Melania Trejo méndez
Fine Arts BA
Royal Academy Of Art The Hague KABK
Specialisms: Fine Art / Painting / Contemporary Craft
Location: Den Haag, Netherlands
Melania Trejo méndez
First Name: Melania
Last Name: Trejo méndez
Specialisms: Fine Art / Painting / Contemporary Craft
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My Location: Den Haag, Netherlands
University / College: Royal Academy Of Art The Hague KABK
Course / Program Title: Fine Arts BA
About
Melania Trejo (b. México city, 1977), is an artist, activist and educator. Melania’s thinking takes place at the intersection of psychology, decolonial feminism and ecological re-imagining. This interdisciplinary approach, combined with a strong autobiographical element, demonstrates her ability for self-reflection and a constant attitude for situating herself across time and space. Her work employs an unexpected range of language, imagery and material research to explore the fight for personal and political freedom amidst hyper-capitalism, fascism and the climate crisis.
Melania has a Bachelor degree in Psychology, a Masters degree in International and Public Health, and recently graduated BA Fine Arts at the Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague.
Interested in the potential of radical matter (traditionally thought as waste), Melania’s artistic research contributes to an art movement that looks into rebalancing our (human) relationship with the planet. Her detailed investigation on human hair shows a deep understanding of the material's chemical components, it's potential applications for design and regenerative use, relationality and political implications. R A D I C A L C A R E, her graduation project, is a large scale installation that consists of two pieces: a hand-felted textile made of human hair (400 x 190cm) bringing life to (edible) micro greens that can be seen sprouting from it, and a collection of approx 200 hair donations that carry the stories and connections from the female bodies/territories they once belonged. This piece has a strong conceptual element. It is provocative, experimental and biodegradable. A profound statement on materiality (beyond sustainability), ecological awareness, and reclamation of contemporary craft.
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