Melika A.

I’m Melika, a Brooklyn-based artist and educator with eight years of experience teaching art, including five years working with students across New York City. I hold a BA from UCLA and an MFA in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art, and I am a 2026 AIM Fellow at The Bronx Museum. My art practice spans sculpture, ceramics, textiles, drawing, performance, installation, and video, and I bring this hands-on knowledge of materials and processes into my teaching. I have taught K–12 students in c…