Melanie Gilligan, based in New York, works in video, performance, installation, and music. She studied Fine Art at Central Saint Martins, London, and was a Fellow at the Whitney Independent Study Program, Manhattan. She regularly contributes to publications, such as Artforum, Texte zur Kunst, Mute, and Grey Room. Selected solo exhibitions include those at Künstlerhaus, Halle für Kunst & Medien, Graz (2016), de Appel arts centre, Amsterdam (2015), De Hallen Haarlem and Casco, Utrecht (2014). She contributed to group shows at Trondheim kunstmuseum, Museo Jumex, Mexico City (2016), British Art Show 8, Leeds (2015), Dojima River Biennale, Osaka (2015), Fridericianum, Kassel (2015), and MoMA PS1, New York (2014).

Contributions to the 100 Years of Now. Journal:
Imbedded in the System