Melanie Cooper is a visual artist living and working on Kaurna Country in Adelaide, South Australia.
EDUCATION
2021 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, TAFESA.
2017 Doctor of Philosophy (Art History), University of Adelaide.
2008 Masters of Art History, University of Adelaide.
2007 Graduate Diploma in Art History, University of Adelaide.
1998 Certificate IV in Small Business Management, TAFESA.
1997 Advanced Diploma of Applied and Visual Art, North Adelaide School of Art.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Wrack and Mountain, Margaret Preston Gallery, Royal Adelaide Hospital with the Centre for Creative Health.
2019
The Other Side of Silence, Collective Haunt, Inc. Adelaide.
2017
Reset and Resist, Floating Goose Gallery, Adelaide.
2008
Inside Out, Flightpath Architects, Adelaide.
RESIDENCIES
2023 Inaugural FELTspace Summer Residency, The Wrack Line.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Supermarket International Art Fair, with FELTspace, Adelaide, Stockholm, Sweden.
A conflict of green, Wonderground, Barossa Valley.
The Local, with Tom Maguire, The Hotel Metropolitan, Adelaide.
2022
Cobbled, with Rosemary Pulvirenti, Wheatsheaf Hotel, Adelaide.
2021
In-House, Jam Factory, Adelaide.
Illumination, Pepper Street Arts Centre, Adelaide.
Painting Still, Adelaide College Of Arts, Adelaide.
Dress Code: Pattern, Endspace, Adelaide.
2020
The Exquisite Build with Barry Magazinovic and Chloe Noble, ARTHUR Art Bar (SALA Festival)
Keeping the Lights on Fundraiser edition, Floating Goose Studios.
2019
Keeping the Lights On #3, Floating Goose Studios, Adelaide.
I didn’t see it coming, Collective Haunt, Inc. Adelaide.
Under Ground, Adina Treasury Tunnels, Adelaide.
2018
Keeping the Lights On #2, Floating Goose Studios, Adelaide.
2017
Small Works, Brunswick Street Gallery, Brunswick.
Keeping the Lights On, Floating Goose Studios, Adelaide.
The Suburban Version, Linden Park, Adelaide.
Saint Ignatius 2017 Art Show, Adelaide.
2015
Love a good yarn – knitting and crochet from Nanna to Now, Migration Museum, Adelaide.
2013
Collaboration yarn bomb installation at the Festival Centre for the Oi You! Adelaide Street Art Festival.
2009
Traces: Drawing/Environment/Sustainability, artists, designers, and staff group show from the School of Art, Architecture and Design. Kerry Packer Civic Gallery, Adelaide.
2003
ArtEast window installation, Colour Cosmetica, Union Street.
2001
2001 An Art Odyssey group exhibition for the Centenary Federation, Leigh Street, Adelaide
1999
Beyond NASA postgraduate exhibition, North Adelaide School of Art Gallery.
1998
Grass Roots group exhibition, Axis Gallery, Adelaide.
AXIOM group exhibition, FAD Gallery, Adelaide.
1997
ATOM group exhibition, Fitzroy Gallery, Melbourne.
1996
Obelisk graduate exhibition, North Adelaide School of Art Gallery.
PUBLICATIONS
Jane Llewellyn, ‘Artist Profile – Melanie Cooper’, The Adelaide Review, July 2020, 31.
https://www.adelaidereview.com.au/arts/visual-arts/2020/08/11/melanie-cooper-internal-landscapes/
Alyssa Cairo, ‘The Best Art is Underground this SALA,’ CityMag July 30, 2019.
https://citymag.indaily.com.au/culture/the-best-art-is-underground-this-sala/
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2022 - current
Lecturer in Art History, Drawing, and Painting , Adelaide College of the Arts.
Lecturer in Censors, Vandals and Iconoclasts (Art History), Adelaide Central School of Art.
Visiting Research Fellow, The University of Adelaide.
2021
Winter School Teen Intensive Workshops (Experimental Drawing); Marking Assistant, Adelaide Central School of Art
2018-21
Lecturer, acting Course Co-ordinator, and Visiting Research Fellow University of Adelaide.
2016
Supervisor, MA thesis, University of Adelaide.
MEMBERSHIPS
Guildhouse
ANZECS – Australian and New Zealand Society for Eighteenth Century Studies.
AAANZ (The Art Association of Australia and New Zealand) - Regional Representative for South Australia.
COLLECTIONS
Migration Museum, Adelaide and private collections in Australia and overseas.