Melissa Wang is a self-taught artist. She researched science-fiction literature as a PhD candidate at UC Davis, California, before segueing into tech. In late 2019, she began full-time art-making as a means of inspiring social and ecological liberation. Since then, she has exhibited nationally at Woman Made Gallery, Kala Art Institute and the de Young Museum with a solo exhibition at Root Division (Frank-Ratchye space). Her work can be found in corporate collections, including Facebook in Menlo Park, CA. She is an artist resident at Root Division in San Francisco, CA.