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Melissa Halley (1976, Amsterdam) 

Education: 

Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Academie voor Beeldende Vorming (1999)
Amsterdam School of Arts, Academy of Fine Arts in Education, now Breitner Academy.

 

Memberships:

Grafisch Collectief Thoets, Amsterdam (2001-2020)
Studio specialized in techniques like etching, lithography and silkscreen.

Art Plein Spui, Amsterdam (2004-2018)
Weekly open air art market.

Kunstenaarsvereniging Sint Lucas (2018-2021)
Artists' association founded in 1880 with many famous members like Jan Toorop and Piet Mondriaan.

 

 Exhibitions:

2021      Kunstenaarsvereniging Sint Lucas, Lustrum 140 jaar Sint Lucas, Loods 6 Amsterdam (group)
2021      Kunstenaarsvereniging Sint Lucas, Expositie 20x20, Merkenwinkel Amsterdam (group)
2021      Blik op de Buurt, Bonte Zwaan, Amsterdam (group)
2020      Vleugelslag, MLB Galerie Amsterdam, (duo)
2019      Kunstenaarsvereniging St. Lucas, Amsterdam (group)
2019      Blik op de Buurt, Kunstkapel Amsterdam (group)
2018      Kunstenaarsvereniging St. Lucas, Amsterdam (group)
2018      GAA Drukt Door, Alkmaar (group)
2018      Pop-up at Salon West, Amsterdam (duo)
2017      Open Studio, Amsterdam (solo)
2017      Open Ateliers Zuid, Amsterdam (group)
2017      Grafisch Collectief Thoets at Grafisch Atelier Alkmaar, Alkmaar (group)
2017      Conexões, Belém – Hollanda, Belém Brazil (group)
2017      Nasty Women Amsterdam, Josilda Da Conceiçâo Gallery, Amsterdam (group)
2016      ARTWEST Amsterdam (group)
2016      30 Paintings in 30 Days, Treehouse Amsterdam (solo)
2015      ARTWEST Amsterdam (group)
2013      Make A Move, Amsterdam (group)
2011      Multifunctioneel Centrum Coenen-Lydia en Brahmshof, Amsterdam (solo)
2009      Galerie ARTACASA, Water, Amsterdam (group)
2009      Grafisch Atelier Alkmaar, Alkmaar (solo)
2008      Theater de Purmeryn, Purmerend (group)
2008      Galerie Oog voor Natuur, Oog voor Gedrag, Opheusden (group)
2008      Kunstkerk, Dierendag, Amsterdam (group)
2008      Galerie ARTACASA, Animals, Amsterdam (group)
2008      Galerie Buuf, Five Artists, Amsterdam (group)
2008      Kunst 10-daagse Schermer Gemeentehuis Wittenburg, Schermer (group)
2007      Kunstmarkt Groot Gelderland Plein (artmarket)
2007      Galerie Oog voor Natuur, Opheusden (group)
2007      De Kunstwinkel van Cornelis, Rotterdam (group)
2007      1e Friese mini prent biënnale, Galerij de Lawei, Drachten (group)
2007      Galerie ARTACASA, Siësta, Amsterdam (group)
2007      Galerie Oog voor Natuur, Opheusden (group)
2007      Galerie Buuf, Animal Farm, Amsterdam (group)
2007      Kunst in een Glazen Huis, Heerhugowaard (group)
2007      Galerie Buuf, Women, Amsterdam (group)
2006      Galerie ARTACASA, Koud Kunstje, Amsterdam (group)
2006      Kunst-Event, Rijswijk (group)
2006      Galerie Buuf, Outside, Amsterdam (group)
2006      Galerie Buuf, Sweet Summer, Amsterdam (group)
2006      Galerie Buuf, City Breeze, Amsterdam (group)
2005      Kunst in een Glazen Huis, Heerhugowaard (group)
2003      Grafiekgarage, Kampen (group)
2002      Kerst Kunstmarkt ‘t Voorbeeld, Amsterdam (group)
2002      Galerie De Sigarenfabriek, Delft (group)
2002      Openbare Bibliotheek Huizen, Huizen (solo)
2001      Philips Business Communications, Hilversum (solo)
1999      Shell Research & Technology Centre, Big Art, Amsterdam (group)
1998      De Kunsthal, Heerhugowaard (group)

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As a child, next to nature, I adored my childhood picture books and decided I wanted to pass on the joy I experienced through these beautifully illustrated books to other people through my own art.

A news item about Dutch illustrator Thé Tjong-Khing inspired me. Now I knew what drawing as a grown up could look like.
Since that time I wanted to make people happy by sharing my art just as artists before me had done and made me happy.
My art always has been a way to communicate, show and share.

                                    🍃🍂

My most recent art is heavily influenced by a dramatic event that took place in 2013. Very unexpectedly my mom was diagnosed with colon cancer and only a few days after her diagnosis she died.

In the period shortly after this I felt cut off from the world, as if the wind could just pick me up or blow right through me.
I would go out for long walks in nature and slowly started to land again.
I would have the overwhelming feeling of being connected to nature, to the natural world, the trees, the animals…
Everything that grew and died and in death made it possible for other beings to grow and live. I started to feel rooted again.

My art became about sharing these experiences. Sharing my love for nature, its beauty and the overwhelming force that nature, or life itself, truly is.
Most of the art on my website dates from after 2013 and can be found in the portfolio section.

On a lighter note, if you understand Dutch please watch Michael Minneboo interviewing me about my art and much more at:
Live Team-Up with artist and comic lover Melissa Halley.

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Dear visitor,

My website is under construction. I will keep you updated about when it comes back online.

 

Kind regards,

 

Melissa Halley