Melissa Dunn’s studio is in her house in Memphis, Tennessee, where she was born and has lived most of her life. She spent her early years immersed in the city’s music scene, splitting her time between playing with bands and making visual art.  Although she still plays guitar and sings, today music is mostly an inward-facing part of her studio life, with an audience of  sketchbooks, drawings, and paintings, which she refers to as her “highly energized objects.” Her abstract-based work is the landing pad where stream of consciousness and the world meet, telling stories that shapes and color carry, either over a lifetime or through a passing thought. 

 In addition to her studio practice, Dunn is a teaching-artist to children and adults. She's taught at Flicker Street Studio, studioELL and Caprpentar Art Garden. In 2021, she was awarded a public art commission for the Memphis International Airport. She is represented by Sheet Cake Gallery and is co-founder of ShapeShifter Art School. Visit Melissa's website at www.melissadunn.net