Melissa Rothman is an illustrator and fine artist from Philadelphia. She has worked professionally as a graphic designer, surface designer, and environmental graphic designer. Melissa received a BFA in Illustration from the University of the Arts in 2014 and an MS in Surface Design from Philadelphia University in 2019. 

“I live for painting, drawing, and writing. Most of my days are spent alone in my home studio along with my calico cat, Violet or at the local park and community garden. My work toggles between attention to and disregard for detail. Merging physical parts and complex emotions experienced in nature, isolation, expression and intuition, my aim is to create work that presents femininity as a force for universal good and a force for the future.”