Melissa was born in 1982 in Tehran, She is a student of BA Accounting at Azad University and Business Management, Industrial Management Ins in Tehran, when She became familiar with conceptual art she enrolled in classes of Visual Art “Pooya Aryanpour” and Mahe-Mehr institute.
That is where she realized was talented in sculpting ,she felt like she had drifted away from what she was actually studying in university. from then on she is working professionally and eagerly in artistic fields.
Education
Philosophy and other Arts by Babak Ahmadi, Karnameh Art Ins, Tehran, Iran (2017)
Post-Modern and Deconstructive Architecture by Dr. Alireza Sami Azar, Mahe-Mehr Art Ins,
Tehran, Iran (2017)
Heidegger’s Art Phenomenology by Dr. Mohammad Zeimaran, Charsoo Institute of Art and Culture, Tehran, Iran (2016)
Searching for Art Workshop by Hamid Severi, Aria Gallery and Art Classes, Tehran, Iran (2015)
Contemporary Iranian Art Workshop by Hamid Keshmirshekan, Mahe-Mehr Art Ins, Tehran, Iran (2015)
Art Specialized Text Writing Workshop by Hamid Keshmirshekan, Mahe-Mehr Art Ins, Tehran, Iran (2015)
Philosophy of Art by Dr.Morteza Ghasempour, Mahe-Mehr Art Ins, Tehran, Iran (2014)
Contemporary Art by Dr. Alireza Sami Azar, Mahe-Mehr Art Ins, Tehran, Iran (2013)
Professional Painting by Pooya Aryanpour (2012-Present)
Contemporary Art by Pooya Aryanpour (2012-Present)
World Contemporary History Art by Aydin Aghdashloo, Mahe-Mehr Art Ins, Tehran, Iran (2011)
Figure drawings by Ali Nedaei ,Asar art institute , Tehran, Iran (2011)
Professional Painting by Bijan Mizani , Tehran, Iran (2011)
Drawing and Painting Course , University of Tehran , Tehran, Iran (2010)
Business Management, Industrial Management Ins, Tehran, Iran (2009)
BA Accounting, Azad University, Tehran, Iran (2006)
Solo Exhibitions
Bewilderment , Knack Gallery, Tehran, Iran (2018)
Group Exhibitions
TADAEX Tehran Annual Digital Art Exhibition , Tehran, Iran (2017)
Iranian Arts Now exhibition, Digital representation in Neekon festival at De Young Museum in San Francisco, California, USA (September, 2015)
4th Sculpture Biennial for urban space, Tehran, Iran (2015)
Lack Of Love, Sobhan Art Gallery , Tehran, Iran (2015)
Memory, Mirdamad St, Tehran, Iran (2014)
Kharazm St, Tehran, Iran, (2013)
Biennial
4th Sculpture Biennial for urban space, Tehran, Iran (2015)
Publications
4th Sculpture Biennial for urban space book, p. 217, Feb 2015.
Critique
Tandis Art Magazine, July 2014, No 278, p. 10 (Critique by: Farid Amin Salam)