is a multidisciplinary artist of Mexican -Reunionese origins. Her practice is multifaceted, dialoguing mainly between painting, performance and textile installations.
Presented for the first time, Melissa is the 2025 recipient of Biennial x Salón Acme X Redline Residency Award. In partnership with Redline Contemporary Art Center (Denver) and Salón ACME (CDMX), the Salón Prize offers one of Salón ACME’s participating artist’s a residency in Colorado.
During her 4 weeks in Denver, Melissa created a large-scale felted wool textile mural 1, 2, 3 x mí y todxs mis amigxs, exploring Xicanx heritage, Latinx diaspora, and the Mexican muralist tradition through natural materials and a collective, community-driven making process.
Mellisa Antier
Melissa’s work clings to fragments of a heterogeneous life, mystifying regressive and domestic gestures through colourful symbolism. She is inspired by pop -culture, revisited traditions and archives from the queer, anti-patriarcal, migrant and family circles that have or are surrounding her. The notion of welcomeness and the idea of skin renewal are close to her heart. Trough creativity she seeks to express the challenges of navigating the biter -sweet generosity of a globalized world, moving often too fast. Constantly playing with forms of gentleness, she celebrates the strength that emerges from states of vulnerability and adaptation.
MELISSA’s DENVER RESIDENCY
During her four-week residency in Denver, Melissa Antier received dedicated studio access and support from RedLine Contemporary Art Center. This gave her the space and resources to develop new work throughout her time in the city.
Community exchange was central to the residency. Melissa connected with local artists and cultural practitioners through studio visits, gatherings, and conversations across Denver.
She also hosted a felting workshop, inviting participants to learn her process firsthand and experience the collective making that informs her practice.
These connections and experiences helped shape the work Melissa developed during her residency. Her time in Denver culminated in a large-scale felted wool rug, conceived as a “textile mural” titled 1, 2, 3 x mí y todxs mis amigxs inspired by the Mexican muralist movement, Xicanx heritage, and Latinx diaspora pop culture. Using Navajo-Churro sheep wool and natural fiber dyes made from beans, corn, and spices, Melissa explored diasporic connections through a process emphasizing collective, ritualistic making — culminating in a vibrant, community-driven textile work.
