Melissa Cameron
Jeweller
Published: 20.09.2024
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Melissa Cameron is an Australian artist with Anglo-Celtic ancestry. She was born and raised in Perth and has lived in Melbourne and more recently Seattle, in the USA. She holds a BA in Interior Architecture and a Postgrad Dip. in Jewellery Production from Curtin University, and an MFA in Jewellery and Metalsmithing from Monash University.Melissa creates socially aware art, which is often called protest art. Her practice is centred on her deep empathy towards the human body, and the life that each body represents. She often makes with domestic objects that are familiar to, and which act as a proxy for, the human body, and the human body is also the main venue for the display and dissemination of her mostly wearable messages.
She has exhibited worldwide, with solo exhibitions in Australia, Japan and the USA. Her works are in several public collections including the National Gallery of Australia, the University of Iowa Museum of Art and Cheongju City Collection in South Korea.
Statement
My works exploit connection. By documenting select points of confluence, I explore the interconnectedness of all humanity, which includes the points at which, to our collective detriment, our connections fail.
While the works are the result of research, the objects that I take as my materials also influence the forms I create. I produce patterns for them, which include encoded messages within. Together the interleaved narratives, those embedded in the materials and introduced through the patterns, convey my message.
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