Netherlands-based, Mexican born artist. By choice, a mother, wife and migrant.

Melania has a Bachelor degree in Psychology, a Masters degree in International and Public Health and is currently studying the BA Fine Arts at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague. In her work, she explores ‘radical care’, a framework in development to rethink community, pedagogy and education in the arts along the axes of structures of hypercapitalism. Her thinking is rooted in intersectional feminism, social studies and indigenous knowledge. This interdisciplinary approach is reflected in her practice alongside an element of autobiography that is always present in her work, showing an inclination for self-reflectivity and a constant attitude for situating herself in time and space.

In her words, “perhaps the most fundamental to the origin of my work is curiosity and a deep love of and respect for the natural world, coupled with a long-standing interest in the complexities of the human experience [behaviour, interactions, idiosyncrasies, our contradictory nature…].”