Biography  

Melanie Schambach (born 1981, Colombia) 

Melanie Schambach is a Colombian social artist based in London, Ontario. Melanie holds a diploma in introduction to art therapy (2015) from SASANA Technical School in Bogota, Colombia, a bachelor of fine arts with a visual arts major (2006) from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver, British Columbia, and a diploma in visual arts (2004) from the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford, British Columbia. She has continued expanding her research interests by completing several certificates including online creative facilitation (2020) by Partners for Youth Empowering, voice intensive (2019) by Canada’s National Voice Intensive in Toronto, and the art of facilitation (2017) by Partners for Youth Empowering in Kingston, Ontario. Her career has been centred on community engagement by working as a facilitator in different initiatives such as the Partner for Youth Empowering Global (2012–2022) and the Cross-Cultural Learner Centre in London, Ontario (2016–2017).  

Melanie Schambach’s studio work is mural painting. She engages with the community through participatory painting, including them in the design and painting process to reflect and represent the community. She has showcased in the projects We Still Have Hope (2020) at Innovation Works in London, Ontario, Totem Pole Journey (2019) at the Seattle Art Museum in Seattle, Washington, and Totem Pole Journey (2019) at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California. Her work has been part of collective exhibitions including River Heartbeat: Collaborative Art Installation (2018) at the Carfrae Park, London, Ontario, Protecting the Land (2018) at the University of British Columbia Social Justice Centre in Vancouver, and Anthropocene: Natural History Museums in the Age of Humanity (2017) at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

We Are All One Participation House, London, Ontario.

2020 

Mural painting

Image courtesy of the artist

Solo exhibitions

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Collective exhibitions

Melanie Schambach mural project We Still Have Hope, Innovation Works in London, Ontario, 2020 

Melanie Schambach collective exhibition River Heartbeat: Collaborative Art InstallationCarfrae Park, London, Ontario, 2018 

Melanie Schambach collective exhibition Anthropocene: Natural History Museums in the Age of Humanity, Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2017 

Interviews

Melanie Schambach interview by Heather Senoran, CTV News, 2022 

Presentations

Melanie Schambach video City Symposium Good Health and Well-Being in London, Ontario, 2019 

Melanie Schambach video City Symposium Good Health and Well-Being in London, Ontario, 2019

Published work by Melanie Schambach

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Published work about Melanie Schambach

Melanie Schambach project publication by Guelph Arts Council, Guelph Art, 2020 

Melanie Schambach article by Megaphone magazine, 2010 

Press release

Melanie Schambach press release by Global News, 2017

List of Grants, Awards and Projects

Melanie Schambach project description Brescia Centennial Portraiture 

Melanie Schambach Red Road community event, 2021 

Documents courtesy of the artist 

Portfolio (2023)




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