Colombia
Cali, 1984
Melissa Angel (1984 Cali, Colombia) is a plastic artist whose practice ranges from painting, graphic and tridimentional objects.
In reference to the painting, predominates abstraction in great formats, transparencies, the use of layers and a rich applications of texture in which the color works as a matter.
In the graphic field Melissa ́s work explores again the amplification of the format in its dimension, diversity in supporting materials and the repetition of a pattern that becomes a trade mark of her work. Finally, the tridimentional characters of the pieces is given a refine shape
to the form, that challenges the object material whether it is glass, iron among others.
To question what we remember and how we perceive it becomes a tool of collective construction, derived from intimacy and individuality.
At the same time, the whole of this artist ́s work is influenced by the constant exploration of two fundamental elements, the chair as a symbolic object as well as routinary; and memory as a reference sector that carries the understanding of death as a way of constant transformation.
Melissa studied plastic arts at the Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia. Her work has been exhibited in major cities such as Cali, Miami, and Barcelona. Since 2015, her work has involved continuous community engagement, specifically with the recycling guild, the majority of whose members are single mothers located in Quintas del Sol, in the Agua Blanca district, on the east side of Cali, where the artist lives and works.