Jeffrey Melo was born in the Bronx, NY and lives in Manhattan. He earned his BFA in Illustration from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia in 2012. His work has been exhibited at Black Wall Street (New York, NY), Arsenal Contemporary (Montreal and New York, NY), and the Spencer Museum of Art (Lawrence, KS), among others, and has been featured in New American Paintings, The Wall Street Journal, Bleucalf, and Bleu Magazine. Melo has completed residencies at Arsenal Contemporary in Montreal and Greatness Shack in the Bronx. His work creates space for curiosity, accountability, and transformation, reframing familiar histories and prompting reflection on whose stories are told—and why.