Melissa Pellico

Melissa Pellico has held curatorial and research positions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), the Long Beach Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Los Angeles, and the Sundance Institute. At SFMOMA she co-curated a thematic screening of videos and films about artistic and activist interventions with a sly or humorous bent. Pellico has contributed writing to museum publications, such as short texts for The Art of Participation: 1950 to Now (SFMOMA), and the Long Beach Museum of Artʼs Exchange and Evolution: Worldwide Video Long Beach. She researched for the catalogue Under the Big Black Sun: California Art 1974 – 1981. Pellico was commissioned to write text on Ryan Heffington + The East Siders, who provided a series of immersive dance projects. She received her MA in History of Art (Modern and Contemporary) from Goldsmiths College, University of London, and is currently based in Los Angeles.