Melanie Gilligan was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1979. She has received considerable critical interest over the past year following the presentation of performance works including Prison of Objects for Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Visual Arts 08, Prairial, Year 215 at Greene Naftali, New York and The Miner’s Object, a storytelling performance at Tate Britain, London. Writing sits at the heart of Melanie’s practice and she is known for her critical contribution to magazines and journals as well as her own artwork.