Order/Chaos
Within the unconscious lies consciousness; order within chaos. We are pattern makers; distilling the confusion around us (and within us) into meaning.
Mel Renea is a fabrication and materials focused artist, with an education in fashion design and a creative practice spanning multiple disciplines. Her contemporary work is a distillation of studio art, craft, and speculative design, in corroboration with biological and material research. Her creative practice attempts to combat a paralyzing tendency toward hyper-conceptualism & perfectionism, and acts as a practice of meditative catharsis. Personal, subconscious motifs are explored and distilled visually through texture, color, and form. Compositions are clean, geometric, and organic; making space and ordering psychic clutter. Processes such as quilting, painting, sculpting, fiber craft, and natural pigment rendering are used often.
Mel Renea is a fabrication and medium focused artist currently working out of Richmond, Virginia.