Melissa is an artist working with both sculpture and photography. Her sculptures are designed to be joyful yet thought-provoking, inviting viewers to experience the joy of looking and to appreciate their colour and scale. Her work is often site-specific. The “Trippy Blooms” series for CSP is inspired by delight in bright colours in nature.
In her photographic work, Melissa explores the boundaries of the medium in the digital age, utilizing both digital and analogue processes, including the cyanotypes. She often creates models of places specifically to photograph, presenting the photograph as the final piece.
With a background in both science and the arts, Melissa has worked as a picture restorer, co-owned a shop selling artist-made toys, and is currently a Creative Mentor at Emerge, Bath Spa University’s studio residency program. Born in Ireland and now based in Bath, her work has been exhibited and has won awards in the UK, Ireland, and Brazil. She has done residencies and workshops using cyanotypes. She recently completed a PhD at Bath Spa University, researching an appropriate definition for the contemporary photograph.
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