I am a French-Brazilian artist and designer living and working in London.
Through mediums such as sculpture, installation, performance and painting, my practice tackles dirt-ridding, hyperclean Western culture and invites the viewer to reconsider natural body waste and cleaning rituals. Our understanding of the world relies a lot on dichotomies; we naturally judge, classify and discriminate. What stains, what is impure or corrupted causes visceral responses such as anxiety, fear, disgust and fascination. Strongly attached to this matter and rooted in personal experiences as well as societal observations, and history, my work seeks to challenge viewers to confront their innate responses to what is deemed clean or dirty. By focusing on themes of domesticity, intimacy, and the human body, my body of work serves as a reflection on the societal norms surrounding cleanliness and the human experience.

Artists I worked with include Sade English, Margarita Frančeska Ieva Loze, Sarah-Athina Nahas, Anna Blom, Rachel Lonsdale, Michal Adamczewski, Max Melvin and more. I am part of Conch Collective and Boneca Melucci.

COMMERCIAL AND EDITORIAL

Harper’s Bazaar
ELLE
Esquire
Country Living
Good Housekeeping
Cosmopolitan
Women’s Health / Men’s Health
Runner’s World
Red
Surface View
Theory Management

Interactive display ads, video graphics, web banners, social media posts, augmented reality experiences, collateral event materials, brand design and more.
Selected clients: Chanel, Nike, Veuve Clicquot, De Beers, Clarins, The Balvenie, Specsavers, Samsung, Panasonic and more.

To request full commercial portfolio, please email:
studio@melanie-christine.com

2024
St Elmo’s Fire, Toynbee Studios, London UK

2023
The Banquet, The Amersham Arms, London UK
'Pit of the Water’s Tongue', hARTslane Gallery, London UK
'G Spot O Zone', The Ivy House, London UK
‘The Takeover 2’, Anticlone Gallery, Newington Green House, London UK

2022
‘The Takeover’, Anticlone Gallery, Soho House, White City Studios, London UK

2021
‘Taking Shape’, Espacio Gallery, London, UK
‘The Ceiling With A Tranquil Eye’, 24 Cork Street, Mayfair, London, UK
‘Friday Screening’, hARTslane Gallery, London, UK
‘The Response’, Anticlone Gallery, London, UK

2020
‘Wimbledon College of Arts – Print & Time-Based Media Graduation Moving image Show’, VideoClub.org.uk, Online.
*Shortlisted for the Moving Image Prize 2020.
‘I was hoping this would happen’, Youtube Live, Online.
‘Virtual Graduate Showcase 2020’, University of the Arts London, Online.
‘Elbow Room’, South Kiosk, London, UK
‘Material / Alliances’, Copeland Gallery, London, UK

2019
‘In My Own Way’, Ignition Brewery, London, UK
‘Afterbath’, Wimbledon College of Arts, London, UK
‘Sand Pit’, 72 Red Lion Street, Holborn, London, UK
fivehundredthousands at Deptford Cinema, Deptford Cinema, London, UK
‘Everyday Forms’, Four Corners Gallery, London, UK