varying dimensions
paper pulp, PVA glue, dry wall joint compound, cement, paper packing tape, metal wire, acrylic
Nomadic by Veduta, Brussels
installation photos by Jonas Reubens
Melis selected three trees — located at Bloemenhofplein, Grootsermentstraat, and Zennestraat — as the recipients of handmade friendship bracelets. Wrapped gently around the trees, the pieces act as festive decorations and suggest a sense of kinship between the trees. In doing so, Melis creates subtle markers of connection in public space between people, places, and natural elements woven into the city.”
- link to the text written by Veduta
120 x 90 x 90 cm
pattern drawing paper, paper yarn, packaging tape, metal wire, buttons, magnets, lamp
Click here to read Jean Watt's text that accompanied the solo presentation This is So together with A Place to Rest, in which this work was presented at the back of a removals van.
152 x 188 cm
linen cord on cotton, stones
installation photo, 10N Brussels
2-3. Mnemosyne and Lethe at work, 2022
160 x 160 cm
cotton cord, stones
installation photos by Anaïs Chabeur, Generation Brussels during Brussels Gallery Weekend
4-5. Untitled, 2021
110 x 110 cm
linen cord
6-8. Peter’s Breath on a Starlit Tennis Court in Valensole, 2021
93 x 36 x 80 cm
grandparents’ chairs, linen cord, copper wire, weeds, wooden, stone, glass and pearl beads
installation photos by Anaïs Chabeur, Generation Brussels during Brussels Gallery Weekend
Informed by an archeological interest in human ingenuity and the magic of making things by hand.
3-4. Postcards from Spain, 2021, 33 x 46, glass beads, nylon thread and metal rings
100 x 150 cm
wool embroidered on cotton
2. Will Make You Fade, 2019
96 x 80 cm
wool embroidered on cotton
3. Post-Neolithic Graffiti, 2019
117 x 100 cm
wool embroidered on cotton
Syzygy
Alongside of her personal practice she is part of Syzygy, a multi-generational collective that stands for sisterhood and mutual support.
Radboud University Nijmegen, NL
2015-2017
Cultural Studies, BA
Radboud University Nijmegen, NL
2010-2013
(selection)
Veduta, Brussels, BE
2025
This is So (solo)
A Place to Rest, Brussel, BE
2025
Oval Window with Syzygy Collective
Oemoemenoe by Vleeshal Middelburg, Yerseke, NL
2024
Triops
Imprimerie, Brussels, BE
2024
Hall of Mirrors
Plop, London, UK
2023
Tiny Art Gallery
Ruis, Nijmegen, NL
2023
Haberdashery
10N at Mercerie, Brussels, BE
2023
Prospects
Art Rotterdam, NL
2023
Between You and Me
San Mei Gallery, London, UK
2022
Exercises for Sabotage, with Liza Prins (duo)
Van Gogh House Londen, UK
2022
Generation Brussels
Brussels Gallery Weekend, Brussels, BE
2022
The Lamb is Not Innocent, with Liza Prins (duo)
Hotel Maria Kapel, Hoorn, NL
2022
Apples & Oranges
CIAP, Genk, BE
2021
Salon Sale,
Level Five, Brussels, BE
2021
Time Hangs Heavy, with Jot Fau and Lucie Lanzini
10N, Brussels, BE
2021
Collectible Fair with Fraca’s gallery
Vanderborght, Brussels, BE
2020
Eyl-yuhn, ey-lee-uhn and Masterpiece, with Lidewij Sloot and Liza Prins
The Bookstore Foundation, Amsterdam, NL
2020
Fading Mantras
Kunstlijn Haarlem, Paviljoen Welgelegen, Haarlem, NL
2019
Project for the residency at Van Gogh House London
2022
Mondriaan Fund Artist Start Grant
2021
Josine de Bruyn Kops Fund,
for the exhibition at Hotel Maria Kapel
2020
Tilburg, NL
2023
Van Gogh House London
Londen, UK
2022
Arteventura
Aracena, ES
2021
Artist of the Month, Collect Magazine
Generation Brussels review by Glean Magazine
Interview with Warp and Weft Magazine
Photo’s by Fréderique Scholtes
Darning workshop at Reay Primary school, 2022
Photo by Livia Wang
Liza Prins and I undertook a residency at Van Gogh House London where we explored different exercises for sabotage over the course of multiple public events and workshops. One of these events entailed teaching kids at the Reay Primary School to darn.