http://www.melissawalterart.com/mural-public-works-2 daily 0.75 2018-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1514936514196-YXCU2LEHUDB8GIMYCNHT/Melissa_Walter_FreynoldsB_June2016.jpg Mural & Public Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1514936514196-YXCU2LEHUDB8GIMYCNHT/Melissa_Walter_FreynoldsB_June2016.jpg Mural & Public Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1514936409869-D2FGV6ZCR7P0RKIC96BI/Mural_Melissa_Walter.jpg Mural & Public Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1514936407681-ATW188AABTYLFZG9TYQE/muralbackyard_Melissa_Walter.jpg Mural & Public Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1514936453065-KLKB70B8XT3403JDXMFF/Melissa_Walter_utilitybox2016A.jpg Mural & Public Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1514936554003-IWNPV48814389UW2W27Z/Melissa_Walter_VanguardMural.jpg Mural & Public Works http://www.melissawalterart.com/contact daily 0.75 2015-09-16 http://www.melissawalterart.com/about daily 0.75 2025-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1563132331257-94JEGMEJ1M8MXRXB4L7E/MelissaWalter2019.JPG About http://www.melissawalterart.com/home-2 daily 1.0 2025-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1743533304563-MPPF3X35IZ2RD5ROZJJ5/42_ICA_WALTER_DSF5164.jpg Home Melissa Walter PLEXUS August 17 – December 29, 2024 For over a decade, San Diego-based artist Melissa Walter (b.1976, Providence, RI) has been translating complex scientific concepts into intimate and accessible visual experiences. At ICA San Diego, Plexus combines new and existing works that continue Walter’s investigation into DNA identification technology and its application to criminal and civil laws. Working in drawing, sculpture, and video, Walter packs a wealth of information into highly detailed yet restrained compositions that illuminate the profound effects that DNA analysis can have on increasing equity in the American criminal justice system. Text: Jordan Karney Chaim, Curator, ICA San Diego Photo: Philipp Scholz Rittermann https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1743533427074-7JJF70FMJFNQA3PMBLOO/01_ICA_WALTER_DSF5120.jpg Home Melissa Walter PLEXUS August 17 – December 29, 2024 In a series of projects from 2021, Walter traces the three main stages in the development of forensic DNA analysis since its invention in the 1980s. Works such as STR Systems 005, Obfuscated Phenotype 001, and a new site-specific iteration of the multi-part installation Southern Blot Method, provide an abstracted visual interpretation of elements in these scientific processes. Across the series, Walter’s mark-making intentionally becomes more precise, reflecting the increased accuracy of the technology over time. Crucially however, evidence of Walter's hand remains, reminding us of the role humans play in the implementation of these tools as well as the potential for human error. Text: Jordan Karney Chaim, Curator, ICA San Diego Photo: Philipp Scholz Rittermann https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1743532856376-Q74HTL4W060DZ79ECHO7/10_ICA_WALTER_DSF5085.jpg Home Walter’s series of 3D-printed ceramic nucleotides, each filled with a different type of lab equipment, alludes to our assumption that new technologies automatically improve our lives. Text: Jordan Karney Chaim, Curator, ICA San Diego Photo: Philipp Scholz Rittermann https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1743532946563-CFALZF0PYHWV87Y4CX0L/22_ICA_WALTER_DSF5174.jpg Home Southern Blot Method The Southern Blot method is a laboratory technique first used in police forensic labs in the 1990s. The process separated DNA fragments according to size to create a visual pattern; the pattern of the DNA taken from a crime scene was then compared with the DNA of a suspect. This early technique provided a 1 in 100 probability of any one person being a match. This installation is an abstracted representation of the process of pattern recognition in relation to that probability. With those odds, the likelihood of being wrongfully accused was extremely high. Text: Jordan Karney Chaim, Curator, ICA San Diego Photo: Philipp Scholz Rittermann https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1743533228134-M9O3JVVH55UVOX8PSDRO/35_ICA_WALTER_DSF5218.jpg Home Southern Blot Method (detail) The Southern Blot method is a laboratory technique first used in police forensic labs in the 1990s. The process separated DNA fragments according to size to create a visual pattern; the pattern of the DNA taken from a crime scene was then compared with the DNA of a suspect. This early technique provided a 1 in 100 probability of any one person being a match. This installation is an abstracted representation of the process of pattern recognition in relation to that probability. With those odds, the likelihood of being wrongfully accused was extremely high. Text: Jordan Karney Chaim, Curator, ICA San Diego Photo: Philipp Scholz Rittermann https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1743532976802-ILS54NT907WA54KTSCVS/24_ICA_WALTER_DSF5175.jpg Home DNA Series In the DNA series, three hand-built helix-like forms holding synthetic hair offer an abstract meditation on time in the context of incarceration. Text: Jordan Karney Chaim, Curator, ICA San Diego Photo: Philipp Scholz Rittermann https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1743533014853-IBMXFUJXMNHM1DL3IO2O/26_ICA_WALTER_DSF5197.jpg Home DNA 003 In the DNA series, three hand-built helix-like forms holding synthetic hair offer an abstract meditation on time in the context of incarceration. Text: Jordan Karney Chaim, Curator, ICA San Diego Photo: Philipp Scholz Rittermann https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1743533062244-4YXIA0TIUB7S6OFM0Q3Z/27_ICA_WALTER_DSF5199.jpg Home DNA 001 In the DNA series, three hand-built helix-like forms holding synthetic hair offer an abstract meditation on time in the context of incarceration. Text: Jordan Karney Chaim, Curator, ICA San Diego Photo: Philipp Scholz Rittermann https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1743533192970-D0DOGWZ3E1BH7BOD4Q2B/33_ICA_WALTER_DSF5172.jpg Home Autoradiogram (left) represents one of the earliest technologies (1977), in which a photograph of DNA is produced by radiation from radioactive material within the DNA. The photograph reveals the distribution and location of the nucleotides that form that DNA. Since 1994, technicians in crime labs across the U.S. have been looking at sections of these nucleotide patterns called “Short Tandem Repeats” (STRs) to determine if the DNA in evidence matches a suspect. In STR Systems 005 (middle) , Walter illustrates this method which can now achieve a match at an approximate probability of 1 in a quadrillion. In the early 2010s, the American biotech company Parabon Nanolabs has been using DNA phenotyping, a technology that reads the parts of chromosomes that code for skin color, eye color, hair color, and the shape of facial features. This process can produce a sketch of an individual’s face using only a small sample of their DNA, based on the ever-expanding database of donated DNA and Parabon’s proprietary machine-learning algorithms. Obfuscated Phenotype 001 (right) represents an encrypted section of the code behind Parabon’s algorithm. Text: Jordan Karney Chaim, Curator, ICA San Diego Photo: Philipp Scholz Rittermann https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1743533279459-NZHGK0OGY6JCDAQCMTA5/38_ICA_WALTER_DSF5185.jpg Home Left Behind Throughout the gallery, Left Behind is a reminder of the biological data we shed everywhere we go and the vulnerabilities that may result from those inadvertent traces. Text: Jordan Karney Chaim, Curator, ICA San Diego Photo: Philipp Scholz Rittermann https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1743533376619-PW6Z17K6ARREWKHLGKLM/13_ICA_WALTER_DSF5104.jpg Home Systems Video, 2024 13:00 minutes; no sound Systems, Walter’s first-ever video work, is a response to the ways that our individual genetic makeup determines how we experience–or are treated by–the systems that govern our lives. Her animation suggests a cycle of entrapment and release. The letters ACGT–the acronym for the nucleotides found in DNA–fall from the ceiling, slowly breaking apart and coalescing again in a 13-minute loop. This cycle of destruction and reconstruction alludes to the trauma of false incarceration, as well as the difficulty of breaking the cycles of our own genetic predispositions. The 13-minute duration is significant as well: this is the average amount of time in years that a person remains wrongfully incarcerated before exoneration. Text: Jordan Karney Chaim, Curator, ICA San Diego Photo: Philipp Scholz Rittermann https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1633884936775-552A2OMI0I28TDTPNMNC/autoradiogram003b.jpg Home Autoradiogram 003 This piece presents a reinterpretation of the autoradiogram, first developed in 1977, which is a photograph of DNA that is produced by radiation from radioactive material within that DNA. The photograph reveals the distribution and location of nucleotides that form DNA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1631732432370-M3ZA7MFK0K0D2B6FHWFY/STR_System_005.jpg Home STR Systems 005 Our DNA is made up of four different molecules, together called nucleotides (usually represented in biology by the colors red, green, blue and yellow), the order of which is unique to each individual. Currently in crime labs across the U.S., technicians look at sections of these nucleotide patterns called “Short Tandem Repeats” (STRs) to determine if the DNA in evidence matches a suspect. This method, which began with four sections in 1994 but evolved to twenty sections in 2017, can now achieve a match at an approximate probability of 1 in a quadrillion. This work looks at the specific STR patterns, as dictated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, that are currently analyzed in crime labs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1631732089984-RYM7QHACNDS8ZONEQC4I/obfuscated_phenotype001.jpg Home Obfuscated Phenotype 001 Created in collaboration with Ellen McRae Greytak, Ph.D., Director of Bioinformatics, Parabon NanoLabs, Inc. The process of DNA phenotyping reads the parts of an individual’s 23 pairs of chromosomes that code for the differences between people such as skin color, eye color, hair color, and the shape of facial features. This process allows for the creation a sketch of an individual’s face using only a small sample of their DNA. The technique uses an ever-expanding database of DNA donated by people across the world and advanced machine learning algorithms that are proprietary to Parabon Nanolabs, a biotech company in the U.S. that began this work in the early 2010s. Obfuscated Phenotype 001 represents an encrypted section of the code behind the algorithm that was created by Parabon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1631732721028-J8PZZUC3GJJSXR8U04HK/blueEyes_brownEyes_OrA.jpg Home Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes/Or? Created in collaboration with Ellen McRae Greytak, Ph.D., Director of Bioinformatics, Parabon NanoLabs, Inc. This work considers the decision-making process that the algorithmic intelligence invented by Parabon Nanolabs uses to calculate eye color probability from a sample of DNA. The process was initially created in the late 2000s to deduce the probabilities of brown and blue eye color, and later evolved to calculate the probabilities of other eye colors, all facial features, skin tone, and hair color, as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1631732808622-PRKZEQXTUVHSNGRF7EJZ/A1.jpg Home Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes/ Or? (detail) http://www.melissawalterart.com/a-form-of-we daily 0.75 2022-03-17 http://www.melissawalterart.com/plexus-at-ica-san-diego daily 0.75 2025-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1743533304563-MPPF3X35IZ2RD5ROZJJ5/42_ICA_WALTER_DSF5164.jpg Plexus Melissa Walter PLEXUS August 17 – December 29, 2024 For over a decade, San Diego-based artist Melissa Walter (b.1976, Providence, RI) has been translating complex scientific concepts into intimate and accessible visual experiences. At ICA San Diego, Plexus combines new and existing works that continue Walter’s investigation into DNA identification technology and its application to criminal and civil laws. Working in drawing, sculpture, and video, Walter packs a wealth of information into highly detailed yet restrained compositions that illuminate the profound effects that DNA analysis can have on increasing equity in the American criminal justice system. Text: Jordan Karney Chaim, Curator, ICA San Diego Photo: Philipp Scholz Rittermann https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1743533427074-7JJF70FMJFNQA3PMBLOO/01_ICA_WALTER_DSF5120.jpg Plexus Melissa Walter PLEXUS August 17 – December 29, 2024 In a series of projects from 2021, Walter traces the three main stages in the development of forensic DNA analysis since its invention in the 1980s. Works such as STR Systems 005, Obfuscated Phenotype 001, and a new site-specific iteration of the multi-part installation Southern Blot Method, provide an abstracted visual interpretation of elements in these scientific processes. Across the series, Walter’s mark-making intentionally becomes more precise, reflecting the increased accuracy of the technology over time. Crucially however, evidence of Walter's hand remains, reminding us of the role humans play in the implementation of these tools as well as the potential for human error. Text: Jordan Karney Chaim, Curator, ICA San Diego Photo: Philipp Scholz Rittermann https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1743532856376-Q74HTL4W060DZ79ECHO7/10_ICA_WALTER_DSF5085.jpg Plexus Walter’s series of 3D-printed ceramic nucleotides, each filled with a different type of lab equipment, alludes to our assumption that new technologies automatically improve our lives. Text: Jordan Karney Chaim, Curator, ICA San Diego Photo: Philipp Scholz Rittermann https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1743532946563-CFALZF0PYHWV87Y4CX0L/22_ICA_WALTER_DSF5174.jpg Plexus Southern Blot Method The Southern Blot method is a laboratory technique first used in police forensic labs in the 1990s. The process separated DNA fragments according to size to create a visual pattern; the pattern of the DNA taken from a crime scene was then compared with the DNA of a suspect. This early technique provided a 1 in 100 probability of any one person being a match. This installation is an abstracted representation of the process of pattern recognition in relation to that probability. With those odds, the likelihood of being wrongfully accused was extremely high. Text: Jordan Karney Chaim, Curator, ICA San Diego Photo: Philipp Scholz Rittermann https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1743533228134-M9O3JVVH55UVOX8PSDRO/35_ICA_WALTER_DSF5218.jpg Plexus Southern Blot Method (detail) The Southern Blot method is a laboratory technique first used in police forensic labs in the 1990s. The process separated DNA fragments according to size to create a visual pattern; the pattern of the DNA taken from a crime scene was then compared with the DNA of a suspect. This early technique provided a 1 in 100 probability of any one person being a match. This installation is an abstracted representation of the process of pattern recognition in relation to that probability. With those odds, the likelihood of being wrongfully accused was extremely high. Text: Jordan Karney Chaim, Curator, ICA San Diego Photo: Philipp Scholz Rittermann https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1743532976802-ILS54NT907WA54KTSCVS/24_ICA_WALTER_DSF5175.jpg Plexus DNA Series In the DNA series, three hand-built helix-like forms holding synthetic hair offer an abstract meditation on time in the context of incarceration. Text: Jordan Karney Chaim, Curator, ICA San Diego Photo: Philipp Scholz Rittermann https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1743533014853-IBMXFUJXMNHM1DL3IO2O/26_ICA_WALTER_DSF5197.jpg Plexus DNA 003 In the DNA series, three hand-built helix-like forms holding synthetic hair offer an abstract meditation on time in the context of incarceration. Text: Jordan Karney Chaim, Curator, ICA San Diego Photo: Philipp Scholz Rittermann https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1743533062244-4YXIA0TIUB7S6OFM0Q3Z/27_ICA_WALTER_DSF5199.jpg Plexus DNA 001 In the DNA series, three hand-built helix-like forms holding synthetic hair offer an abstract meditation on time in the context of incarceration. Text: Jordan Karney Chaim, Curator, ICA San Diego Photo: Philipp Scholz Rittermann https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1743533192970-D0DOGWZ3E1BH7BOD4Q2B/33_ICA_WALTER_DSF5172.jpg Plexus Autoradiogram (left) represents one of the earliest technologies (1977), in which a photograph of DNA is produced by radiation from radioactive material within the DNA. The photograph reveals the distribution and location of the nucleotides that form that DNA. Since 1994, technicians in crime labs across the U.S. have been looking at sections of these nucleotide patterns called “Short Tandem Repeats” (STRs) to determine if the DNA in evidence matches a suspect. In STR Systems 005 (middle) , Walter illustrates this method which can now achieve a match at an approximate probability of 1 in a quadrillion. In the early 2010s, the American biotech company Parabon Nanolabs has been using DNA phenotyping, a technology that reads the parts of chromosomes that code for skin color, eye color, hair color, and the shape of facial features. This process can produce a sketch of an individual’s face using only a small sample of their DNA, based on the ever-expanding database of donated DNA and Parabon’s proprietary machine-learning algorithms. Obfuscated Phenotype 001 (right) represents an encrypted section of the code behind Parabon’s algorithm. Text: Jordan Karney Chaim, Curator, ICA San Diego Photo: Philipp Scholz Rittermann https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1743533279459-NZHGK0OGY6JCDAQCMTA5/38_ICA_WALTER_DSF5185.jpg Plexus Left Behind Throughout the gallery, Left Behind is a reminder of the biological data we shed everywhere we go and the vulnerabilities that may result from those inadvertent traces. Text: Jordan Karney Chaim, Curator, ICA San Diego Photo: Philipp Scholz Rittermann https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1743533376619-PW6Z17K6ARREWKHLGKLM/13_ICA_WALTER_DSF5104.jpg Plexus Systems Video, 2024 13:00 minutes; no sound Systems, Walter’s first-ever video work, is a response to the ways that our individual genetic makeup determines how we experience–or are treated by–the systems that govern our lives. Her animation suggests a cycle of entrapment and release. The letters ACGT–the acronym for the nucleotides found in DNA–fall from the ceiling, slowly breaking apart and coalescing again in a 13-minute loop. This cycle of destruction and reconstruction alludes to the trauma of false incarceration, as well as the difficulty of breaking the cycles of our own genetic predispositions. The 13-minute duration is significant as well: this is the average amount of time in years that a person remains wrongfully incarcerated before exoneration. Text: Jordan Karney Chaim, Curator, ICA San Diego Photo: Philipp Scholz Rittermann https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1633884936775-552A2OMI0I28TDTPNMNC/autoradiogram003b.jpg Plexus Autoradiogram 003 This piece presents a reinterpretation of the autoradiogram, first developed in 1977, which is a photograph of DNA that is produced by radiation from radioactive material within that DNA. The photograph reveals the distribution and location of nucleotides that form DNA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1631732432370-M3ZA7MFK0K0D2B6FHWFY/STR_System_005.jpg Plexus STR Systems 005 Our DNA is made up of four different molecules, together called nucleotides (usually represented in biology by the colors red, green, blue and yellow), the order of which is unique to each individual. Currently in crime labs across the U.S., technicians look at sections of these nucleotide patterns called “Short Tandem Repeats” (STRs) to determine if the DNA in evidence matches a suspect. This method, which began with four sections in 1994 but evolved to twenty sections in 2017, can now achieve a match at an approximate probability of 1 in a quadrillion. This work looks at the specific STR patterns, as dictated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, that are currently analyzed in crime labs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1631732089984-RYM7QHACNDS8ZONEQC4I/obfuscated_phenotype001.jpg Plexus Obfuscated Phenotype 001 Created in collaboration with Ellen McRae Greytak, Ph.D., Director of Bioinformatics, Parabon NanoLabs, Inc. The process of DNA phenotyping reads the parts of an individual’s 23 pairs of chromosomes that code for the differences between people such as skin color, eye color, hair color, and the shape of facial features. This process allows for the creation a sketch of an individual’s face using only a small sample of their DNA. The technique uses an ever-expanding database of DNA donated by people across the world and advanced machine learning algorithms that are proprietary to Parabon Nanolabs, a biotech company in the U.S. that began this work in the early 2010s. Obfuscated Phenotype 001 represents an encrypted section of the code behind the algorithm that was created by Parabon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1631732721028-J8PZZUC3GJJSXR8U04HK/blueEyes_brownEyes_OrA.jpg Plexus Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes/Or? Created in collaboration with Ellen McRae Greytak, Ph.D., Director of Bioinformatics, Parabon NanoLabs, Inc. This work considers the decision-making process that the algorithmic intelligence invented by Parabon Nanolabs uses to calculate eye color probability from a sample of DNA. The process was initially created in the late 2000s to deduce the probabilities of brown and blue eye color, and later evolved to calculate the probabilities of other eye colors, all facial features, skin tone, and hair color, as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1631732808622-PRKZEQXTUVHSNGRF7EJZ/A1.jpg Plexus Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes/ Or? (detail) http://www.melissawalterart.com/i-am-completely-calm daily 0.75 2025-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1743611103915-OG95PVPBTCWAAG0UX8MV/AutogenicTraining_installationA.jpg I am completely calm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1743611193151-QR3IB0ZB8023W8MJLWBB/iamcompletelycalmA.jpg I am completely calm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1743611328173-VGNWSDYGS0ZHZETFZFQW/myabdomenisflowinglywarmA.jpg I am completely calm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1743611365870-86H6SAEHO55G40GH0P0U/myforeheadispleasantlycoolA.jpg I am completely calm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1743611417328-HIAAWLJ1MHUANLOYAV43/myleftlegisverywarmA.jpg I am completely calm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1743611446926-1DI3RZWLG6LCMPLRND9Y/myleftlegisverywarmB.jpg I am completely calm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1743611496600-11WC3HAWPTU3R63HJ9ZX/myrightarmisveryheavyA.jpg I am completely calm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1743611503165-ZKSB69K7SEH9XFUEM2T5/myrightarmisveryheavyAsm.jpg I am completely calm. http://www.melissawalterart.com/other-works daily 0.75 2025-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1567197460704-DJ91B94Q4ZK89VK2486Y/Melissa+Walter_Gravitational_Lensing.jpg Other Works - Gravitational Lensing: Bread & Salt installation Cut paper, magnets, steel, and paint Size variable 2017 This dynamic work is an abstracted interpretation of the astrophysical phenomenon of gravitational lensing in relation to the study of dark matter. It was originally conceived at an artist residency at Bread & Salt in Southern California. Photo by Michael Andrew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1567197492891-5YC8S8T0RP97R3LF1HQY/Melissa+Walter_GravLensingDetail.jpg Other Works - Detail of Gravitational Lensing at Bread & Salt Cut paper, magnets, steel, and paint Size variable 2017 This dynamic work is an abstracted interpretation of the astrophysical phenomenon of gravitational lensing in relation to the study of dark matter. It was originally conceived at an artist residency at Bread & Salt in Southern California. Photo by Michael Andrew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1567197648068-ZB58DMIIUZR1T37AT3UH/gravitational_lensingC.jpg Other Works - Gravitational Lensing: San Diego City College Installation Contributions II Curated by Visual 2018 Cut paper, magnets, steel, and paint Size variable This dynamic work is an abstracted interpretation of the astrophysical phenomenon of gravitational lensing in relation to the study of dark matter. It was originally conceived at an artist residency at Bread & Salt in Southern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1567198262145-YMBPC33GAUDZZDNMNFY1/Installation+Shot+D_Empedocles+Ghost_Syndicate+of+Creatures-Noysky+Projects10.jpg Other Works - Gravitational Lensing: Warehouse9 Denmark installation Installation for Empedocles’ Ghost Curated by Noysky Projects Hosted by KRAE Syndicate 2019 Cut paper and magnets Size variable This dynamic work is an abstracted interpretation of the astrophysical phenomenon of gravitational lensing in relation to the study of dark matter. It was originally conceived at an artist residency at Bread & Salt in Southern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1567198318181-LBRAMVZ2U69VIGVL94U5/IMG_7344.JPG Other Works - Detail of Gravitational Lensing at Warehouse9 Denmark Installation for Empedocles’ Ghost Curated by Noysky Projects Hosted by KRAE Syndicate 2019 Cut paper and magnets Size variable This dynamic work is an abstracted interpretation of the astrophysical phenomenon of gravitational lensing in relation to the study of dark matter. It was originally conceived at an artist residency at Bread & Salt in Southern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1638401856353-APACXZO53C0G2SJBJNB0/gravlensing_cannonB.jpg Other Works - Gravitational Lensing: William D. Cannon Gallery Installation 2021 Cannon Invitational Cut paper, magnets, steel, and paint Size variable This dynamic work is an abstracted interpretation of the astrophysical phenomenon of gravitational lensing in relation to the study of dark matter. It was originally conceived at an artist residency at Bread & Salt in Southern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1638402085275-NJK79G03ZD9O2KZJ9Q9Z/gravlensing_Cannon_detailB.jpg Other Works - Gravitational Lensing: William D. Cannon Gallery (detail) 2021 Cannon Invitational Cut paper, magnets, steel, and paint Size variable This dynamic work is an abstracted interpretation of the astrophysical phenomenon of gravitational lensing in relation to the study of dark matter. It was originally conceived at an artist residency at Bread & Salt in Southern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1608599787805-K70WRW4C66J2TR1HBRHB/theconversation_Melissa_WalterC.jpg Other Works - The Conversation Wood and paint 16’ x 16’ x 8’ 2018 Debuted at KAABOO Del Mar, CA This piece is an interpretation of two black holes spinning around each other, resulting in gravitational waves. This astrophysical phenomenon reflects to the Earthly experience of human connection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1539292647074-PIABOQKSXWFEGOCS470A/theconversation_Melissa_Walter_web2.jpg Other Works - The Conversation Detail Wood and paint 16’ x 16’ x 8’ 2018 Debuted at KAABOO Del Mar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1539292648523-164ZBQB5RURWE0J9USJJ/theconversation_Melissa_Walter_web3.jpg Other Works - The Conversation Detail Wood and paint 16’ x 16’ x 8’ 2018 Debuted at KAABOO Del Mar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1539292648529-MFK0IPSWG19L7J0J7098/theconversation_Melissa_Walter_web4.jpg Other Works - The Conversation Wood and paint 16’ x 16’ x 8’ 2018 Debuted at KAABOO Del Mar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1528304013817-XP0EETBRTH5E2IMAXVU9/Walter_Melissa_OrbitalDebris2.jpg Other Works - Orbital Debris Installation View String, metal, and shadow Dimensions vary Debuted at San Diego Central Library 2018 This is a sculptural series of various abstract works relating to the increasingly problematic addition of “space junk” to our low Earth orbit. If this is not remedied, we will no longer be able to leave Earth, with the additional negative effects of blocking UV light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1528303989565-HB1TKKYJYACXE5YUYQ0O/Walter_Melissa_OrbitalDebris.jpg Other Works - Orbital Debris Installation View String, metal, and shadow Dimensions vary Debuted at San Diego Central Library 2018 This is a sculptural series of various abstract works relating to the increasingly problematic addition of “space junk” to our low Earth orbit. If this is not remedied, we will no longer be able to leave Earth, with the additional negative effects of blocking UV light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1528304046797-WGF30MTZX0S5JL1QIDT6/Walter_Melissa_OrbitalDebris004b.jpg Other Works - Orbital Debris #004 String, metal, and shadow Dimensions vary Debuted at San Diego Central Library 2018 This is a sculptural series of various abstract works relating to the increasingly problematic addition of “space junk” to our low Earth orbit. If this is not remedied, we will no longer be able to leave Earth, with the additional negative effects of blocking UV light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1528304064443-VVS9D54RIKRT33A151CP/Walter_Melissa_OrbitalDebris001.jpg Other Works - Orbital Debris #001 String, metal, and shadow Dimensions vary Debuted at San Diego Central Library 2018 This is a sculptural series of various abstract works relating to the increasingly problematic addition of “space junk” to our low Earth orbit. If this is not remedied, we will no longer be able to leave Earth, with the additional negative effects of blocking UV light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1528304085914-7AF5F5FEO3QNM8MA2JZN/Walter_Melissa_OrbitalDebris002.jpg Other Works - Orbital Debris #002 String, metal, and shadow Dimensions vary Debuted at San Diego Central Library 2018 This is a sculptural series of various abstract works relating to the increasingly problematic addition of “space junk” to our low Earth orbit. If this is not remedied, we will no longer be able to leave Earth, with the additional negative effects of blocking UV light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1608598754507-PGUG4KZ97ELGOCEONKZ5/Walter_Melissa_OrbitalDebrisB.jpg Other Works - Orbital Debris String, metal, and shadow Dimensions vary Debuted at San Diego Central Library 2018 Photo: Angie Ollman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1608598754887-5UUVAT7SCHLC8IVW6ZDM/Walter_Melissa_OrbitalDebrisC.jpg Other Works - Orbital Debris String, metal, and shadow Dimensions vary Debuted at San Diego Central Library 2018 Photo: Angie Ollman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1500308539240-NYBQK6NW4X45ULWNTL0N/Melissa_Walter_EC2.JPG Other Works - From Beginning to End Plexiglass, paint on mirror, metal, reflection Debuted at San Diego Art Institute 11.5” x 62” 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1500308839951-X7Z68OY3DHAIHG5A2PIR/Melissa_Walter_EC1.JPG Other Works - From Beginning to End Plexiglass, paint on mirror, metal, reflection Debuted at San Diego Art Institute 11.5” x 62” 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1608603156376-XHGX6JORDEN6AQHHG73Y/Melissa_Walter_EC3.JPG Other Works - From Beginning to End Plexiglass, paint on mirror, metal, reflection Debuted at San Diego Art Institute 11.5” x 62” 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1608603555784-B9XZMBKEQCEKK3Z186J3/Melissa_Walter_EC5.jpg Other Works - From Beginning to End Plexiglass, paint on mirror, metal, reflection Debuted at San Diego Art Institute 11.5” x 62” 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1527624776351-ACCBP9BXEUFLGJO9TEPG/Melissa_Walter_DarkEnergyA.jpg Other Works - Dark Energy Thread ~100 sq ft 2017 The site-specific installation "Dark Energy" was created during my artist residency at 1805 Gallery (San Diego, CA). It is a visualization of scientific inquiry into the theoretical force that may throw our Universe into entropy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1527625357710-V3BA2L263CP5UVU9HB3B/Melissa_Walter_DarkEnergyB.jpg Other Works - Dark Energy Thread ~100 sq ft 2017 The site-specific installation "Dark Energy" was created during my artist residency at 1805 Gallery (San Diego, CA). It is a visualization of scientific inquiry into the theoretical force that may throw our Universe into entropy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1497633639157-PRXII8SOW6R75DB22TES/IMG_3095.JPG Other Works - Dark Energy Thread ~100 sq ft 2017 The site-specific installation "Dark Energy" was created during my artist residency at 1805 Gallery (San Diego, CA). It is a visualization of scientific inquiry into the theoretical force that may throw our Universe into entropy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1497633760038-043FOB4OZ9FFAP9DDFJ9/IMG_3069b.jpg Other Works - Dark Energy Thread ~100 sq ft 2017 The site-specific installation "Dark Energy" was created during my artist residency at 1805 Gallery (San Diego, CA). It is a visualization of scientific inquiry into the theoretical force that may throw our Universe into entropy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1497633761336-96PUSGHKDHHXPX1ENH5K/IMG_3072b.jpg Other Works - Dark Energy Thread ~100 sq ft 2017 The site-specific installation "Dark Energy" was created during my artist residency at 1805 Gallery (San Diego, CA). It is a visualization of scientific inquiry into the theoretical force that may throw our Universe into entropy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1514934206659-RL0D7R50QR1SA9VTXWLK/IMG_3085.JPG Other Works - Dark Energy Thread ~100 sq ft 2017 The site-specific installation "Dark Energy" was created during my artist residency at 1805 Gallery (San Diego, CA). It is a visualization of scientific inquiry into the theoretical force that may throw our Universe into entropy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1514934229464-GI4Y0CDP8TU1DCOUJ0B7/IMG_3087.JPG Other Works - Dark Energy Thread ~100 sq ft 2017 The site-specific installation "Dark Energy" was created during my artist residency at 1805 Gallery (San Diego, CA). It is a visualization of scientific inquiry into the theoretical force that may throw our Universe into entropy. Created for the 1805 Gallery Artist Residency 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1514934134028-3NHX4GIPY8J3QEVIUICB/IMG_3196.JPG Other Works - Energy Loss Performance and temporary exhibit for the 1805 Gallery Artist Residency 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1514934276494-RDUVNLFCYLU3IMMPX8DP/IMG_3192.JPG Other Works - Energy Loss Performance and temporary exhibit for the 1805 Gallery Artist Residency 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1514934391094-5XKJD2BS2EVDMFC98Y0R/IMG_3193.JPG Other Works - Energy Loss Performance and temporary exhibit for the 1805 Gallery Artist Residency 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1514934301618-QDRT5BFQB8G3P483XB1P/IMG_3197.JPG Other Works - Energy Loss Performance and temporary exhibit for the 1805 Gallery Artist Residency 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1476461522526-EEVWZMW7MP6QRNAMC5PN/Melissa_Walter_Multiverse_Trav.jpg Other Works - Immaculate Conception of the Multiverse With this interactive work I play on the ego of science, and the incompleteness of faith as the viewer enters into an illusion. Visual Work by Melissa Walter Audio Work created in collaboration with Nick Lesley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1490463106915-N3CTK4GNS5N6QNO7H3YO/Melissa+Walter_Multiverse.jpg Other Works - Immaculate Conception of the Multiverse With this interactive work I play on the ego of science, and the incompleteness of faith as the viewer enters into an illusion. Visual Work by Melissa Walter Audio Work created in collaboration with Nick Lesley Photo by Michael Andrew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1476400080329-56QZKN3UE48LUWZB10XC/Melissa_Walter_Multiverse.jpg Other Works - Immaculate Conception of the Multiverse With this interactive work I play on the ego of science, and the incompleteness of faith as the viewer enters into an illusion. Visual Work by Melissa Walter Audio Work created in collaboration with Nick Lesley Prints of the Universe are available upon request. For all inquiries please use the contact page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1584729835191-ITESSDFGRYP1EJP4ACS5/1_2020.jpg Other Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1584729844015-7KK2RVEHJ0AUHKOOE5QK/6_2020.jpg Other Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1584729843880-3NT6IBX7LOF1PAG9NGK8/2_2020.jpg Other Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1584489798555-VYEP0V6S8PZWOBRMFYVD/Delta_Realist2019.jpg Other Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1584489798244-230YQWYNBARTOK8JO018/Delta_Idealist2019.jpg Other Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1584489796739-V88WV8T7SFUMLTTQCO6A/Delta_Facts2019.jpg Other Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1584489795185-QCN0926YHO90P1FP3V65/Delta_Detractor2019.jpg Other Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1584489793907-T2A19YA6EE5TN03TE8L7/Delta_Dreamer2019.jpg Other Works http://www.melissawalterart.com/distortion daily 0.75 2025-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1743609937106-XILXK0OO0JZJUQLAY2WP/cannon_installA.jpg Distortion William D. 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Photo by Studio Maha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1567790179550-02Z2SSG8WFK96EM3NE4P/of+all+things++-+studio+MAHA+%C2%A9+15.jpg Of All Things - Of All Things Paper and acrylic 2019 ICE Gallery A site specific installation that considers the physical space and ourselves in relation to the theoretical Multiverse and the Black Hole Big Bang Theory. Photo by Studio Maha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1567790287914-QITRXCCJJU51YIJMCYP2/of+all+things++-+studio+MAHA+%C2%A9+26.jpg Of All Things - Of All Things Paper and acrylic 2019 ICE Gallery A site specific installation that considers the physical space and ourselves in relation to the theoretical Multiverse and the Black Hole Big Bang Theory. Photo by Studio Maha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1567790387225-EE1NQWHEDQ8FOTVSSLRS/of+all+things++-+studio+MAHA+%C2%A9+19.jpg Of All Things - Of All Things Paper and acrylic 2019 ICE Gallery A site specific installation that considers the physical space and ourselves in relation to the theoretical Multiverse and the Black Hole Big Bang Theory. Photo by Studio Maha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1567790771231-GVS1VONI5FT1Y6Z4DN02/of+all+things++-+studio+MAHA+%C2%A9+7.jpg Of All Things - Of All Things Paper and acrylic 2019 ICE Gallery A site specific installation that considers the physical space and ourselves in relation to the theoretical Multiverse and the Black Hole Big Bang Theory. Photo by Studio Maha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1567790878478-RKUE6J4K5EELWPWPUTHT/of+all+things++-+studio+MAHA+%C2%A9+31.jpg Of All Things - Of All Things Paper and acrylic 2019 ICE Gallery A site specific installation that considers the physical space and ourselves in relation to the theoretical Multiverse and the Black Hole Big Bang Theory. Photo by Studio Maha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55e9ef6de4b073b6a4865076/1567789774378-HZIIG4NASYDHFQRU9TM6/of+all+things++-+studio+MAHA+%C2%A9+5.jpg Of All Things - Of All Things Paper and acrylic 2019 ICE Gallery A site specific installation that considers the physical space and ourselves in relation to the theoretical Multiverse and the Black Hole Big Bang Theory. Photo by Studio Maha