palestine was included in Pitchfork’s 2023 survey "Ceasefire Now: 16 Benefit Compilations for Palestine."
Aliz gained a BA in Media, Textiles, and Printing Sciences at Western Michigan University in 2015 and has continued her studies at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research, the Warman School, and the School for Poetic Computation.