Haley Mellin was born in Kentfield, California in 1983. She received a BA from the University of California in Berkeley, California, and a PhD from New York University in New York, New York. 

Mellin's recent solo and group exhibitions include "Siamo Natura" at Museo Novecento in Florence, Italy (2025); "Utopia. The Right to Hope" at Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg in Wolfsburg, Germany (2025); "Paper Room" at Halsey McKay in Brooklyn, New York (2025); "A Forest" curated by Dylan Siegel and Jack Chase at Hexton Gallery in Aspen, Colorado (2025); "Biodiversity and Beta Diversity" at Dittrich & Schlechtriem in Berlin, Germany (2024); "Accrochage" at Dittrich & Schlechtriem in Berlin, Germany (2024); "Not Too Late" at Charles Moffett in New York, New York (2024); "The Flesh of the Earth" curated by Enuma Okoro at Hauser & Wirth in New York, New York (2024); "Energy: A Closer Look" curated by Helen Miller at MassArt in Boston, Massachusetts (2023); "Diaspora" curated by Ben Godsill and Joel Mesler at Ezra Gallery in Sag Harbor, New York (2023); "Walk Against the Wind" at Parker Gallery and Micki Meng in New York, New York (2023); "Conservation Imperatives" at Giovanni’s Room in Los Angeles, California (2023); Tennis Elbow at The Journal Gallery in New York, New York (2022); Tennis Elbow at The Journal Gallery in New York, New York (2020); "Warhol & Mellin" at Kantor Gallery in Los Angeles, California (2017); and "Haley Mellin" at Bischoff Projects in Frankfurt, Germany (2016).

Haley Mellin lives and works in Union City, New Jersey.