ABOUT
Zanny Mellor is a London-based graphic artist documenting the fluidity of fast-paced city life in graphic, colourful and detailed paintings and illustrations.
Her distinctive compositions capture a 360 degree impression of a particular location often depicting architectural detail, transport systems, road markings, branding and signage to create a cacophony of partly defined forms, pathways and marks.
Drawn to areas such as transport hubs, bridges, junctions and construction sites for their innate dynamism and energy, she visualises the physical and potential energy of a site.
These graphic cityscapes concentrate on the flow of pedestrians and traffic, while incorporating her enthusiasm for architecture, typography and the geographic language of maps.
EDUCATION
Illustration BA Hons - University of the West of England, Bristol
Art & Design Foundation - City College Brighton & Hove
A levels - Marlborough College, Wiltshire
COMMISSIONS
Commissioned paintings in private residences, offices and public spaces.
London Docklands 2010 (see gallery 2011)
- commissioned painting by interior designers ParkerLiddell for the London Hilton Docklands Riverside Hotel.
Illustration for Sotheby’s International Realty flyer promoting recently opened Chelsea office (2011).
Album artwork for Ivor Novello nominated band Patch William (2009).
Bespoke bicycle helmet design for private client (2011).
EXHIBITIONS
2012
Art at The Bridge #3: Tower Bridge OPEN (February 13th - July 2012)
2011
Art London, Chelsea, October.
Bloomsbury Art Fair, London July.
Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition Jun-Aug.
Parallax Art Fair, London, July.
2010
Art London, Chelsea, October.
Arthur Ackermann Ltd, London, August.
Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, June.
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London, March.
2009
The Square Club, Bristol, Sept - Feb.
'A View of London' - Association Of Illustrators & London Transport Museum.
D&AD New Blood - UWE, Bristol Exhibition stand.
Bristol Design Festival - Shared exhibition space showing a self-initiated brief.
Coningsby Gallery, London - UWE, Bristol graduate exhibition.
2008
Hampshire Art Fair.
Kent and Sussex Art Fair.
2007
Hampshire Art Fair.
AWARDS
2008
3rd place achieved in the National Finals of ‘The Art of Nurture’ Illustration competition run by Lloyds TSB.
Her distinctive compositions capture a 360 degree impression of a particular location often depicting architectural detail, transport systems, road markings, branding and signage to create a cacophony of partly defined forms, pathways and marks.
Drawn to areas such as transport hubs, bridges, junctions and construction sites for their innate dynamism and energy, she visualises the physical and potential energy of a site.
These graphic cityscapes concentrate on the flow of pedestrians and traffic, while incorporating her enthusiasm for architecture, typography and the geographic language of maps.
EDUCATION
Illustration BA Hons - University of the West of England, Bristol
Art & Design Foundation - City College Brighton & Hove
A levels - Marlborough College, Wiltshire
COMMISSIONS
Commissioned paintings in private residences, offices and public spaces.
London Docklands 2010 (see gallery 2011)
- commissioned painting by interior designers ParkerLiddell for the London Hilton Docklands Riverside Hotel.
Illustration for Sotheby’s International Realty flyer promoting recently opened Chelsea office (2011).
Album artwork for Ivor Novello nominated band Patch William (2009).
Bespoke bicycle helmet design for private client (2011).
EXHIBITIONS
2012
Art at The Bridge #3: Tower Bridge OPEN (February 13th - July 2012)
2011
Art London, Chelsea, October.
Bloomsbury Art Fair, London July.
Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition Jun-Aug.
Parallax Art Fair, London, July.
2010
Art London, Chelsea, October.
Arthur Ackermann Ltd, London, August.
Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, June.
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London, March.
2009
The Square Club, Bristol, Sept - Feb.
'A View of London' - Association Of Illustrators & London Transport Museum.
D&AD New Blood - UWE, Bristol Exhibition stand.
Bristol Design Festival - Shared exhibition space showing a self-initiated brief.
Coningsby Gallery, London - UWE, Bristol graduate exhibition.
2008
Hampshire Art Fair.
Kent and Sussex Art Fair.
2007
Hampshire Art Fair.
AWARDS
2008
3rd place achieved in the National Finals of ‘The Art of Nurture’ Illustration competition run by Lloyds TSB.
