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melissa

Hartley

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 FINE ARTIST

About

about me.

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Melissa Hartley is a London based British artist/muralist focusing on 2D image making, recently graduating in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins.

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Working primarily with paint, she initially interprets her surroundings with the use of photography. However, has always believed that painting is much more beautiful and sublime than a photograph could ever be. Melissa paints to portray an emotion through a visual sense, typically using colour as a means to control the energy and direct the eye. She distils geometric abstraction that explores the relationships between space, shape, colour and light. Whilst blurring the boundaries between painting and sculpture, she describes her work as 'bold yet ethereal’.

EDUCATION:

Central Saint Martins, BA Fine Art, with DPS Year                 

Leeds College of Art, Foundation Diploma     

                       

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

London Lighthouse Gallery - Spring Exhibition, London

Freya Fine Art - 'Loading', Online Exhibition 
ReCultivate  - 'Cultivate', Online Exhibition
Curaty - 'Resilience', London, Pop-up exhibition 
Art on a Postcard Auction, International Women's Day 

The Menier Gallery - 'SHOW OFF!', London

The Auxiliary - 'Slow Burn', Middlesbrough

The Auction Collective X Motley - 'The Crossover', London

Hix Art - 'Hix Award 2019', London

Brownsword Hepworth - 'The Summer Exhibition', London

Trivadi X Curaty - Exhibition loan for 6 months, London

Degree Show One, Central Saint Martins, London

Interim Show - ‘Chorus’, Central Saint Martins, London

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PRIZES:

Winner of People's Choice for The Hix Award 2019
Winner of The Slate residency, Thailand 

Shortlisted for ACS Studio Prize 2019
Finalist of From Studio Lockdown Open Call 2021 
Winner of a selected postcard for Fabric Magazine, International Women's Day 2021

 

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RESIDENCIES:

AucArt Lab Residency, London

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FEATURES: 

Young Space Interview 2019: https://yngspc.com/artists/2019/10/melissa-hartley/

March 2020 issue of The World of Interiors - Artistic Impressions

Art on a Postcard Auction: https://www.artonapostcard.com/lots-81-120-iwd

Curaty: https://curaty.co/pages/our-artists
https://www.art-critique.com/en/2019/11/curaty-exhibition-in-london-office-soon-wraps-up/ 

Hardedger interview - https://hardedger.com/in-the-spotlight-melissa-hartley/ 

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Sept 2015 - May 2019

Sept 2014 - June 2015

 

 

 

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May 2023

April 2022

January 2021

September 2020

March 2020

February 2020

January 2020

October 2019

Sept - November 2019

July - August 2019

June - Dec 2019

May 2019

March 2019

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June - August 2019

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Radiant, 2021
Border, 2021
Radiate, 2022
Enclose, 2020
Confine, 2021
Irradiate, 2022
Connect #1
Enclosed series, 2020
Enclose, 2022
Layered, 2022
Boundairs No.3, 2023
Shadow, 2023
Irradiate No.2, 2022
Linear No.2, 2023
Illumine, 202
Reflection No.3, 2020
Refraction - Close up
Refraction, 2019
Enclose - hung, 2020
Boundaries No.1, 2020
Sequence Series #2
Refraction - Close up
Connect #2
Connect - Close up
NHS painting
Fold
Emerge
Unfold
Unfold
Emanate, 2021
Skateboard design
Sequence Series #3
Reflection, 2019
Reflection close up
Reflection close up
Reflection No.2, 2019
Crossover
Reflection No.2
Works on paper
Screen prints - Sequence series
Santorini abstracts
Abstraction process
Painting study
Reflection No.2
Reflection No.2
Untitled
Painting Studies
Untitled
Triptych
Follow
Sequence Series #5
Folds
Unobserved
Confetti
Reflection
Cover #2
Confetti
Flow
Untitled
Flow - Close up
Portfolio
Murals

murals.

Contact

CONTACT.

For sales, commissions and enquires:

  melissahartleyart@gmail.com

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