Melissa Webb is a Baltimore-based fiber artist working in the areas of costume, performance, site-specific installation, and large-scale interactive environments. After receiving a degree in fiber art from MICA in 1996, Melissa spent a decade building and designing costumes for professional theatres in the Baltimore / DC area. Over the years, she has had the pleasure of working with several local performers and groups, joining forces with M. Jane Taylor and Company in 2007 to produce the public installation and performance Uppity Ladies. She spent 12 years working with the live performance and filmmaking troupe aminibigcircus, who debuted their culminating projects, the independent film Cari Amici: Our Magic Show Moovee, and their performance of Sorry for the Coldfusion in 2008. From 2009-2010 she executed a solo participatory installation series entitled The Temporary Nature of Ideas, which first manifested itself on a rooftop inside of a four-story light well.

In 2011 Melissa participated in Copycat Theatre’s The Rooms Play, then exhibiting the resulting interactive installation, entitled The Landing of the Magic Flight: The Mysteries of Memory, at the Sondheim Semi-Final exhibition at the Maryland Institute, College of Art. Melissa’s costumes, environments, and collaborative performance efforts have been featured at venues such as School 33 Art Center, Gallery Imperato, The Creative Alliance, The 14 Karat Kabaret, The Baltimore Museum of Art, The Theatre Project, and at art festivals such as Transmodern, The Philadelphia Fringe, and Artscape.