Melanie Flood (b. New York) is an artist and gallerist living in Queens, NY and Portland, OR. She holds a BFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts in New York and an MFA in Contemporary Art Practice from Portland State University. Recent solo presentations of her work include Ruschwoman, Chicago, IL; Fourteen30 Contemporary, Portland, OR; Ditch Projects, Springfield, OR. Flood’s work is the subject of two solo exhibitions in 2024 at The Schneider Museum of Art in Ashland, OR as well as at ILY2, Portland, OR.
In 2008, Flood founded Brooklyn-based Melanie Flood Projects (MFP), a contemporary gallery with a photography concentration. In 2014 Flood re-imagined MFP in downtown Portland, expanding beyond photography and focusing on exhibitions of an array of artists; recent exhibitions include Clifford Prince King, Pacifico Silano, Rose Dickson, Ido Radon, Ricardo Nagaoka, and Dru Donovan. Flood has been an arts professional for over 20 years, holding positions early in her career as Photo Editor of The New York Observer and Managing Editor of zingmagazine. Most recently, she has served as Director of the Paige Powell Archive, overseeing a significant photographic collaboration between Paige Powell and Gucci with exhibitions in Los Angeles, New York, London, and Tokyo.
Flood’s work and projects have been featured in Art in America, The New York Times, New York Magazine, and Photo District News, among others. She is the recipient of numerous grants and awards, including a Regional Arts and Cultural Council Grant, Precipice Fund Award, Oregon Arts Commission Artist Fellowship, and two Ford Family Foundation Visual Arts Exhibition Grants.
msflood@gmail.com