Melissa Cameron

Melissa Cameron, Australia.

Education:
2009 Master of Fine Arts: Jewellery and Metals, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
2006 Postgraduate Diploma of Jewellery Production, Curtin University, Western Australia 
2001 Bachelor of Arts (Interior Architecture) with honours, Curtin University, Western Australia

Collections:
Cheongju City Collection, Cheongju, Korea | Arts Centre, Melbourne | Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Awards + Grants:
2015 Merit Award, Taiwan International Metal Craft Competition, Gold Museum, New Taipei City
2014 Artist Trust Fellowship, Seattle, USA
2013 Australian Artists Grant – co grantee, National Association for the Visual Arts | Seattle Metals Guild Emerging Artist Award
2011 Gold Prize, Cheonju International Craft Competition 2011, Cheongju, Korea | Finalist, BKV Prize for Young Applied Artists 2011, Bavarian Crafts Council, Munich | Melbourne Arts Centre Prize, Buda Silver Exhibition, Castlemaine, 2011 | Australia Council for the Arts, Visual Arts Board grant for a residency at the UWE Bristol 2011
2009 Australia Council for the Arts, ArtStart Grant | Judges special mention, Lucca Preziosa Young Contemporary Jewellery Award
2008 Monash University Travel Grant, for study at the Monash Prato Campus, Italy 

Solo Exhibitions:
2016 Body Politic, Bilk Gallery, Canberra
2015 Object Evolution, Bini Gallery, Melbourne Australia
2014 One Design, Studio 20/17, Waterloo, Northcity4, Melbourne and Contemporary Metal, Perth, Australia
2012  Melissa Cameron, Gallery CAJ, Kyoto, Japan | In Geometry I Trust, Studio 20/17, Waterloo, Australia,
2009 Iteration, Metalab Gallery, Sydney, Australia, 2009

Exhibitions:
2016 Melissa Cameron, The Vatican, studio e gallery, Seattle, WA USA
2016 Shared Concerns. M Cameron and A Galligan coordinators. Penland Gallery, NC, USA and touring
2016 Crush III. UWM Arts Center Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, USA
2015 Bright. Curator: Maggie Smith, Rose Turko, Richmond, VA
2015 Heat Exchange 2. Craft in the Bay, Wales and touring Scotland and Germany
2015 Angles: Architecturally Inspired Jewelry, Curator: Maggie Smith. Rose Turko, Richmond, VA
2015 Medical Paivlion. Curator Astrid Brerens. International Jewellery Design Fair: SIERAAD. Amsterdam
2015 Vessel – Permeable Membranes, in Radiant Pavilion. Hill of Content, Melbourne, Australia
2015 Art Jewelry: Strong Voices. Jurors: Elizabeth Williams, Kerianne Quick, Reneé Zettle-Sterling, Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Westport, MA
2015 Perfect Mutations, curator: Michelle Genders. Chrissie Cotter Gallery Sydney, NSW, Australia
2015 Taiwan International Metal Crafts Competition, Jin-Shu Special Exhibition Hall, New Taipei City
2015 Seattle Metals Guild Biennial Exhbition 2015, Washington State Convention Centre, Seattle, WA
2015 Comments. Curator: Michelle Genders. Keeper Gallery @ gaffa, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2014 Radical Jewelry Makeover, curator Susie Ganch. Visual Art Center of Richmond, VA | Digital Hand, curator Kathleen Browne. School of Art Galleries, Kent State University, OH | Cominelli Award 2014. Juror Ramon Puig Cuyas. Palazzo Cominelli, Salò, Brescia, Italy | Jewelry from Down Under. Taboo Studio, San Diego, CA, USA | REclaim / Repurpose, curator Seliena Coyle. Ebrington, Derry, Northern Ireland | Earthly Delights: Metalsmiths Inspired by Nature, Lillstreet Art Center Gallery, Chicago, IL | On/Off, juror Susie Ganch. Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN | Refined VIII: Maker’s Choice, juror Cindi Strauss. Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House, Nacogdoches TX
2013 Christmas Exhibition, Tereza Seabra Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal | 2013 Beijing International Jewelry Art Biennial, BJMOCA Millennium Monument, China | Bodywork: Australia Jewellery 1970-2012, curator Dr Robetr Bell AM. Jewellery from the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, touring 10 regional galleries in Australia to 2015 | Seams Seems, Curated by Marian Hosking, Robin Quigley and Tracy Steepy, MADA Gallery, Melbourne, Australia | Words and Works from a World Away Curated by Claire McArdle, Project Space Gallery, Melbourne, Australia | Alloy Group Exhibition, Bea Campbell Gallery – Touchstone, Farmington PA | My Australia Curated by Jasmine Matus, Berkley River Lodge, Western Australia | Noisy Curated by Part B, The Backroom @ Artifice, Williamstown, Australia | Holownia. Modrzejewska Theatre, Legnica, Poland | Seattle Metals Guild Biennial Exhbition, Washington State Convention Centre, Seattle WA | Ferrous Curated by Mike Holmes, Brigitte Martin and Elizabeth Shypertt, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco CA, Crafthaus online exhibition and 18 Karat, Toronto Canada
2012 MMMM: Wearable art: unwearable jewellery, Hong Kong Visual Art Centre, Hong Kong and Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, Australia | Bridge 12: Melissa Cameron, Kevin Snipes and Betty Vera, Society for Contemporary Craft (SCC), Pittsburgh, PA | Bilk on Tour, Incinerator Gallery, Moonee Ponds and Incinerator Arts Space, Willoughby, Australia | Once More with Love, Studio 20/17, Waterloo, Gallery Bilk, Canberra, and Northcity4, Melbourne | Badges & Buttons, Waistcoats & Vests, Curated by Elizabeth Turrell & Robert Ebendorf, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA and Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh PA | Drawing, Permanence and Place II, Kunstmuseen der Stadt Erfurt, Galerie Waidspeicher im Kulturhof Krönbacken, Erfurt, Germany | The Year That Was 2006, Studio 20/17, Waterloo, Australia | Oh Opal! Curated by Part B. Redox Jewellery Studio, Geelong, Australia | Heat Exchange: Cross continental survey of enamel, Shemer Art Centre and Museum, Phoenix, AZ | Joyaviva: Live Jewellery from Across the Pacific, RMIT Gallery Melbourne and touring Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Bolivia and Mexico | Transformation 8: The Elizabeth R Raphael Founders Prize 2012, SCC, Pittsburgh, PA | Third Time a Charm, SCC, Pittsburgh, PA
2011 Itami International Craft Exhibition, Itami Museum of Arts and Crafts, Japan | Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize 2011, Redleaf Council Chambers, Sydney | Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor: 100 Women 100 Brooches 100 Stories, Gallery Artisan, Brisbane | Cheongju International Craft Competition, Old Tobacco Factory, Cheongju, Korea. | BKV Prize for Young Applied Artists 2011, Bavarian Crafts Council, Munich. | Measuring the Space Between: collaborative exhibition, Studio 20/17, Waterloo NSW. | Love Lace, International Lace Award, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. | Buda 2011: Contemporary Australian Silver and Metalworking Exhibition, Buda Castlemaine. | Winter Neckpieces, Studio 20/17, Waterloo, NSW. | A Couple of Mugs: Commemorative Collectibles, Studio Fusion Gallery, London. | The Butterfly Effect, Toyota Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne, Victoria. | Recontextualizing the Found Object, Slippery Rock University, Pennsylvania, USA. | Lend Me Your Ears, Curated by Dianne Beevers + Part B. Mailbox 141, Melbourne. | The Art of Engagement, Curated by Kristin D’Agostino + Raewyn Walsh, Objectspace, Auckland.
2010 Measuring The Space Between: Collaboration with Chloe Vallance, Hand Held Gallery, Melbourne | Wrapped 2010, Studio 2017, Waterloo NSW. | The Box Project, Curated by Jasmine Matus. Keeper Gallery @ gaffa, Sydney, NSW | Everyday Objects, Curated by Rebecca Hannah, Loft Gallery, Abbotsford, Victoria.
National Contemporary Jewellery Award, Griffith Regional Art Gallery | Travelling Scholarship, Noosa Regional Art Gallery | First and Last, Keeper Gallery @ Gaffa | Snip Slice Saw, Hand Held Gallery | Re:Production, Keeper Gallery @ Gaffa | Preziosa Young, Leopoldine Cloister, Torquato Tasso Square, Firenze, Italy | Return, Showcase Gallery, Central Institute of Technology | One Cup, Hand Held Gallery | Recycle Synergy Gallery | REFINED VI: Back to Basics, Reavely Gallery, Cole Arts Centre, Stephen F. Austin State University, Texas.
2009 Feast, Depot Gallery | Iteration (solo exhibition), Metalab Gallery | Explorations ’09, Gaffa Gallery and Guildford Lane Gallery | Contemporary Wearables ‘09, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery. | Winter Brooches 2009, Studio 2017 | Buda 2009 Contemporary Australian Silver and Metalworking Exhibition, Buda Homestead Castlemaine and touring exhibition. | Linden Postcard Show 2009, Linden Gallery
2008 30 x 30 x 30, Monash University Faculty Gallery | Made in Italy, Area Contemporary Art Space | In the Making, Craft Victoria
2007 New Traditional Jewellery at Sieraad: International Jewellery and Silver Design Fair, Amsterdam and in touring exhibition. | Expeditions ’07, Gaffa Gallery
2006 Graduate Exhibition, Department of Art, Curtin University | Expeditions ’06, Metalab Gallery. | MatterReality, Moores Building Contemporary Gallery. 

Exhibitions Curated:
2012 Coming up from the south – online exhibition on Crafthaus.
2012 Heat Exchange: Cross continental survey of enamel  (co-curator with Elizabeth Turrell and Beate Gegenwart), Shemer Art Centre and Museum, Phoenix, AZ and Erfurt, Germany, 2012.
2011 ManJewellery – online exhibition Crafthaus.
2010 Steal This: Part B. One-night-only lane way exhibition, Hosier La, Melbourne, Nov. 16.
2010 Return: Five artisans return to their training-ground. (Curated to coincide with the 2010 JMGA conference.) Showcase Gallery, CIT, Perth, Western Australia, 2010.

Residencies 
2016 Shared Concerns: Winter Residency at Penland School of Crafts, North Carolina, USA
2014 Enamel residency at the Künstlerwerkstätten in Erfurt, Germany
2011 One month residency in the Enamel Research studio at the Centre for Fine Print Research, University of the West Of England, March 2011

Volunteer positions
since January 2015 Metalsmith Editorial Advisory Committee, Society of North American Goldsmiths
2012 - 2015 Northwest Jewelry and Metals Symposium Committee 

Papers
2016 Holistic Thinking: Interconnection in Jewels and Practice presented at SNAGneXt, Asheville
2014 Contemporary Jewellery on the Streets of Melbourne presented at the Joyaviva Forum at the Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares, Mexico City, Mexico
2013 Staying Connected, presented at the Seams Seems symposium, Monash Art, Design and Architecture (MADA) Friday July 19th, 2013
2013 How to become an artist jeweller: A Seattle community case study, presented at the Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia (JMGA) Conference 2013
2010 Examining the connections between architecture and jewellery, presented at the Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia Biennial Conference

Commissions
2015 Shortlisted for a public art work for UAP, Union Newstead Development, Brisbane, Australia

Feature articles - jewellery + interior architecture
2015 Material Concerns – five image/essay series, Art Jewelry Forum (AJF) website, Series, Ed. Ben Lignel 
2013 ‘Reflections on Skill: SNAG conference 2013’, AJF Website Insight Series/SNAG Toronto
Ed. Ben Lignel, July 28, 2013.
2010 ‘Giving Digital Fab a Hand’, Ponoko Blog, ed. Kristen Turner. September 8, 2010.

Workshops:
2015 Liquid enamel for steel and copper, weekend workshop. Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle
2015 Enameling on steel with artist-jeweler Melissa Cameron, Enamel Guild Northeast
2014 One Design workshop, Studio 20/17, Waterloo, and Contemporary Metal, Perth, Australia | Radical Jewellery Makeover guest lecturer. VCU, Richmond, VA. 20-22 Feb | Enamelling on Steel, Danaca Design Studio, Seattle. 25-26 Jan
2013 Building Jewelry from Found Objects, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh | Guest Artist (Three classes with art seniors), Winchester Thurston School, March 5-8

Lectures/talks
2016 20 / 20, SNAG Conference, Asheville, North Carolina, on the Body Politic exhibition. 
2016 Canberra School of Art at ANU – Gold and Silversmithing, Australia. Visiting artist lecture.
2014 Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, VA. Visiting artist public lecture | Kent State University, Kent, OH. Visiting artist public lecture
2013 Staying Connected, presented at the Seams Seems symposium, MADA | How to become and artist jeweller: A Seattle community case study, presented at the JMGA conference | Contemporary Metal, Osborne Park, Western Australia. Lecture on my practice to JMGA WA | Slippery Rock University, Pennsylvania USA, Metalsmithing and Sculpture, lecture to metalsmithing class on laser technology for jewellery, and lecture on my practice | California University of Pennsylvania, Jewellery + 3D design class, lecture on my practice |
2012 Featured on Jay Whaley’s Metalsmith BenchTalk broadcast on Blog Talk Radio, May 24 | Artist talk at the opening of In Geometry I Trust, Studio 20/17, Waterloo
2011 Edinburgh College of Arts, Scotland, Jewellery Dept. Lecture on my practice
2010 Examining the connections between architecture and jewellery, presented at the JMGA Biennial Conference

Workshops and invited symposia - attended
2012 Crafthaus Think Tank, Touchstone Centre for Crafts and Society for Contemporary Craft, PA
2011 I_workshops! with Benjamin Lignel, RMIT University | Weaving Fabric with Maryann Talia Pau, Harvest Workroom, East Brunswick
2010 Rapid Prototyping with Dr Nicole Jacquard, RMIT University | Reinterpreting Enamels with Elizabeth Turrell, Manifesto Glass, Perth. | Where Do I Come From? Masterclass with Helen Britton, RMIT University
2009 Black and Night. Masterclass with Bettina Speckner, RMIT University.
2008 Surface in Depth - Jewellery Design with Colored Metals with Stefano Marchetti, at the Handwerkskammer für München und Oberbayern, in the Bildungszentrum München, Akademie für Gestaltung
2004 Project Management Fundamentals. Dr Keith O’Shea, Lotterywest, Perth

Reviews
April 1 2016 Body Politic by Melissa Cameron at Bilk Gallery is confronting by Kerry-Anne Cousins. Canberra Times,
April 1 2016 Melissa Cameron – Body Politic by Meredith Hinchliffe. CityNews.com.au,
2013 Bridge 12 Melissa Cameron by Sharon Massey, Metalsmith Magazine. Vol 33, No. 5, p 61 | Once More, With Love by Marjorie Simon, Metalsmith Magazine. Vol 33, No. 5, p 60 (Eugene)
2010 Contemporary Wearables 09 by Dr Cassandra Fusco, Craft Arts International #79, p.94 (Syd.)

Professional memberships
Crafthaus: Online Craft Community
Part B: Research Jewellery Cluster (founding coordinator), Melbourne, Australia
Klimt02: International Art Jewellery Online
SNAG: Society of North American Goldsmiths, USA
Seattle Metals Guild, USA

Australia. New South Wales:

- Studio 20/17
6b / 2 Danks St ?Waterloo, NSW
New South Wales.
studio2017.com.au? +61 2 9698 7999

- Part of Gaffa
281 Clarence Street ?Sydney, NSW
New South Wales.
www.gaffa.com.au ?+61 2 9283 4273

Australia. Queensland:

- artisan 381
Brunswick St Fortitude Valley, QLD
www.artisan.org.au? +61 7 3215 0808

Australia. Canberra:

- Bilk Gallery
12 Palmerston Lane, Manuka, Canberra
bilkgallery.wordpress.com? +61 (0)2 6162 2761

Australia, Victoria: 

- Bini Gallery Contemporary Jewellery  
62 Smith street Collingwood 3066 
 +61 03 9486 0145

USA. Washington:

- Fancy
1914 2nd Ave Seattle, WA 98101
+1 206 956 2945

- Danaca Design
5619 University Way NE
Seattle, WA 98105
+1 206.524.0916

Portugal, Lisbon.

- Tereza Seabra Gallery
Rua da Rosa 158-160A   
1200-389 Lisboa   
Tel. 213 425 383