Mel McVee

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Biography

Mel McVee completed her Bachelor Degree in Sculpture in the 90's and has since received numerous awards for her works. She has also completed a number of public murals in Perth and Mexico, and in 2014 founded the Laneway Collective, an organisation incorporating local street artists and community.

Group Exhibitions

2018
Blank Walls
Inaugural group exhibition opening of the Blank Walls Collective

2015
FORM Public Salon
FORM PUBLIC project collaborative exhibition of street art.

2015
The Laneway Collective Collaboration
Little Creatures, Fremantle

Awards

2015
"What is Art?"
3 Dimensional Award, City of Melville Art Awards (Highly Recommended)

2014
Advice Machine
3 Dimensional Award, City of Melville Art Awards

2013
Mechanical Magpie
3 Dimensional Award, Town of Bassendean Art Awards

Collections

Advice Machine

Residencies

2015
Usumacinta Art Residency
Clipperton Project, Mexico

Mel McVee
Installation art, Painting, Sculpture

Artist Statement

Mel is a Perth born multi-disciplinary artist working primarily in the realms of community art and murals. Her interested in street art emerged through an interest in community activation projects in her local area. Her work celebrates what is locally beautiful and quintessentially Australian using bold, intensively colorful form and lines.