Melissa Cody

Melissa Cody (born 1983) is a Navajo textile artist from No Water Mesa, Arizona, United States.

[1][2][3] Her tapestries have been described as "[…] deeply personal, beautifully crafted, powerfully expressive works of art that speak to her culture and generation.

Curators Besaw et al. explain that this style is known for its, "vibrant hues, diamond patterns, geometric forms and overlapping lines".

[1] Cody weaves on a traditional Navajo loom, which are all built by her father, using Germantown style wool yarn.

[1] Deep Brain Stimulation is held in a collection at the Minneapolis Institute of Art and maintains the Germantown Revival style with bright "eye dazzling designs".

[8] A selected work at the Garth Greenman gallery and part of the Stark Museum Navajo Weaving: Tradition and Trade exhibit, World Traveler is a 90x 48 in.

[1] According to curators Besaw et al., World Traveler "features a panel with sixteen concentric half-circles decorated with a checkerboard pattern" that gives a "psychedelic effect".