Haley Mellin
Artist and Co-Founder of MOCA LA Environmental Council
Haley Mellin (b. 1979, Kentfield, California) lives and works in San Francisco. Recent exhibitions include The Journal, New York (2020); Alexander Berggruen, New York (2020); F Houston, Texas (2020); Shoulder, Los Angeles (2018); MoMA Ps1, New York (2016); Bischoff Projects, Germany (2016); Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Belgium (2015); and Museo Pino Pascali, Italy (2104). She attended the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program and received a Rhizome commission from the New Museum, New York. Mellin founded Art into Acres, a not-for-profit that supports the art community in having a permanent impact on wildlands. The initiative conserves large-scale landscapes with a focus on climate and biodiversity, supporting the conservation of millions of acres of new protected terrestrial areas on behalf of artists and institutions. She co-founded the Environmental Council at The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles in 2020.
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/Dialogues | Practices of Conservation — Exhibition and Environmental Impact
As the pandemic has forced institutions, galleries, and artists to reconsider their methods of operation, in October 2020 The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles announced the creation of an Environmental Council, the first for a major art museum in the United States. A range of arts-based resources, councils, and coalitions have continued […] More information →