MELISSA MCGILL

Significant projects include Red Regatta (2019), an independent public art project that activated Venice’s lagoon and canals with four unprecedented large-scale regattas of traditional vela al terzo sailboats hoisted with hand-painted red sails, presented in collaboration with Associazione Vela al Terzo Venezia, co-organised by Magazzino Italian Art. In the Waves (2021), presented by Art&Newport, evoked the urgency of rising sea levels and a rapidly changing climate with an ensemble of local community members. Constellation (2015-2017), installed on an island in the Hudson River, lit each night creating a new constellation transforming The Bannerman Castle ruin.

Exhibiting internationally since 1991, additional recent projects include Canaletto and Melissa McGill: Performance and Panorama, 2022, The Lightbox, UnitedKingdom, The Campi, 2018, Venice, Italy, and a solo exhibition at The Permanent Mission of Italy at the United Nations, New York. She is a graduate of The RhodeIsland School of Design, a member of the Lenape Center Advisory Council, and aNational Endowment of the Arts ArtWorks Grant recipient.

McGill lives and works in Beacon, New York.

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