Melanie Goemans

Overview
Melanie Goemans
Melanie grew up in the Lincolnshire fens, spending time in Italy between studying Florentine Renaissance Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London (BA Hons. and MA with distinction). She then followed the MA Fine Art (Painting) at the University of Gloucestershire. Through a series of artist residencies, she relocated to Devon then back to London and now works from her studio in Cambridgeshire.
Works
Biography
Melanie Goemans

Over the past 20 years Melanie has exhibited at the Jerwood Space, Florence Trust, Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, Glyndebourne amongst others. Her work is held in collections worldwide such as the Pizzuti Collection, Imago Mundi Collection, Exton Park Vineyard, Fox Linton, Bridgeman Art Library.  Most recently she completed a commission for  The Dorchester in London. Melanie’s paintings were also featured recently in  the John Moores Painting Prize, ING Discerning Eye, and the National Open Art Exhibition.

“Walking my dogs in the early morning I notice the small seasonal shifts. I think about the quiet beauty in the everyday, particularly in the natural commonplace things, rarely celebrated. My paintings are inspired by what I see around me: the form of a tree; the long lines of twining stems; the intricacies of birds in flight. Often I am reminded of a poem or a piece of music and revisit an idea resonating there. I use traditional materials – oil, gold leaf, charcoal, gesso – my work draws attention to these fleeting moments and underscores their value.”

Exhibitions
CV
Melanie Goemans

2023: Summer Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath

2021: John Moores Painting Prize 2020, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

2020: ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, online

2016: 20th National Open Art Exhibition (NOA), Mercers’ Hall, London EC2V

2015: ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London SW1 (invited artist)

2007: Deep Inspiration, Jerwood Space. London SE1 (commended work)

SOLO

2023: ‘Like strings of broken lyres’, Irving Contemporary, Oxford

2021: wander | wonder, Irving Contemporary, Oxford

2020: ‘Long I Stood’, Cornwall Contemporary, Penzance

2018: Tree. Bird. Stone. Cornwall Contemporary, Penzance

2018: Melanie Goemans, The Old Fire Engine House, Ely

2004: In Between, Florence Trust, Highbury, London N5

2001: And then what? Ondaatje Hall, Blundell’s School, Tiverton, Devon

2001: Absence and Presence, Geest Gallery, Ayscoughfee Hall, Spalding, Lincolnshire

SELECTED GROUP

2023: Carter | Goemans | Vestgard, Cornwall Contemporary, Penzance

2023: Commissioned work on permanent display at the new Artists’ Bar, The Dorchester, London

2022: London Original Print Fair, Somerset House, with Long & Ryle

2022: 3-person show, Byard Art, Cambridge

2021: Autumn Exhibition, Eastwood Fine Art, Hampshire

2021: Forces of Nature, Gallery 94 at Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes

2021: Crouchman-Goemans-Max, The Old Fire Engine House, Ely

2020: Anniversary Exhibition, Kittoe Contemporary at 155a Gallery, London SE22

2020: England: Talking of Art, Contemporary Artists from England, Fondazione Imago Mundi, Italy

2019: The Stories We Can Tell, The Stratford Gallery, Stratford upon Avon

2019: The Other Art Fair, Victoria House, Southampton Row, London WC1

2019: Light into Colour, Sewell Centre Gallery, Radley College, Oxford

2018: Autumn Show, Eastwood Fine Art, Hampshire

2018: In All Line of Order, The Stratford Gallery, Stratford upon Avon

2017: Bridgeman Gallery Summer Salon, Palm Tree Gallery, Portobello Road, London

2016: Goemans | Kiernan | Pack, Cornwall Contemporary, Penzance

2015: The Classics: Gallery Artists, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, Charlotte Street, London

2015: ‘Flowers say I ♡ You’, The Gallery – Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge

2015: Magna Carta, with Rebecca Hossack Gallery, Bingham Room, Gray’s Inn, London

2015: The Still Point, Quercus Gallery, Bath

2014: Affordable Art Fair Hampstead, with Rebecca Hossack Gallery

2014: Art14 Onsite, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, Conway Street, London W1T

2013: Summertime, jaggedart, London W1G

2013: London Original Print Fair, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, Royal Academy of Arts

2007: Equinox, Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, London W1K

2007: Drawn from Nature, Seven Bedford Row, London WC1R

2006: Blooming, Twist Art & Design, London SW6

2006: Affordable Art Fair Battersea, with Twist Art & Design

2004: New Landscape Painting, Thompson’s – the City, London EC2R

2004: Ft04 (end of residency show), Florence Trust, Highbury, London N5

2002: Small Paintings and Prints, Belgrave Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall

2002: St Ives, Modern and Contemporary, Belgrave Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall

2000: Internationales Kunstprojekt, Evangelische Realschule, Ortenberg, Germany

1999: Ida Branson Memorial Bequest Exhibition, Atkinson Gallery, Millfield, Somerset

1998: MA show, The Pittville Gallery, School of Art, Uni. of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham

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