(b. Kansas City, Kansas 1999)

Melissa Wolf is an interdisciplinary Mexican-American artist who most recently presented her installation "Estrellitas" in an event called "Night Shift," at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. She currently has a group exhibition that she organized, "Shared Ground," at the Mexican Consulate of Kansas City featuring 23 students and alumni from the Kansas City Art Institute and participated in "Local Artists Go Miniature," a group exhibition at the National Museum of Toy and Miniatures. Wolf holds a BFA in Sculpture from the Kansas City Art Institute and is the Jesse Howard Fellow for the Emily & Todd Voth Artspace. She's an arts technician working in the Sculpture and Metalsmithing studios at the Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, KS. 

Wolf is a Mexican-American woman whose sculptures challenge functionality, exploring what it means to transform objects beyond their original purpose. She specializes in mixed media sculpture, often working with concrete as both a primary material and a surface treatment. She encases objects like stuffed animals in concrete, allowing them to solidify into new, redefined forms. Beyond concrete, she incorporates clay, textiles, wood, and found materials, embracing an experimental approach to materiality. As a direct response to her Latino upbringing, through playfulness and self-reflection, she explores themes of memory and transformation, with childhood objects and toys serving as central motifs. She prompts viewers to question what transformation looks like and means in their day to day lives. Her work captures collaged thoughts or memories preserving them.