about me.
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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murals.
