Melissa Artemis
Shemanna
Born January 1976 | Sydney, Australia
Australian multidisciplinary artist, curator, educator and founder of The Honeybee Temple Arts Pollinator. Melissa currently lives and works internationally, exhibiting and curating projects throughout Australia, the United Kingdom and Europe.
Mission Statement
Melissa Artemis Shemanna is an Australian visionary artist whose multidisciplinary practice explores the fertile threshold between the visible and invisible worlds. Working across painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, ritual performance and curation, she investigates mythology, dreams, ecology, esoteric traditions and consciousness as living cultural forces. Through exhibitions, curatorial projects, teaching and immersive ceremonial experiences, her work seeks to restore mythopoetic imagination as a catalyst for personal and collective transformation.
Formal Education
2010 | Advanced Diploma of Yoga Instruction 1000Hrs
1995 | Advanced Diploma of Fine Art | Wollongong Arts College | Wollongong, Australia
Artistic Training
2019 | Traditional Oil Portraiture | Michael Fuchs | Vienna, Austria
2018 | Painting with Light | Amanda Sage | Melbourne, Australia
2013 | Residential Mischtechnik Painting Immersion | Wolfgang Widmoser | Ubud, Bali
2012 | Visions of Light Residential Intensive | Amanda Sage & Adam Scott Miller | Cairns, Australia
2011 | Mischtechnik Painting with Light Intensive | Ernst Fuchs, Laurence Caruana & Amanda Sage | Torre Superiore, Italy
2005–2009 | Painting, Drawing & Sculpture Apprenticeship | Bruno Torfs Sculpture Garden | Marysville, Australia
1989–1993 | Private Painting & Drawing Tuition | Amanda Leo | Wollongong, Australia
1980–1993 | Self-directed artistic training under the influence of family artistic traditions inspired by great-grandfather Lyle Guyot.
Painting Mentors
Melissa has undertaken advanced study within the Ernst Fuchs lineage under:
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Amanda Sage
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Wolfgang Widmoser
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Laurence Caruana
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Michael Fuchs
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Adam Scott Miller
Solo Exhibitions
2026 | Mythoneiric | Ariadne's Garden | Delphi, Greece
2026 | Tales from Her Pilgrimage of Art | Maldon Town Hall | Victoria, Australia
2024 | Labyrinth Of Alchemised Honey | The Crypt Gallery | St Pancras London, UK
2023 | Oneiropraxis | Hastings Museum Gallery | Hastings | UK
2022 | STARFIRE: Rites of Passage | Hackney Wick Gallery | London, UK
2017 | Visionary Nectar | The Honeybee Temple | Yarra Valley | Victoria, Australia
2017 | Melissa Shemanna Recent Works | Eclipse Gallery | Oregon, USA
2010 | Sumptuous Offerings | Clifton Hill Gallery| Melbourne , Australia
2009 | Omniculture | Healesville, Australia
2006 | Totemic Lineage | Banyan Gallery | Yarra Valley | Victoria, Australia
2005 | Silk Extraordinaire | Outlook Hill Winery Gallery | Tarrawarra | Victoria, Australia
2003 | Shapeshifter | ArtHoles Gallery | Gertrude St | Melbourne, Australia
2002 | Omniculture | Ume Bar Gallery | Gertrude St | Melbourne, Australia
2002 | Stream of Consciousness | Found Project Space | Fitzroy | Melbourne, Australia
2002 | Left Hand Path | Fitzroy | Melbourne Fringe festival
2000 | Sacred Beginnings | Anam Cara Gallery | Wollongong, Australia
1991 | Dreams Of A New Future | Austinmere Gallery | NSW, Australia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 | Visionaries | Evolve Gallery | Victoria, Australia
2026 | Emergence | Meat Market gallery | Melbourne, Australia
2026 | Tanglewood | Tanglewood Gallery | Victoria, Australia
2025 | London Psychedelic Society | &Soul | London, UK
2025 | Breaking Convention | Exeter University, UK
2024 | London Psychedelic Society | &Soul | London, UKLondon, UK
2024 | Medicine Festival Gallery | Wasing Estate | UK
2024 | Buddhafield Festival Gallery | Devon, UK
2024 | Death & Rebirth Ritual Arts Festival | Amsterdam, Netherlands
2023 | Breaking Convention | Exeter University, UK
2023 | Beacon: Dreams & Divinities | Westminster Chapel | London, UK
2023 | Beacon: Dreams & Divinities | Indra Studios | Hackney Wick | London, UK
2023 | ONEIROPRAXIS | Hastings Museum & Gallery | Hastings, UK
2023 | Medicine Festival International Gallery | Wasing Estate, UK
2023 | Death & Rebirth Ritual Arts Festival | TreeHouse NDSM | Amsterdam, Netherlands
2023 | Tanglewood Gallery | Victoria, Australia
2022 | Haekem Gallery Exhibition | Brussels, Belgium
2022 | Finissage Exhibition | Haekem Gallery | Brussels, Belgium
2022 | Medicine Festival International Gallery | Wasing Estate, UK
2022 | Transtates Convention Gallery | University of Northampton | UK
2022 | Anthropos Gallery | England, UK
2022 | Buddhafield Festival Gallery | Devon, UK
2022 | Finissage Exhibition | Haekem Gallery, Brussels Belgium
2022 | Haekem Gallery Exhibition | Brussels Belgium
2021 | Luminarium Gallery | Earth Frequency Festival | Queensland, Australia
2020 | Buddha Bar Launch Exhibition | Melbourne, Australia
2019 | EarthArtBeat Festival | Victoria, Australia
2019 | POLLINATE | Mycelium Studios | Melbourne Australia
2019 | Cyberdelics | Melbourne, Australia
2019 | Permanent Exhibition | Second Story Studios | Melbourne, Australia
2019 | Evolve Gallery | Victoria, Australia
2018 | Visionary Nectar | Honeybee Temple Arts Foundation | Victoria, Australia
2018 | Amplify Her | Second Story Studios | Melbourne, Australia
2018 | Evolve Gallery | Victoria, Australia
2017 | Furtherrr Gallery | Oregon Eclipse Festival | USA
2017 | Envision Gallery | Oregon Eclipse Festival | USA
2017 | Knew Conscious Gallery | Denver, USA
2017 | Dome of Visionary Nectar | Babylon Arts Festival | Australia
2017 | Evolve Gallery | Victoria, Australia
2012 | Tribe 13 Visionary Gallery | Eclipse Festival | Queensland, Australia
2011 | Visions of Mischtechnik Graduation Exhibition | Torre Superiore | Italy
2010 | Yarra Valley Open Studios Exhibition | Victoria, Australia
Curatorial Projects
2024 | Visionary Pollinators Gallery | Medicine Festival | UK
2023 | ONEIROPRAXIS | Hastings Museum & Gallery | UK
2023 | International Visionaries Gallery | Medicine Festival | UK
2023 | Death & Rebirth Ritual Arts Festival | Amsterdam, Netherlands
2022 | STARFIRE Solo Exhibition | London, UK
2022 | Haekem Gallery Exhibitions | Brussels, Belgium
2022 | Buddhafield Festival Gallery | UK
2020 | Honeybee Temple Studio LIVE | Yarra Valley, Australia
2016–2020 | Curator & Coordinator | EVOLVE Gallery | Rainbow Serpent Festival | Australia
2019 | Festival Co-producer & Arts Curator | EarthArtBeat Festival | Australia
2019 | POLLINATE | Launch Exhibition of The Honeybee Temple Arts Foundation
2018 | Psychedelic Salon
2018 | Resilience | Second Story Studios | Collingwood | Melbourne, Australia
2018 | Amplify Her | Second Story Studios | Collingwood | Melbourne, Australia
2017 | Visionary Nectar | The Honeybee Temple Fundraiser | Yarra Valley, Australia
2013–2018 | Synergy Arts Visionary Exhibitions (10+ events) Melbourne, Australia
Professional Appointments
2023–Present | Founder & Director | Honeybee Temple Arts Pollinator
2023–Present | International Gallery Curator | Medicine Festival
2017–2020 | International Gallery Curator | EVOLVE Gallery | Rainbow Serpent Festival
2019 | Festival Co-Producer | EarthArtBeat Festival
Teaching & Facilitation
Over three decades of teaching and practice across:
Visionary Fine Art
Ritual Arts
Dreamwork
Oneiric Practices
Kriya Yoga
Tantra
Meditation
Sacred Feminine Studies
Embodied Creativity
Mythology
Consciousness Studies
Melissa has facilitated workshops, retreats, pilgrimages, ceremonies and conference presentations throughout Australia, Europe and the United Kingdom.
Collections
Original works held in private collections throughout:
Australia
United Kingdom
Belgium
Netherlands
Italy
Bali, Indonesia
Hawaii, USA
Colorado, USA
Grants
2026 | Green Leaf Foundation | Grant Recipient
2023 | CosmoGenesis of the Honeybee | Apis Mellifera Research & Painting Series (Independent Research Project)
Contact
Melissa Artemis Shemanna
Founder & Director, The Honeybee Temple Arts Pollinator
www.honeybeetemple.org
honeybeestarfire@gmail.com
Instagram: @the_honeybee_temple