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Melissa Violette Aliz (b. 1993, Detroit, MI) is an artist, poet, and composer living and working in New York. Her practice encompasses writing, sound, moving image, and installation, with recent work appearing in _grotto journal_, _blush lit_, Charm School, Dream Boy Book Club, and _afloat.earth_. Solo exhibitions: Cheremoya, Santa Fe (forthcoming, 2026); Triest, New York (2026). Group exhibition: _Washed Ashore_, curated by Adrienne Greenblatt (2022). Her compositions and recordings have appeared on releases by Women of Noise, including _Samples Without Borders_(2024), _For Palestine_ (2023), and _Holler Health Justice_ (2022), as well as through stella franco and Pure Rave Detroit. Her contribution to _For Palestine_ was included in Pitchfork's 2023 survey "Ceasefire Now: 16 Benefit Compilations for Palestine." Aliz gained a BA in Media, Textiles, and Printing Sciences at Western Michigan University in 2015 and has continued her studies at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research, the Warman School, and the School for Poetic Computation.