Melissa Maddonni Haims is a fiber artist based in Philadelphia. She creates soft sculpture, large-scale installations and graffiti with yarn. Her career in the arts began in New York City in the mid 1990’s, and life led her back home to Philadelphia in 2004, where she lives with her husband and young daughter. Her award winning work has been shown in galleries, museums and contemporary art fairs throughout the United States. She has been yarn bombing internationally since 2010.