BiographyMelanie Walker has been a practicing artist for over 50 years, working in photography, sculptures and installations. Her expertise is in the area of alternative photographic processes, digital and mixed media as well as large scale photographic installations and more recently, public art. She attended San Francisco State University for a Bachelor’s degree in Art and Florida State University for an MFA. She has received a number of awards including an NEA Visual Arts Fellowship, Colorado Council on the Arts Fellowship and an Aaron Siskind Award. She taught at a number of universities and currently works at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her work is in the collections of Center for Creative Photography, AZ; Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA; San Francisco Museum of Art, CA; and Chrysler Museum of Art, VA; etc. She is the daughter of noted photographer and educator, Todd Walker, whose work is also in the collection of the DAI.