51ĀŅĀ×

Melissa Havilandā€™s print installations are inspired by the economics of the objects and materials that build our everyday lives, evaluating them as totems and commodities. Haviland uses domestic objects as a cultural lens to explore relationships: personal and socio-political, evaluating Western cultureā€™s colonial history and its effects on class divisions and struggles. Havilandā€™s artwork twines together screen print, handmade paper, pattern, and the multiple. She received a BFA from Illinois State University in 1998 and an MFA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2002. Currently, Haviland is a professor at 51ĀŅĀ× where she teaches printmaking and papermaking and is the chair of the print area and the director of study of the Honors Tutorial College Studio Art program.

Educational Background:

2002 M.F.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
1998 B.F.A., Illinois State University

Lab Space:

Seigfred 206