Photo: Alice Hendy Photography / RWA
M E L L O N Y T A P E R
Born London, UK
Born London, UK
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EXHIBITING HISTORY
Solo shows: 2026 Thelma Hulbert Gallery forthcoming: 16th May - 27th June https://www.thelmahulbert.com/exhibitions/open-winners-exhibition Group shows: 2025 • RWA Open 172, Royal West Of England Academy, Bristol 6th Sept - 28th Dec • Bath Society of Artists 120 Open Exhibition, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath 18th Oct - 10th Jan • New Bath Arts Club Annual Exhibition, Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institute • Corded Lives, Greenhill Arts, Moretonhampstead • RWA Secret Postcard exhibition & silent auction, Kenny Gallery, RWA Bristol & online • THG Open Prize 2025, Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton. Overall Winner • Thinking Inside the Box, Hatch Somerset • RWA Artist Network exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol 2024 • RWA Open 171, Royal West Of England Academy, Bristol • Bath Society of Artists 119 Open Exhibition, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath • South West Academy 25th annual exhibition, Kennaway House, Sidmouth • Bath Open Art Prize 2024, Fringe Arts Bath, 4AD Gallery, Bath • RBSA Biennial Open Art Prize, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Birmingham • Evolver Prize 2024, ACE Arts + publication in Evolver edition 138 • East Quay Open: About Identity, East Quay, Watchet • South West Academicians’ exhibition, Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton • SWAc Academicians at Delamore Arts, Delamore Estate, Cornworthy • Mothers of Invention, The Mount Without, Bristol. In conjunction with Mothers in Music • The Women’s Open 2024, Artizan Gallery, Torquay • RWA Secret Postcard, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol • Elected to the South West Academy of Art 2023 • Found Cities, Lost Objects: Women in the City, The Royal West of England Academy, Bristol. Arts Council exhibition curated by Lubaina Himid CBE • South West Academy 24th Annual Open, Kennaway House, Sidmouth • ‘Freedom of Movement’ site-specific installation, Portishead Arts Festival • Turning Points: Through the Eyes of Bristol Women Artists, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol • RWA Photo Open, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol • Procreate Project Public Activations, Lewisham Shopping Centre, London • Bath Society of Artists 118 Open Exhibition, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath • Women in Photography, The Glasgow Gallery of Photography • RWA Secret Postcard, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol 2022 • Above and Below, In association with Professor Corinna Wagner (University of Exeter); the UK Climate Resilience Programme; the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and Marcus Verget’s Time & Tide Bell Project • Evolver Prize 2022, Ace Arts, Somerton + publication in Evolver Magazine 126 • Bath Society of Artists 117 Open Exhibition, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath • ‘Spotlight’ Commission, residency & installation; Ambassador Theatre Group, Arts Council England, facilitated by Arts & Heritage • English Riviera Summer Open, Devon • RWA Secret Postcard, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol 2021 • Finding a Way Home: The South West Photography Collective Showcase. Curated by Robert Darch. • Wish You Were Here, community film screening, Bristol • Bath Society of Artists 116 Annual Exhibition, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath • The South West Academy 22nd Annual Open Exhibition, Kennaway House, Sidmouth • The English Riviera Annual Open Exhibition, Prize winner: ‘Innovation in Digital Practice’ Award 2020 • VAO Visual Art Open Emerging UK & International Artists Awards. Final stage finalist in the Digital and Photography category • South West Annual Open exhibition, Artizan Gallery, Torquay, Devon • The South West Academy 21st Annual Open Exhibition, Kennaway House, Sidmouth. Prize winner. • English Riviera Annual Open, Artizan Collective, Devon 2019 • ‘Small & Mighty’, Black Swan Arts, Frome • Selected to the Royal West of England Academy Artist Network • The English Riviera Open, Artizan Collective, Devon 2003 • ‘Degrees of Separation’, ’a’ gallery, London 1998 • Cannizzaro Sculpture, Cannizzaro Park, London • Camden Arts, Swiss Cottage Library Gallery, London 1997 • Sculpture in the Park, Cannizzaro Park, London 1996 • Cannizzaro Sculpture, Cannizzaro Park, London 1995 • The Mythic Garden, Stone Lane Sculpture Gardens, Chagford, Devon |
AWARDS
• Thelma Hulbert Art Prize 2025. Overall winner • VAO Awards 2020. Final Stage Finalist • ERO 2022: Excellence in Digital Practice Award • South West Academy Open, 2021. Prize winner Selected for numerous prize exhibitions including: • RWA Annual Open • RBSA Art Prize • East Quay Open Art Prize • Bath Open Art Prize 2024 • Evolver Prize • RWA Photo Open PROFESSIONAL BODIES: MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS
• South West Academy of Fine Arts • RWA Artist Network • Royal Photographic Society • RPS Women in Photography • RPS Visual Art COLLECTIONS
• The ProCreate Project Contemporary Archive of work by artist-mothers EDUCATION
• BA Hons. Contemporary Writing; University of Middlesex • BA Hons. Sculpture; Wimbledon School of Art PUBLIC ART PROJECTS & COMMISSIONS
• Melville Cultural Heritage Installation (2025) An extensive piece of place making and public realm work that draws on local expertise and community storytelling to create a heritage narrative unique to the historic and ancient Melville area of Torquay, on the South Devon coast. Celebrating the significant historic and cultural associations of the area, and the diverse and vibrant community of the present day. More… • Renamed City (2023) Invited to create a larges piece for the “Found Cities, Lost Objects: Women in the City” exhibition curated by Lubaina Himid CBE, during its tenure at the Royal West of England Academy. The exhibition included works by invited Bristol-based artists alongside works from the Arts Council Collection. More… • Arts Council England Culture Recovery Fund: Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) (2022) A commission to examine and celebrate the life of regional theatres after 500 days of pandemic-forced closure. Project made possible by an award from the Arts Council Culture Recovery Fund, facilitated by Arts & Heritage and ably supported by Artizan CIC in Torbay. More… ART COLLABORATIONS, CURATION, PROGRAMMING, CONSULTANCY, INTERVIEWS & TALKS
• Interview In conversation with Hamish Young PRWA; “Letters Home” installation; Portishead Arts Festival 2025. • Marketing consultancy Provided advice and guidance to the RWA for a membership survey project • Consulted on and participated in the RWA AI panel - 2022-3 • ArtPort | Portishead Arts Festival 2021- - Instrumental in the artistic and strategic development of ArtPort - a multi-event, multi-arts annual festival on the North Somerset coast, near Bristol. - Commissioning and curating original film, art installations, exhibitions, talks and events. - Strategic and tactical marketing development; all marketing, PR, social media, graphic design, content curation, reporting https://www.portisheadartsfestival.org/ • The Portishead Field Installation #Portisfield 2022 - Worked in collaboration with artist Hamish Young PRWA MRSS in the conception and development of the #Portisfield ‘Field’ installation; the first of Young’s community ‘Field’ works. - Design and management of all marketing of the event, including: web, social media, radio, community outreach and collateral copy and design https://www.portisheadartsfestival.org/portisfield.html • ArtStories 2022- In collaboration with award-winning film maker Barry Wilkinson of BW Film, we conceived an ongoing series of original, documentary short films profiling the artists of North Somerset and the wider south west, including: Hamish Young, Andrew Hardwick and the ceramicist S.K.U.L.P.T. (Links at bottom of this page) |
ARTSTORIES FILMS
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