Haley Mellin

Haley Mellin was born in San Francisco, California. She received a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, a Ph.D. from New York University, and participated in the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program.

Mellin’s recent solo and group exhibitions include "Take Care Project" at Fondazione 107 in Torino, Italy (2021); "Bananas" at Fort Makers in New York, New York (2021); "Hudson House: Phase 2" curated by Jesse Jag at Hudson House in Hudson, New York (2021); "Real Estate," curated by Adam Marnie at F in Houston, Texas (2020); "Animal Kingdom" at Alexander Berggruen in New York, New York (2020); "Online Exhibition: Drawn Together" at Unit Gallery in London, United Kingdom (2020); "Week 10" at The Tennis Elbow Window in New York, New York (2020); "The Fine Art Quarantine Coloring Book" curated by Brooke Wise at Various Locations (2020); "King Dogs Never Grow Old" at Diane Rosenstein in Los Angeles, California (2020); "Shoulder" at Shoulder Gallery in Los Angeles, California (2018); "Warhol & Mellin" at Kantor Gallery in Los Angeles, California (2018); "Hot Mud" at JAG Projects, Spook Rock Farm in Hudson, New York (2017); "Zine Tornado" at MoMA Ps1 in Queens, New York (2016); "Haley Mellin" at Bischoff Projects in Frankfurt, Germany (2016).

Mellin founded the Art into Acres initiative in 2017 to support permanent land conservation on behalf of the art community. The initiative has supported 32 million acres of land conservation. She co-founded Conserve (2017); MOCA Environmental Council in Los Angeles (2020); Art and Climate Action in San Francisco (2020); and Artists Commit in New York (2020). Mellin received a Rhizome commission from the New Museum, New York and will be the 2023 Max Beckmann Distinguished Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Berlin.

Haley Mellin lives and works in Fairfax, California and Union City, New Jersey.