Melinda Giblett is an Australian artist whose paintings navigate landscapes in an exploration of the ancient and unique qualities of land and Country. She revels in the transformative effects of working directly from life in her chosen places, and in the studio, seeking to preserve the significance of place through her practice.
Expressive paintings and drawings of the Australian bush, mountains and desert landscapes attest to the ecological and natural histories of the earth according to seasonal rhythms-her process locating intimate visual splendour in the unexpected. Melinda embraces chance and the dynamic potential of mark making via the engagement of traditional and contemporary methodologies. Her work pursues the revelatory possibilities of colour, testing the equilibrium between sparsity and abundance.
Melinda is a graduate of COFA-UNSW-College of Fine Arts (UNSW Art & Design) beginning her career in Visual Arts education, teaching in Sydney and London for 21 years before presenting her first solo exhibition at GAFFA Gallery, Sydney in 2018. She has undertaken significant residencies at Bundanon on the Shoalhaven River, NSW and with the Broken Hill Art Exchange. Melinda has completed month-long residency at Collemacchia in the Molise region of Italy in May of 2024 and is represented by galleries in Sydney, and in the regions of NSW. She is a finalist in the prestigious John Villiers Outback Art Prize and the Regional landscape Art Prize in 2024. Her work is held in both international and private collections across Australia.
