ABOUT

Melle Harris (she/her) is a Canadian lens-based visual artist and graphic designer currently residing in Canmore, AB. She uses traditional photographic processes as well as digital strategies in her work. Melle uses her artistic practice as a means to explore how the psyche, the environment, and the other correlate and as a perpetual study of the affective representation of one's identity. Her work is in personal and private collections and has been exhibited nationally. She graduated with a BA in psychology from Carleton University, a diploma in Fine Art Photography from SPAO, and a certificate in Graphic Design from SAIT. 

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EDUCATION

• 2023, Certificate, Graphic Design, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Canada

• 2017, Diploma, School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa, Canada

• 2012, BA, Psychology, Carleton University, Canada

EXHIBITIONS

• 2023, Homegrown (Group Exhibition), Town Hall Gallery, Banff, Canada.

• 2020, A+ Exhibition (Group Exhibition), School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa, Canada.

• 2017-2018, ARTiculations (Group Exhibition), Studio Sixty Six, Ottawa, Canada.

• 2017, Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival (Group Exhibition), Arta Gallery, Toronto, Canada

• 2017, Exhibition XII (Group Exhibition), Red Wall Gallery, School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa, Canada

• 2016, Open House Exhibition (Group Exhibition), Red Wall Gallery, School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa, Canada

• 2016, Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival (Group Exhibition), Arta Gallery, Toronto, Canada

• 2016, Exhibition XI (Group Exhibition), Red Wall Gallery, School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa, Canada

• 2015, Open House Exhibition (Group Exhibition), Red Wall Gallery, School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa, Canada

PUBLICATIONS

• 2019, OPAL 2 magazine, printed in Canada

• 2018, OPAL 1 magazine, printed in Canada

AWARDS

• 2016, Sphynx Bursary, School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa, Canada