Melissa Artemis Shemanna
Born Jan 1976
Australian Artist , currently curating projects & exhibiting in the UK & Belgium
ARTS EDUCATION
Painting Mentors in Ernst Fuchs Lineage:
Amanda Sage, Wolfgang Widmoser, Laurence Caruana, Michael Fuchs
2019 Traditional oil portraiture painting with Michael Fuchs (Son of Ernst Fuchs)
2018 Painting with Light- Amanda Sage (USA) - (10 year student of Ernst Fuchs) in Melbourne, Australia
2013 Residential painting immersion & mentoring: oil and tempera grassa painting techniques with Wolfgang Widmosa (Long time student of Ernst Fuchs) in Ubud Bali
2012 Visions of Light- Residential immersion. Oil and tempera painting techniques with Amanda Sage & Adam Scott Miller in Cairns, Australia
2011 Mischtechnik Painting with Light- Residential Immersion with Laurence Caruana, Amanda Sage & Ernst Fuchs, Torre Superiore Eco retreat, Italy
2010 Adv. Diploma Yoga Instructor
2005-2009 Painting, drawing and sculpting Apprenticeship to Bruno Torfs: Brunos Sculpture garden in Marysville, VIC Australia
1995 Adv. Diploma of Fine Art - Wollongong Arts College
1989-1993 Private tuition in painting and drawing with Amanda Leo, Wollongong, Australia
1980 - 1993 Self / Family Taught
My artist Great-Grandfather, Lyle Guyot has been my inspiration to be an esoterically inspired artist
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS LIST
2024 London Psychedelic Society event at &Soul London
2024 Labyrinth of Alchemised Honey, (With Orryelle) at The Crypt Gallery, St Pancras London
2024 Visionary Pollinators Gallery, Medicine Festival, Wasing Estate UK (curated and exhibited)
2024 Buddhafield Gallery, Devon England UK
2024 Death & Rebirth Ritual Arts Festival, Moving Arts Centre Amsterdam NDSM, Amsterdam NL
2023 Beacon: Dreams & Divinities, Westminster Chapel, England UK
2023 Beacon: Dreams & Divinities, St Pauls Chapel UK
2023 Beacon: Dreams & Divinities, Indra Studio Hackney Wick
2023 ONEIROPRAXIS Exhibition, (with Orryelle) Hastings Museum and Gallery, England UK
2023 Medicine Festival International Gallery (curated & exhibited) Wasing Estate UK
2023 Breaking Convention (Psychedelics Convention) Exeter University, England UK
2023 Death & Rebirth Ritual Arts Festival, (curated & exhibited) TreeHouse NDSM Amsterdam NL
2023 Tanglewood Gallery & Live painting installation, VIC Australia
2022 STARFIRE (Solo exhibition), Hackney Wick Gallery, London UK
2022 Finissage Exhibition, Haekem Gallery, Brussels Belgium
2022 Haekem Gallery Exhibition (with Orryelle), Brussels Belgium
2022 Medicine Festival International Gallery (curated & exhibited) Wasing Estate UK
2022 Transtates Convention Gallery Northampton University, England UK
2022 Anthropos Gallery, England UK
2022 Buddhafield Gallery, Devon England UK
2021 Luminarium Gallery Earth Frequency Festival QLD (Gallery curator & artist)
2020 Buddha Bar- Launch exhibition Melbourne
2019 EarthArtBeat Arts & Culture Festival - Festival co-producer, arts program/ gallery curator & exhibiting artist.
2019 Permanent exhibition at Second Story Studios, Collingwood
2019 Cyberdelics Innovative art and technology exhibition, Brunswick Melbourne
2019 Evolve Gallery, RSF Melbourne Australia (Gallery curator & Artist)
2018 The Honeybee Temple Arts Foundation, Visionary Nectar, VIC Australia
2018 Evolve Gallery, RSF Melbourne (Gallery curator & Artist)
2018 Amplify Her, Women’s Group Exhibition, Second Story Studios Melbourne (curator)
2017 Furtherrr Gallery, Oregon Eclipse Arts festival, Oregon USA
2017 Envision gallery, Oregon Eclipse Arts festival, Oregon USA
2017 Knew Conscious Gallery, Denver USA
2017 The Honeybee Temple Solo Exhibition, Yarra Valley Australia
2017 The Honeybee Temple Dome of Visionary Nectar, Babylon Arts Festival Gallery, VIC
2017-2020 Evolve Gallery, Rainbow Serpent Festival, Melbourne (curator & exhibiting artist)
2012 Tribe 13 Visionary Gallery, Eclipse Festival Far North QLD
2011 Visions of Mischtechnik Graduation Exhibition, Torre Superiore Village, Italy
2010 Yarra Valley Open Studio Artists Group Show, Healesville VIC
2009 Omniculture Solo Exhibition, Healesville VIC
2006 Banyan Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Healesville VIC
2003 ArtHoles Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Gertrude St, Melbourne AUS
2002 Found Project Space, Solo Exhibition, Fitzroy, Melbourne AUS
COLLECTIONS
Original paintings held in private collections in;
Netherlands NL, Boulder USA, Maui Hawaii, Ubud Bali, Torre Italy, Melbourne, Sydney and Tasmania, AUS
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2024 Visionary Pollinators Gallery, Medicine Festival 2024, Wasing Estate, England UK
2023 ONEIROPRAXIS Exhibition, Hastings Museum and Gallery, England UK
2023 Medicine Festival Gallery, 2023 International Visionaries, (curated & exhibited) Wasing Estate England
2023 Death & Rebirth Ritual Arts Festival, (curated & exhibited) Amsterdam NL
2022 STARFIRE SOLO exhibition, Hackney Wick Gallery, London UK
2022 Finissage Exhibition, Haekem Gallery, Brussels Belgium
2022 Haekem Gallery Exhibition (with Orryelle) in Brussels, Belgium
2022 Buddhafield Gallery, Devon England UK
2020 Online The Honeybee Temple studio LIVE
2020 Rainbow Serpent EVOLVE Gallery International artists group show
2019 EarthArtBeat Festival, Moora Moora Community, (Festival Co-Producer and Arts Program curator)
2019 POLLINATE Launch of The Honeybee Temple Arts Foundation, Visionary Nectar group show
2020, 2019, 2018 & 2017 Curator and Coordinator for Evolve Gallery, Rainbow Serpent Festival Dome Gallery for International and Local artists.
2018, Psychedelic Salon, an exhibition to explore states of consciousness
2018, Resilience, ‘nature & culture in the cyber world’ Group exhibition for Melbourne Visionary artists and multi discipline arts
2018, Amplify her, for Evolve gallery, Second Story Studios, Melbourne
2017, Visionary Nectar for Australian Artists, Babylon Arts Festival Gallery, VIC
2013-2018, Synergy Arts Event Exhibition for Visionary Artists (over 10 events)