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MELINA MICHAEL IS A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ARTIST, facilitator AND creative PROFESSIONAL WORKING with communities IN PHOTOGRAPHY, design, FINE ART, curation AND EDUCATION. HER PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE, WORKING CLOSELY WITH ARTISTS AND STUDENTS IS INTEGRAL TO HER RESEARCH BASED PRAXIS with a purpose to ignite communication for positive social and emotional change.
HER ARTWORK RESOLVES IN PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO AND INSTALLATION, OFTEN PUNCTUATED BY SCULPTURE AND ON SOME OCCASIONS PERFORMANCE. SHE ENCOMPASSES MARK-MAKING WITHIN THE PROCESS OF PRACTICE AND IDEAS SURROUNDING a STUDY, SUBJECT, THE STUDENT, LEARNEr AND PRACTITIONER WITHIN cultural arts and ART-EDUCATION iNQUIRy, EXPLORING WITH BOUNDARIES AND THE SPACES IN-BETWEEN.
Melina has a fine art photography degree from bournemouth arts university and recently studied at Goldsmiths university in london where she gained a masters degree in arts & Learning TOGETHER WITH VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
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MELINA Michael HAS over 20 years experience of working within the arts arena. her early creative career began WITH I-D MAGAZINE AS THEIR ART PHOTOGRAPHER AND CONTRIBUTOR ALONGSIDE RUNNING A PHOTOGRAPHIC AND LOCATIONS STUDIO. SHE BECAME THE FOUNDER AND CURATOR OF OBLONG GALLERY, AN INDEPENDENT CONTEMPORARY ART SPACE WHICH EXHIBITED THE WORK OF REPRESENTED ARTISTS As well as LAUNCHING OBLONG ARTISTS, AN INTIMATE PLATFORM SHOWCASING ARTISTS WITHIN A VISUAL VIEWING ROOM AS WELL AS OFFERING SPECIALIST SERVICES FOCUSING ON THE PRESERVATION, PREPARATION & PRESENTATION OF ARTWORK FOR FINE ART, COMMERCIAL, EDITORIAL AND EXHIBITION. HER CURRENT INVOLVEMENT WITH ART EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS HAS BEEN THROUGH PROFESSIONAL STUDIES INQUIRY, delivering lectures on the subject alongside ADVISING AND GUIDING university based art and photography STUDENTS WITHIN ONE-TO-ONE PORTFOLIO REVIEW TUTORIALS. In recent years her focus has been on working together with local communities, providing a platform for artistic participation to reach beyond a traditional gallery audience.
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