NEWS, REVIEWS, EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS
2023
Beyond Beck Road (part II) ‘OPEN’
A FREE PUBLIC ART EXHIBITION WITHIN HOUSES, ARTISTS STUDIOS AND ON THE STREET IN COlaboration with Open house london. More..
Lead Curator, Exhibition Organiser, Resident Artist & Workshop Facilitator
2022
Beyond Beck Rd
a free public art exhibition within houses, artists studios and on the street in conjunction with open house london.
Project & exhibition organiser, resident artist and lead curator.
2021
TRACE
MA in Arts & Learning Exhibition
“Students on the MA Arts and Learning engage with issues regarding dialectical and critical theories, pedagogies and art practices”
Goldsmiths MA in Arts and Learning provides students with an opportunity to critically reflect upon and evaluate their own practices (artistic and pedagogic) in relation to contemporary artist educators and artists’ work presented at international sites/centres, such Tate, Whitechapel Gallery, Gasworks, Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art.
This programme aims to enrich, extend and consolidate students artistic and pedagogical practices for the production of new work and research whilst supporting sustained practical and theoretical research in the continuing professional development of artist educators. This is achieved by enabling reflection on the changing nature of the relationship between contemporary art and pedagogy. In doing so we provide opportunities to engage with practitioners, educators, artists and galleries/sites to explore critical, political, practical and pedagogical debates.
2020
Put Your Hand To It
An interactive, performative and transactional learning activity.
2020
Table For Three
(A stimulating sitting for multiple communities)
Programmers: Melina Michael, Maggie Stewart & Damalis Ibreck
Critical Pedagogy in Contested Spaces, Goldsmiths MA in Arts & Learning in collaboration with Tate Modern
2020
Curator-ROSHI/Home-Gallery, London
Presenting Photography Artist Cecilia Di Paolo
‘Made to be loved’ was formed with the intent of creating a dystopian future with everyday narratives played out in heterotopian spaces. Di Paolo states that this series of work is “not about sex, it’s about love.”
Her images and films convey an unsettling sense of emotions, drawing you into the mind behind the essence of this body of work. “I am creating an emerging cultural fictive fantasy by performing aspects of fulfilment, loneliness and love.“
www.cecilia-dipaolo.com
2019
Curator-ROSHI/Home-Gallery, London
Presenting Sculptor Simon Ings
Simon Ings ’Bread, Bread Broken', embodies a quiet simplicity with a strong sense of familiarity. The two sculptures presented together convey the fragility of life and its repercussions from the sacrificial act of breaking something whole. Ings states; “The bread symbolises the conflict between the weight of desire and the necessity of nourishment and when broken, reminds us of the traditions of sharing.”
www.simonings.co.uk
2019
SPACES IN BETWEEN
‘Please Leave Your Impression’, & ‘Grey Flats’ on view at 137 and 310 New Cross, London.
2019
SPACES IN BETWEEN
As part of this exhibition I will be delivering one-to-one portfolio review sessions to Goldsmiths Art students on 8th March (international women’s day) between 12.30-2.30pm at 310, New Cross Rd during my artist in residence.
2012 - Present
Richard Learoyd
Assistant & Studio Manager
https://www.sfmoma.org/watch/richard-learoyd-takes-us-inside-his-giant-homemade-camera//
www.richardlearoyd.com
2013
OBLONG ARTISTS
Oblong Artists as the embodiment of Oblong Gallery has become an intimate platform showcasing artists within a visual viewing room as well as offering specialist services focusing on the preparation and promotion for fine art, editorial and exhibition.
2013
OBLONG ARTISTS LAUNCH
Group show representing Artists & Creatives in association with The Pit at [SPACE]
2013
SERVICES
Specialist Creative Services / Preparation / Presentation / Preservation.
Portfolio reviews, Reproduction of artworks, Book Production, Editing & sequencing
Unique artwork for Melina Michael titled ‘Portfolio’ by Anna Kyriacou, 2013.
Unique artwork for Melina Michael titled ‘Production’ by Anna Kyriacou, 2013.
Unique artwork for Melina Michael titled ‘Reproduction’ by Anna Kyriacou, 2013.
2011
Vinyl Factory
Vinyl Factory Concept Store St Martins Lane
Manager and Co Curator
2008 - 2011
OBLONG GALLERY
News & Reviews
2010
Shoebox Award
2010
Pleiades
Exhibition of video & performance in collaboration with Guiden, London
Video still from ‘micromono and the objects’, by Melina Michael.
2009
OBLONG GALLERY
1st Anniversary Exhibition
2008 - 2011
Oblong Gallery
Selected Exhibitions
2008 - 2011
Oblong Gallery - SHOWS
Curated by Melina Michael
2008
i-D feature by Millie Mcmahon
DIY issue. Make it, Move it, Shake it
2008
OBLONG GALLERY LAUNCH EXHIBITION
ANNA KYRIACOU ‘‘AARGH” IS FOR REVENGE
2004
i-D feature by Mark Hooper
Inspired by our everyday self-obsessions, our fantasies and the reverence we pay to material objects, Melina Michael presents Micromono And The Objects. The central piece, Micromono, consists of a video piece of a woman performing a Danish hit song in close-up on a Bang&Olufsen system. A star is born.
The Objects consists of three elements: a VHS carved out of teak wood, branded video cases in rosewood and teak veneer, and a stone sculpture of a B&O amp, speakers, record player and remote control. By presenting these objects in the style of museum pieces, Michael explores our adoration of appliances, the religion of entertainment: worship at your leisure.
2004
Micromono &the objects | solo show
Melina Michael
2003
SOUp magazine
Life-style Feature - Artist Melina Michael
2002
i-d fashion & editorial | photography
2001 - 2008
