Zanny Mellor (b. 1986) addresses themes of speed, light and time in a sensory exploration of place.
The impermanence of material, experience and perception drive her painting and photography, where states of presence and remembrance are examined and a tension between control and chance is actively sort after. Fluidity is a defining material concern in her process-led practice, where reductive actions create a measured, gestural language.
EDUCATION
2015 - MA Fine Art, Distinction, City & Guilds of London Art School.
2009 - Illustration BA Hons - University of the West of England, Bristol.
2006 - Foundation in Art & Design, City College Brighton.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2020
Enter the Abstract, Auction Collective
50 x £50, Auction Collective
2019
Photofusion Salon/19, London
Perhaps We Should Have Stayed, Warbling Collective, London
Render Permanent, Lewisham Arthouse, London
Prologue, Offshoot Gallery, London
2018
Abstract Reality, Saatchi Gallery, London
The Shape of Light, collaborative residency with Jessica Rayner, Lumen Studios, London
2017
Making It Real, London Alternative Photography Collective
Collectionair, solo exhibition online
Uncommon Ground, Royal Geographical Society, London
School of Light, Ugly Duck, London
2016
Brighton Photo Fringe, London Alternative Photography Collective
Abstract Rendering, Collectionair online
RWA Secret Postcard Auction, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Art Barter, Dubai Art Week
Creative Reactions, in association with UCL, London
Substance Rift, House of Vans, London
Exceptional, Scream Gallery, London
Aether, Imperial College London
2015
Undisciplined, curated by N/A Print, London
Drawing In, Mount House Gallery, Wiltshire
Group show, Nash & Brandon Rooms, ICA, London
MA Fine Art Show, City & Guilds of London Art School
Citrus Lush Bongo, London
2014
Prince's Trust auction, Castle Fine Art, London
YMF Foundation, Paddle 8, online auction
Oceana, curated by Stitch Project, Philips, London
2013
Deutsche Bank’s Charities of the Year Art Auction, London
A Decade of Expression, Mount House Gallery, Wiltshire.
Rohan Grey Fine Art, London
2012
On Your Marks, Neville Johnson, London
Dulwich Festival Artists’ Open House, London
Art at The Bridge #3: Tower Bridge Open, London
2011
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
British Illustration Awards, Association of Illustrators, London
2009
A View of London, London Transport Museum
D&AD New Blood, Old Truman Brewery
INTERVIEWS
BURSARIES / EXPEDITIONS
2016 - AN Travel Bursary to Iceland - read travel blog
2014 - Super/Collider expedition to Iceland
PUBLICATIONS
2015 - Dark Mountain 7, The Dark Mountain Project
2014 - Dark Mountain 5, The Dark Mountain Project