Melissa Artemis Shemanna
Born Jan 1976
Currently lives and works in Belgium,
Europe
EDUCATION
Self / Family Taught – 1980-2020
Mentors;
Amanda Sage - USA, Melbourne, Italy, 2011/ 2012 & 2018
Wolfgang Widmosa - Bali (Live in) painting Immersion & mentoring, 2013
Laurence Caruana & Ernst Fuchs - (Live in) Torre Superiore, Italy 2011
Advanced Diploma Yoga Teaching
Bruno Torfs- Painting and Clay Sculpting, Marysville, 2006-2009
Adv. Diploma Fine Art - Wollongong, 1995
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS LIST
2023 Tanglewood Gallery & Live painting installation, VIC Australia
2022 Finissage Exhibition, Haekem Gallery, Brussels Belgium
2022 Haekem Gallery Exhibition w/Orryelle, Brussels Belgium
2022 People & Planet, Medicine Arts Community Interest Gallery, UK
2022 Transtates Gallery Northampton University, England UK
2022 Anthropos Gallery, England UK
2022 Group show @ Buddhafield Gallery, Devon England UK
2021 Luminarium Gallery Earth Frequency Festival QLD
2020 Buddha Bar- Launch exhibition Melbourne
2019 EarthArtBeat Arts & Culture Festival - Festival co-producer, arts program/ gallery curator & exhibiting artist.
2019 Permanant exhibition at Second Story Studios, Collingwood
2019 Cyberdelics Innovative art and technology exhibition, Brunswick Melbourne (Secret Warehouse)
2019 Evolve Gallery, RSF Melbourne (Curator and Artist)
2018 The Honeybee Temple Arts Foundation, Visionary Nectar group show
2018 Evolve Gallery, RSF Melbourne (Curator and 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 AUS
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
Works held in private collections in;
Netherlands NL, Boulder USA, Maui Hawaii, Ubud Bali, Torre Italy,
Melbourne, Sydney and Tasmania, AUS
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2019 EarthArtBeat Festival, Moora Moora Community, (Festival Co-Producer and Arts Program curator)
2019 Launch: 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)