Melania Toma (b. 1996) is an Italian multi-disciplinary artist living and working in London, United Kingdom received her MFA from Chelsea College, UAL, London in Fine Arts. Her work lies in the exploration of the narrative subjectivity, traversing webs of gender, power hierarchies, and ecological degradation including the often less visible ‘intimate’ scales, such as concepts of hybrid femininity, structures of domesticity, and the possibilities of the transformative power of the self. She questions the palimpsest of colonial ideologies and narratives that are necessarily linked to them, through research that highlights the theme of collecting as a practice.
Solo Exhibitions include (Upcoming) Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK (2024); As Soon as the Sun Sets, Daniel Benjamin Gallery, London, UK (2023); Cabin UTROBA, Sarieva Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria (2022).
Group exhibitions include Studio Responses IV, Saatchi Gallery London, UK (2023); Art Miami, Context, Miami, USA (2023); Sistema Tempo, MO.CA: Centro Per Le Nuove Culture, Brescia, IT (2023); MATTER, Flowers Gallery, London UK (2023); Soft Monuments, Frestonian Gallery, London, UK (2023); 2 for 1: A dialogue with the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals, Thorp Stavri, HAZE, Hypha Studios, London, UK (2023); London Design Biennale, Italian Pavilion with Triennale Milano, Somerset House, London, UK (2023); Dopo il fuoco, sotto la cenere, Condotto48, Roma, IT (2023); From the Rattle, FOLD Gallery, London, UK (2023); In the Garden, San Mei Gallery, London, UK (2022); Ingram Prize, UNIT 1 Gallery, London, UK (2022); Pigeon Park II, Pigeon Park Project, Manor Place, London, UK (2022); 17th International Triennial of Tapestry of Poland, Centralne Muzeum (2022); Wlòkiennictwa, Lodz (2022); Nocturnal Creatures, for White Chapel Gallery and SZN: Summer, SEASON, London, UK (2022); Daughters of Pacha, Roksanda Ilcic, London, UK (2022); The Dinner Table, San Mei Gallery, London, UK (2021); Postcards from Isolation, Archeological U, All Visual Arts, London, UK (2021); Unknown Observers, Sotheby’s Institute of Arts, The Cookhouse London, UK (2021); Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London UK (2021); Venice meets Linz, Edition Doppelpunkt, The Contraband Collection, Linz, AT (2021); THERIACA, The Contraband Collection Venice Edition, Metaforte, Venice, IT (2021); STAYING WITH THE TROUBLE, l’etranger and Desmond & Austin Fine Arts, London, UK (2021); DEEP CUT, Asylum Chapel, Peckham, London, UK (2021); CLAY TM, TJ Boulting, London, UK (2020).
Highlights and residencies includes Casa Wabi, Artist in residence, Bosco Sodi Foundation, Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico (2023).