Biography

Melissa Cameron is from Perth and holds a BA in Interior Architecture and a Postgraduate Diploma in Jewellery Production from Curtin University. She received her MFA in Jewellery and Metalsmithing from Monash University, and moved from Melbourne to Seattle in 2012, returning to Perth in 2018. She has exhibited extensively, with solo exhibitions in Australia and Japan. Her works appear in public collections including the NGA, the University of Iowa Museum of Art and the Cheongju Collection in South Korea. She has had residencies in the UK, Germany and the US, received a Fellowship from Artist Trust in Seattle and grants from the Australia Council. She has presented papers at conferences and symposia in Australia, Europe and North America. Her writing appears on Art Jewely Forum and she is the former chair of Metalsmith Magazine's Editorial Advisory Committee