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Supported Artists – Victoria Melody Click here to go back to Supported Artists page

Victoria Melody explores various unpleasant aspects of life through her art practice, adding her own sense of irony and black humour. Her work can be seen as both self-representational and as a social commentary and questions the British stiff upper lip mentality of never outwardly displaying emotions.  Melody has filmed herself and members of the public demonstrating the liberating experience of freely venting their angers and frustrations in their own individual ways.  We are taken on a journey that encompasses the artist’s personal life and alter-egos where, in the face of adversity, from screaming at the top of a hill, running and sweating, laughing and crying she makes us consider our own ways of releasing anger and frustration. Victoria Melody embraces both performance and video art.  The humour within her is a tool to make us consider our actions, roles and personalities. The work encourages us to consider personal restrictions placed upon us, including fear, pride, desire and notions of conformity. She is fascinated with that which remains unsaid, unheard, unseen, and unfelt and making visible the invisible.

There is a curiosity that remains within the foreground of all her work.  This is important because it also allows the viewer to feel at ease with what is unknown, at the same time attentive to what might be discovered. The interaction between the artist and the audience is one that is complicit and vital to the work.  There is also an apparent trust and respect between artist and audience which allows the work to remain honest.

Solo Exhibitions

2005 Ventilation, Millais Gallery, Southampton
 
2004 All Fur Coat and No Knickers, a space, Southampton

Residencies

2006 Body Navigation, National Centre for Contemporary Art, Russia
Deconstruction/Reconstruction, Protoplay, The Basement, Brighton
The Community Arts Leader Award, ACE, London

 
2005 Artist in Residence, Rules and Regs, Artvaults, Southampton
Artist in Residence, Vent, OVADA gallery, Oxford
Artist in Residence, CESTA, Czech Republic

 
2004 Artist in Residence, Silbury Group of Artists, Milton Keynes
 
2003 – 04 Artist in Residence, Artsway, New Forest

Education

2000 – 2001 Postgraduate Diploma Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art

 
1997 – 2000 BA (Hons) Fine Art, University of Northumbria at Newcastle

 
1996 –1997 Fine Art BTEC Foundation, Blacon College of Art
Selected Group Exhibitions, Performances and TV/Radio Broadcasts

2007 Representing UK Artist for Femlink

 
2006 The Other is You, performed for Station House Opera, Brighton Fringe
Tract, Newlyn Art Gallery, Penzance
Study Gallery of Modern Art, Poole
Enigma, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Girls On Film, Manchester
Videoclub, Brighton
Girls on Film, Manchester

 
2005 Radio Solent, Southampton
Made, Farnham Maltings, Farnham
BBC South Today, Southampton
Hands Free Series, Dorchester, Norway and Finland
Unsupportable Reality, Kaunas, Lithuania
Klaipeda, Lithuania
Vilnius, Lithuania
Artworks, Bournemouth

 
2004 Silbury Group of Artists, Milton Keynes
Vtape, Canada
2004 Mexican Expo, Mexico
Scan, Southampton
Cube Gallery, Bristol
Britain’s Wildest Sky1

 
2003 2003 Demon FM, Leicester
Candid Arts, London
Seen, Leicester
Poole Lighthouse, Poole
FPLA, Birmingham
Underground Overground, Birmingham
Le Chateau, London
Custard Factory, Birmingham
International and European Theatre Meeting, Birmingham
Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth

 
2002 LUX, Royal College of Art, London
Green Shed Show, Chelsea College of Art, London
Window Shopping, Newcastle upon Tyne
Halfway House, Newcastle upon Tyne
Invaders II, Newcastle upon Tyne
Invaders, Newcastle upon Tyne

Awards and Bursaries

2006 Basement, Arts Production, South East: Supported Artist

 
2003 – 2004 Setting Up Scheme Bursary

 
2001 AHRB Research Grant
   
1997– 2000 Dr Oldfield Award

Contact
www.victoriamelody.co.uk
info@thebasement.uk.com

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