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Mellissa was born in England in 1966 and as a child emigrated to Australia with her family. She has studied & practiced printmaking and painting continuously for the past 11 years and is a recipient of many prizes and awards. 2007 bringing for example, 1st prize in the Sydney Royal Easter Show – Printmaking, finalist in the Victorian Cancer Council Art Awards, Redeemer Christian Art Prize and the inaugural Eutick Memorial Still Life Award . Her Artwork is part of many private and public collections around the world.
Living in rural Sydney overlooking the Hawkesbury River, Mellissa’s work ranges between vibrant still lifes, textural abstracts and intricate wood & linocuts. Her combination of quirkiness and calm blend to create works with a strong spiritual base.
A founding member of the Hawkesbury Artisans Trail, Mellissa continues to work promoting creativity in the local community and works full time as artist, tutor & illustrator.
Exhibitions (selected)
2009 Festival of Fishers Ghost, Campbelltown Arts Centre
Grabados Por La Paz 2009 (Prints for Peace) Monterrey, Mexico
Compact Prints -KickArts Contemporary Arts Gallery, Cairns
“A Dog of a Show” Megalo Printmakers, ACT
Camberwell Art Show
“Wax, Paint & Print” Ferry Artists Gallery, Wisemans Ferry
Compact Prints – Studio Paradiso, Sandon VIC
Combined Art Societies Sydney, Darling Harbour
2008 Canterbury Tales, Harper Community College, Palatine, Illinois,USA
Festival of Fishers Ghost, Campbelltown Arts Centre
Umbrella Studio, Townsville “Compact Prints”
Hawkesbury Printmakers, Windsor NSW
Solo “Allegory & Observation” St.Albans Gallery
Combined Art Societies Sydney Darling Harbour, Sydney
Camberwell Art Show
Waverley Art Prize
2007 Combined Art Societies Sydney Darling Harbour, Sydney
Dedalo Gallery Italy
Cancer Council Victoria Touring Exhibition
-Gallery 15W, Melbourne
- Kyneton Daffodil & Arts Festival
- Shepparton Art Gallery
- Meeniyan Art Gallery, Gippsland
Int. Mail Art Exhib. The Arts Council of Greater New Haven Small Space Gallery USA
Christian Art Award Finalist, Redeemer Lutheran College, Rochedale, QLD
Solo Exhibition Gallery Café, Surry Hills Sydney
EMSLA Finalist Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery
2006 Boyd Art Gallery, Harrington Park, NSW (CASS Exhibition)
Wagga Wagga Art Gallery: “Recent Acquisitions:Photos & Prints”
Australian Society of Miniature Art QLD Noosa Art Gallery
Australian Society of Miniature Art NSW Willoughby
Post It Exhibition, Atkinson Gallery, Southport, UK
Compact Prints, Umbrella Studio, Townsville
2005
Combined Art Societies Sydney, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW “It’s a Small World”, Noosa, QLD
Australian Society of Miniature Art NSW Willoughby
Studio Exhibition, Sackville North, NSW
2004Combined Art Societies Sydney, Darling Harbour, NSW Australian Society of Miniature Art NSW Willoughby
Featured Artist at Ferry Artist Gallery, Wisemans Ferry NSW
Miniare: International Mini Print Exhibition Manly Art Gallery NSW 2003Combined Art Societies Sydney, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW Convict Road Exhibition, Ferry Artists Gallery, Wisemans Ferry NSW "Aspects of the Hawkesbury", FA Gallery, Wisemans Ferry NSW 2002Combined Art Societies Sydney, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW ‘Blueprints II’ Katoomba NSW Australian Society of Miniature Art (Tas), Burnie Art Gallery TAS “Text Messages”, Edinburgh Scotland Miniature Print Biennale, Montreal, Canada “Compact Prints”, Umbrella Studio, Townsville QLD 2001‘Wetlands & Feathers’ with Patricia Devine, Richmond NSW Australian Society of Miniature Art (QLD) touring exhibition – Germany
1999Maranatha Art Group, Darwin NT Willoughby Art Centre Students Exhibition NSW
2000Maranatha Art Group, Darwin NT “Territory Vistas” with Tammy Lindsay, Crafts Council NT
1998“Visions of the Top End” with Tammy Lindsay, Palmerston NT 1997Di Skelly Heron’s Art Gallery, Myilly Point, NT
Public Collections
1st Armoured Regiment, Darwin The Australian Print Collection of the Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, NSW, Australia
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, USA
Oregon State University, USA
Print Exchange Collections
“Cairn” International Collaborative Print 2008
SSNSW “Canterbury Tales” 2008Baren (USA) “Voyages” 2008 Baren #33 (USA) 2007Baren (USA)“Fairytales” 2008 Oregon University 2007Baren “Year of Boar” Postcards SSNSW “In My Backyard Exchange” Print Australia Miniprint #4 2006 Baren “Year of Dog” Postcards SSNSW Postcards 2006 Printmaking Links “Pets”(USA) 2005Baren “Year of Rooster” Postcards SSNSW Postcards 2005Print Australia “Nature Morte” 2004 Print Australia SSNSW Postcards 2004 Baren #18a (USA) 2003 Printmaking Links (USA)“Self Portrait” 2004 Iowa University Print Society (USA) ‘Origins’ 2002 Baren “Year of Goat” PostcardsDeck of Cards, Italy Print Australia ‘Ausex 2001’Print Australia Open 2003 Baren #10 (USA) 2001Print Australia ‘Solstice’ Postcards 2003 Print Australia ‘What is a Print’ 2001Baren #14 (USA) 2002 Publications Australian Artist Magazine #235 Jan 2004Baren Calender 2004
Awards Various prizes and honorable mentions in exhibitions throughout Australia including. 20081st Prize Port Macquarie 2007 Finalist Eutick Memorial Still Life Awards, Coffs Harbour 2007Finalist Redeemer Lutheran College Foundation Christian Art Award 2007Finalist (Highly Commended) Cancer Council Vic Arts Awards 20071st Prize & Highly Commended Sydney Royal Easter Show 20071st & 2nd Prize Royal Canberra Show 20043rd Prize Sydney Royal Easter Show
Societies & Groups NAVAParramatta Art Society (NSW) Macquarie Towns Art Society (NSW)Castle Hill Art Society (NSW) Ferry Artists (Wisemans Ferry NSW)Hawkesbury Artisans Trail
Galleries
Purple Noon Gallery Freemans Reach NSW St Albans Gallery, St Albans NSW The Ferry Artists Gallery, Wisemans Ferry NSW
