Melika Abikenari is an Iranian-born, Brooklyn-based artist, educator, and organizer whose practice investigates the intergenerational inheritance of memory, matrilineality, ritual, and the body in relation to state violence through material inquiry, performance, and installation. Abikenari holds a BA from UCLA and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. She has exhibited in galleries and institutions across the US, participated in NYFA’s Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program, and completed residencies at Cerámica Suro, Art Cake, and the Textile Arts Center.
Melika Abikenari is an Iranian-born, Brooklyn-based artist, educator, and organizer whose practice investigates the intergenerational inheritance of memory, matrilineality, ritual, and the body in relation to state violence through material inquiry, performance, and installation. Abikenari holds a BA from UCLA and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. She has exhibited in galleries and institutions across the US, participated in NYFA’s Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program, and completed residencies at Cerámica Suro, Art Cake, and the Textile Arts Center.
