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EDUCATION
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) | Master of Fine Arts
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) | Master of Arts in Teaching
Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) | Associate of Applied Sciences
New York University (NYU) | Bachelor of Arts
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
2024
2023
Margot Samel | Irish Exit | New York NY
Independent Art Fair x REGULARNORMAL | Waymark | New York NY
List Gallery at Swarthmore College | Conflicting Truths | Swarthmore PA
2021
NADA Art Fair x REGULARNORMAL | Miami FL
REGULARNORMAL | Née | New York NY
2019
Fleisher Art Memorial | 42nd Annual Wind Challenge Exhibition: Tharavadu | Philadelphia PA
2018
Growlery | Sisters Not Twins | San Francisco CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
Soy Capitán | The Power of Small Things | Berlin Germany
Non-Residency | Rajiv Menon Contemporary at Jaipur Center for Art | Rajasthan India
PAFA | New Horizons: Recent Contemporary Aquisitions | Philadelphia PA
Charles Moffett Gallery | Longest Way Around | New York NY
Cooper Cole | Gathering | Toronto Canada
2025
Charles Moffett x Art Basel Miami Beach | The Hardest Love We Carry | Miami FL
ICA San Francisco | Poetics of Dimensions Expanded | San Francisco CA
Brooklyn Museum | Brooklyn Artists Exhibition | Brooklyn NY
REGULARNORMAL x Arrival Art Fair | North Adams MA
Rebecca Camacho Presents | We wake hungry in the middle of a life | San Francisco CA
2024
UBS x Art Basel Miami Beach | Poetics of Dimensions | Miami FL
ICA Miami | Recent Acquisitions | Miami FL
Whitaker Museum | British Textile Biennial | Lancashire UK
Green Art Gallery | Memory is the Seamstress | Dubai UAE
Margot Samel | Maskenfreit | New York NY
Charles Moffett | Genius Loci | New York NY
Venus Over Manhattan | This Too Shall Pass | NYC
James Fuentes | “A Study in Form (Chapter One)” | NYC
Mindy Solomon Gallery | Hand over Hand: Textiles Today | Miami FL
Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington | Crisis of Image | Arlington VA
Frieze Art Fair x REGULARNORMAL | Captive Rest | Los Angeles CA
2023
NADA Art Fair x Bradley Ertaskiran | Miami FL
Jeffrey Deitch | Wonder Women II | Los Angeles CA
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art | (De)Framing Identity | Salt Lake City UT
Jeffrey Deitch | Wonder Women | New York NY
Brattleboro Museum and Art Center | Felt Experience | Brattleboro VT
2022
2021
Independent Art Fair x REGULARNORMAL | 20 x 20 | New York NY
South Asia Institute Chicago | Diasporic Rhizome | Chicago IL
2020
2019
Lite Haus Gallery | Immaterielle Hautungen | Berlin Germany
2018
2017
RESIDENCIES + FELLOWSHIPS
2026
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
Chautauqua School of Art Residency | Chautauqua NY
2018
Centre / Substructured Loss | Berlin Germany
curatorial
2023
2022
2021
Minute Landscapes | Cluster Gallery | Brooklyn NY
2020
Press | Shelter in Place Gallery | Boston MA
Desire Lines | Textile Arts Center | Artfare x Assembly Room | Brooklyn NY
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Asia Art Archive in America: Return Flight: Diasporic Artists on Presenting Work in the “Motherland”
Visiting Critic and Artist Lecture University of Cincinnati
Melissa Joseph in Conversation with Aruna D’Souza and Art Dialogues, Dear Friend Books, Brooklyn NY
Visiting Artist Canopy Program
Guest Faculty Lecture: Melissa Joseph & Ivana Dama Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen CO
2026
Visiting Artist Moore College of Art & Design
Free Arts NYC conversation with Melissa Joseph and Dejá Belardo, moderated by Kate Dwyer at Manuela NYC
Visiting Artist Parsons Integrative Studio
Visiting Artist Avenues: The World School
Visiting Critic and Artist Lecture Adelphi University
Montclair University: Art Forum Speaker Series
2025
Brooklyn Talks: Contemporary Artists in Practice with Carmen Hermo
The Art Show AAMC’s Curatorial Vision Convening: Artistic Leadership with Larry Ossei Mensah
Visiting Critic and Artist Lecture School of Visual Arts
Artpace San Antonio Resident Artist Panel
NYC Crit Club Visiting Artist Lecture
Augusta University Visiting Artist Lecture
2024
Art Basel Miami x UBS Global Art x ARTNOIR Poetics of Dimensions Panel
ICA Miami South Asian Diaspora Collection/Market with Alpha Arts Alliance
Visiting Critic and Artist Lecture Rhode Island School of Design
Visiting Critic Mason Gross School of the Arts Rutgers University
Visiting Artist Parsons School of Design The New School
Marjorie Heilman Visiting Lecturer Swarthmore College
Visiting Artist Lecture Utah Valley University
2023
Visiting Artist Lecture Concordia University
Visiting Artist Lecture Brooklyn College
Visiting Artist Lecture Mills College at Northeastern
Visiting Critic NARS
Felt Experience Artist Panel Brattleboro Museum and Art Center
Dieu Donne: Process and Progress Panel
2022
Visiting Artist Lecture CCNY
Fleisher From a Distance: Wind Challenge Edition with Melissa Joseph
2021
2019
Visiting Artist Lecture Texas AMIU
2017
Visiting Artist Lecture Rider University
AWARDS + PUBLICATIONS
2026
2025
2024
2023
2022
Windgate Foundation Scholarship | Archie Bray Foundation
2021
2020
2019
2018
PAFA Alumni Trust Award