Alli Melanson
Around 1998-9, Alli Melanson chanced upon a book on Diego Velázquez at a local library and saw Las Meninas for the first time. She visited the painting at the Prado in 2007ish, much bigger in real life, and burst into tears upon entering the room where it hangs. She returned to it again in 2024, after walking approximately 800 kilometres over 33 days. Melanson lives in Montréal, QC, Canada, where she makes sculpture, video, installation, images and site specific works.