selected exhibitions
2026
Traces, Florence Trust, June, Camden, London
Saulius Leonavičius invites: Division of Labour, May, London
The Spectre of Gender, PGR Festival 2026, May, Goldsmiths, London
The Open: Odyssey, Hastings Contemporary, March – May, Hastings, UK
2025
- How To Learn Spanish, performance, CAGE–FLUXUS–KIRKOS–? Kirkos Ensemble, The Complex, Dublin
- STOP! THOS Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
- MA Degree Show, City and Guilds of London Art School
- Angle of Repose, Solo Exhibition, Three Rooms Gallery, London
- Beneath The Veil, THOS Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
- River Goddess, Transmission Residency: Toronto, Canada & Millbank, London
- I, Present, Women in the Arts 3.0, Embassy of Mexico, London
2024
- BA Degree Show 2024, Goldsmiths, University of London, London
- Superhuman Expedition, Group Show, Art Hub Studios, London
- The Soil Beneath My Feet, Solo Exhibition, Fazenda UK, London
2023
- A Space for Change, Meta Space Gallery, online/virtual exhibition
- Doll, The House of Smalls, Chipping Campden, UK
- The Fox and the Girl, Navigator North, Middlesbrough, UK
- The NewEver Art Show, Phoenix Project Space, Brighton, UK
- The Power of Colour, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, UK
- Drawing Open 2023—No Format Gallery, London, UK
- Las Mujeres–North South, St James Annex, London, UK
awards and residencies
- Studio Artist in Residence, 2025-2026, Florence Trust
- Outstanding Critical Engagement, City and Guilds Art School, 2025
- The Worshipful Company of Dyers Scholarship, 2024
- Goldsmiths, Equity Scholar, 2021-2024
- Goldsmiths, Warden’s Climate Award, 2022
- Leonhilde Bulgari Art Award, 2022
- Goldsmiths, Gold Award, 2022
speaking panelist
What Are the Social Sciences Good For? The Spectre of Gender / chaired by Prof Nirmal Puwar (Goldsmiths, University of London) What is sociology good for? Should we bother studying anthropology? Who cares about political science? We believe social research can help us make sense of an increasingly bleak world; it can also be a tool in building resistance and solidarity movements. We believe that we need to highlight and showcase researchers in training conducting socially-relevant research, as well as those using innovative and unusual methods that go beyond the narrowly-constructed mainstream.
Touch & Go is a performative and participatory presentation developed from my week-long research visit to the Sainsbury Centre at the University of East Anglia. The presentation focuses on my response to the museum’s collections and display strategies, translating close observation of objects into embodied interactions. December 2025 & ongoing.
Monuments At Risk: Destruction, Preservation and Reinvention, City and Guilds of London Art School, March 2025
Bring Biodiversity Home, Newham Citizens’ Science Fair, London. 2024
Navigating Colour in today’s educational institutions. Wolverhampton Art School, Wolverhampton, UK. 2023
Where’s the Money Come From? Goldsmiths, University of London. 2021
publications
Regeneration Songs: Sounds of Investment and Loss from East London. Repeater Books. 2018
education
- PhD Fine Art (Practice-Led Research)
- Research Centre for Arts and Learning, Goldsmiths, University of London — 2025–Present
- Research focus: Drawing-based practice chronicling Mexican diasporic identity through Huastec Sculpture
- MA Fine Art, (Distinction), City and Guilds of London Art School, 2024-2025
- BA (Hons), Fine Art, First, Goldsmiths, UoL, 2024
- Foundation, Fine Art (Merit), Camberwell, UAL, 2021
- Juris Doctor, Golden Gate University, SofL, CA, USA, 2001
- BSc, Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA, 1997
contact: melinamerlin@protonmail.com