Melinda Schawel is a North American/Australian artist living & working in Melbourne (Naarm), Australia. She received a BFA from the University of California Santa Barbara in 1993 and a Postgraduate Degree in printmaking from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 1995, and has explored a diverse range of media including metal, wood and most recently, clay. Paper continues to be her primary focus, however, as she pushes the boundaries of the medium and her own physical ability, whilst striving to retain an illusion of effortlessness and fluidity.

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