E: melly_young@hotmail.com
www.melindyoung.net
born 1972
lives Sydney, NSW
Melinda Young has a Bachelor of Visual Arts with Honours (1999) and a Master of Visual Arts both from Sydney College of the Arts (2002) as well as a Graduate Diploma of Education from Charles Sturt University (2006).
She has participated in over 75 exhibitions in Australia and overseas since 1997. Her practice embraces ornamentation, pattern, colour and surface texture and spans one-off exhibition pieces, bespoke commissions and a production range, which is sold through several outlets around Australia.
Her works often take the form of colour studies, having the potential to tell a range of stories. She is fascinated by the social condition of the body and the narrative evoked by objects. For her, everything is precious, even the ephemeral - it is the story behind it - that marker of time, place and experience that creates meaning and value. Her surroundings provide continual inspiration, and often materials for her work, from the things she finds on the ground to architecture, textiles, the landscape and the body.
In addition to her jewellery practice, Melinda teaches and has worked at several contemporary craft and design galleries, she also curates exhibitions and writes about jewellery and craft practice.
selected exhibitions
2008
-Take a ball of thread... Pablo Fanque, Sydney (solo exhibition), refashioning the fashion, curated by Debbie Pryor, Object Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2007
- Catch On 2, curated by Jane Bowden, Seoul, Korea
- 50 Brooches, curated by Andrea Higgins, Craft Queensland, Brisbane, QLD
2006
-catch on, curated by Jane Bowden, Zu Designs, Adelaide, SA
2005
- The Ring, curated by Katherine Kalaf, Katherine Kalaf Gallery, Cottesloe, WA
2004
- souvenir, curated by Ali Limb & Emma Goodsir, e.g.etal, Melbourne, Vic
- a life in the day of…, curated by Otto Kunzli & Karin Findeis, La Trobe Street Gallery, Melbourne, Vic & Sydney College of the Arts Gallery, Rozelle, NSW
2003
- Bloom- Contemporary Southern Wearables, curated by Anna Davern, OXOXO Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland and Stone Harbour, New Jersey, USA
2002-2003
- 4-D, curated by Brian Parkes & Annabel Moir, Object Gallery, Sydney, NSW & Craftwest, Perth, WA
2002
-City of Perth Craft Award, Craftwest Gallery, Perth, WA
teaching
2008
- Recycling Plastics for Jewellery workshop with Mark Vaarwerk, Uni SA, Adelaide
2006
- Present Full time teacher, Jewellery and Object Design, Design Centre, Enmore, Sydney Institute, TAFE NSW
2005
- Jewellery Teacher, Al Ain Education Zone Summer Challenge, TAFE Global (June – August), Al Maali Model School for Girls, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
2003-2005
- Jewellery Short Course Tutor, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales
2002-2004
- Sessional Design Lecturer, Jewellery, College of Fine Arts
2002
- Dieforming Workshop with Lee Marshall, Sydney College of the Arts
2001-2005
-Jewellery Tutor, Eastern Suburbs Community College, Sydney
2001
- Jewellery Teacher, Pine Street Creative Arts Centre, South Sydney Council
- Casual Technics Tutor, Object Art and Design Studio, Sydney College of the Arts
selected retail
2008-09
- Pablo Fanque, 1 Oxford St, Paddington, NSW
- g2 at Gaffa Gallery, Level 1, 7 Randle Street, Surry Hills, NSW
- Oye Modern
2007-09
- Courtesy of the Artist, 547 Bourke St, Surry Hills, NSW
2005-09
- Metalab, 10b Fitzroy Place, Surry Hills, NSW
2003-09
-Collect at Object Gallery, 417 Bourke St, Surry Hills, NSW
- Zu Design, Gays Arcade Balcony, Adelaide, SA
In her garden of pink delights (brooch)
2007
freshwater pearls, red and pink coral, NYC pink wax, 925 silver, cotton thread
50 x 40 x 25mm, courtesy the artist
Three large dot rings (candy pink, pale blue and sunshine yellow)
2007
hand-cut and finished acrylic
35 x 30 x 3mm, courtesy the artist
Senorita and flamenco series (earings and pendants)
2003
hand-cut and finished acrylic, slik thread, 925 sliver
largest pendant 75 x 60 x 3mm, courtesy the artist
Turquoise cascade
2008
turquoise, casting wax, 925 silver, slik thread
50 x 40 x 20mm courtesy the artist