“I’m a child of ’80s video game culture: Pac-Man, Frogger, Nintendo…I grew up with this world of pixilation.” -- Melissa Cody

Melissa Cody is a fourth-generation Diné/Navajo weaver. Her intricate tapestries are often associated with the Germantown Revival, a stylistic movement named after government wool from Germantown, Pennsylvania, that was supplied to the Navajo during the time of the Long Walk.

Working on both a traditional Navajo loom and a mechanized jacquard machine, Cody recombines traditional patterns into geometric overlays and haptic color schemes that bridge tradition and innovationacido en Cody approaches weaving as an ever-changing craft tradition and art form.