Anne-Mie Melis is a visual artist and educator. Her multidisciplinary work draws inspiration from evolutionary biology, science and our contemporary natural environment. She is fascinated by the dynamics of an ecosystem, the delicate balance in which organisms coexist, and the effects of perturbation/disturbance, including human interactions, on life.
She uses digital alongside traditional media in installations with a combination of drawing, sculptural work, stop-motion animation/moving image and/or photography and print.
She explores art as a possible tool for its potential to instigate social and environmental change and frequently collaborates with others on creative projects. Running outreach projects for people of different ages and backgrounds is an integrated part of Melis' practice.
Recent and past selected projects / exhibitions include Marginal / Mountain Publication, NATURponty + Manifesto Publication (supported by ACW Connect & Flourish funding), Y Lle Celf 2023, AIR Frans Masereel Centre, Belgium, Coventry Biennial, Lead Creative School Projects (with RLougher at Alaw PS, Ystruth PS, Llwnderw PS), solo project ArcadeCardiff (Cardiff), G39 UNIT(e) (Cardiff, with RLougher), solo project Oriel Myrddin (Carmarthen), Oriel Davies - flora (Newtown), Jerwood Encounters -Terra (Jerwood London), Lokaal01 -Hybrid (with PHulsmans, Antwerp, Belgium) and the Weizzmann Institute of Science (Israel).
m.melis(at)btinternet.com
Chicory Flexine at G39 UNIT(e)
Research and Development Bursary Award supported by a-n The Artists Information Company
Marginal/Mountain, publication with writer Simon Matthew, self-published by Graig Editions - https://graigeditions.bigcartel.com/product/marginal-mountain
Connect & Flourish Award, Pontypridd is a Nature Reserve, participatory art project supported by Arts Council Wales
At The Garage, Bristol, Artist in Residence with artist Sarah Rhys -https://thelaunderette.org/project/sarah-rhys-and-anne-mie-melis/
Artist in Residence, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
Prototype for a publication, Arabidopsis thaliana beyond the moon, publication, self-published by Graig Editions - https://graigeditions.bigcartel.com/product/prototype-for-a-publication
Coventry Biennial
Manor Park Playground Project Penarth, Public Art Commission, EMP Projects, Rhôd and Johana Hartwig, Roger Lougher and Anne-Mie Melis
UNIT(e) Residency at g39, Cardiff, in collaboration with Roger Lougher
Commissioned by Oriel Davies the flora project, coinciding with solo presentation at Oriel Myrddin
Research and Development Award supported by Arts Council Wales, Artist in Residence at PDR, International Centre for Product Design and Research, Cardiff Metropolitan University
Commission / Research Artist in Residence, Duke’s Wood Project, Ordinary Culture, Nottingham
Hybrid, Peter Hulsmans & Anne-Mie Melis, Artist in Residence in Lokaal 01, Antwerp, Belgium
Arts Council England selected Escalator Artist
The Leverhulme Trust, Artist in Residence Award, School of Biosciences at Cardiff University
Artist in Residence, Addenbrooks Hospital Cambridge, outreach project in collaboration with Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination
Research and Development Award, Grants for the Arts, Art Council England, East
Pontypridd is a Nature Reserve, NATURponty exhibition at Canolfan Calon Taf centre, Ynysangharad War Memorial Park, Pontypridd
Selected for Y Lle Celf, Llŷn and Eifionydd National Eisteddfod 2023
Pontypridd 2120, The Tree of Life, participatory art project and online exhibition (Covid) at Pontypridd Museum - https://www.pontypriddmuseum.wales/online-exhibition/the-tree-of-life-1
Selected for Y Lle Celf, National Eisteddfod of Wales 2019
Coventry Biennial
The closer we are, Elysium Gallery, Swansea
Silent Stage, Kukiskes, Lithuania, group exhibition, interdisciplinary project, curated by Mona Casey and Tadas Stalyga
Slow Landscape' (solo) at Arcade Cardiff, Queens Arcade, Cardiff
UNIT(e) Summer School at G39 (with Roger Lougher), Cardiff
flora touring, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth
A New Niche for Nature, flora commission / solo show at Oriel Myrddin Gallery, commission by Oriel Davies Gallery and supported by ACW
Drawing 2015, Oriel Myrddin Gallery, Carmarthen
flora, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, Powys and touring in Wales
Watch My Garden Grow, Oriel Mwldan, Cardigan (solo)
Underground, Cefn Coed Coal and Steam Museum, Neath.
Colony 13, curated by Lee Williams, Cardigan
Dukeswood Project with Ordinary Culture, Nottingham, supported by the Arts Council England
TERRA, Jerwood Encounters, Jerwood Space, London and touring to Grizedale Forest, Lake District, curated by Hayley Skipper and Antony Mottershead
Rhôd 2012, curated by Kathryn Campbell Dodd, Melin Glonc, Drefelin, Carmarthenshire, West Wales
Feeling the Pressure (Climate Change 2), Open Exhibition at Rhyl Library, Museum & Arts Centre, Denbighshire, North Wales
Intersections, Science in Contemporary Art, exhibition at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, curated by Cathy Wills and Carolyn Drake, supported by the British Council Israel
Hybrid, Artist in Residence at Lokaal01, with artist Peter Hulsmans, Antwerp, Belgium, supported by the Flemish Community in Belgium
Are Your Petunias Actually Transgenic?, (solo) Test Bed, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, curated by Antony Mottershead
Blind Petunias, screening on 17 February at Cardiff University School of Biosciences
Blind Petunias, Cambridge Science Festival, as part of the Invisible Dust installation at Jesus Green Lido, Cambridge, curated by Alice Sharp
Blind Petunias, The Late Shift at the Forum, Norwich in collaboration with the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
The Late Shift, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, Norwich
Suffolk Showcase 2010, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, Suffolk
Miniscule, Oblong Gallery, London
The New Botanists, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff
Animated, Wysing Arts Contemporaries, Wysing Arts Centre, Bourn, Cambridgeshire
Kettle's Yard Open 2008, Kettle's Yard Gallery, Cambridge
Watch My Garden Grow, solo exhibition, The Meunier House, Caldecote, Cambridge
CCRix, ‘Marieke Pauwels / Anne-Mie Melis’, Deurne-Antwerp, Belgium
Galerij DeGriffioen, Sint-Gillis, Belgium
Stadsfeestzaal, Antwerp, Belgium
Closed Circuit, solo exhibition, Bernarduscentrum, Antwerp, Belgium
Cultureel Centrum Berchem, Antwerp, Belgium
Stadsfeestzaal, Antwerp, Belgium
Kapelgalerie, solo exhibition, Sint Maria, Antwerp, Belgium
Barbaro89, SpazioUno, Firenze, Italy
Iritis, Flux introduces Young Belgian Artists, De Beweeging, Antwerp, Belgium
Akademiegalerij, solo exhibition, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium