Melissa A. Calderón was born in 1974 and attended CUNY Lehman College. A self-taught artist, she has exhibited at El Museo del Barrio, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, The Queens Museum, The Portland Museum of Art, Taller Boricua, Arsenal del Puntilla in Puerto Rico, Hunter College, Longwood Art Project among others. Melissa is a PEPATIAN artist; a South Bronx-based contemporary multi-disciplinary art organization founded by Pepon Osorio and Merian Soto. She continues to advocate for arts revitalization in the South Bronx. Recently, Melissa was included in Frescos, a book featuring work of 50 contemporary artists from Puerto Rico. She works in NYC.

To see more of Melissa’s work visit:  http://www.melissacalderon.com/