Melanie Nakaue is a Los Angeles based artist, designer and educator working within the mediums of experimental animation, sculpture and installation. Her work explores the interconnections between autobiographical, art historical and cultural narratives. Melanie received her MFA from the California Institute of the Arts and her BA from Scripps College. 

Selected screenings and exhibitions of her work include: Culver Center for the Arts at University of California, Riverside, Nichols Gallery at Pitzer College, the Luckman Gallery at California State University, Los Angeles, AM NUNDEN DA (London),  Portland Documentary and eXperimental Film Festival (Portland, OR), Monte Vista Projects (Los Angeles, CA).

Melanie currently teaches in the Roski School of Art and Design at the University of Southern California.