Melanie Baker lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She attended Pratt Institute graduating in 1977 with a BFA and received her MFA from Stony Brook University in 2001. She has had solo exhibitions at Cristin Tierney and Roebling Hall, among others, and group exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum, the Jersey City Museum, White Box, NYU Gallatin, the Nerman Museum, Platformart, Albany University and Weslyan University. She has received numerous awards and fellowships. She has twice been a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow, and in 2003 received the NYFA Prize, awarded across all disciplines. She is a Sacatar Foundation Fellow, in 2004 and 2022. She has attended many residencies including Art Omi, Yaddo, Djerrassi, the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, and LMCC’s Workspace Program. She is represented by Cristin Tierney Gallery.