Background
She grew up in Bolinas, California, received a Bachelor from the University of California, Berkeley and attended the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program.
She grew up in Bolinas, California, received a Bachelor from the University of California, Berkeley and attended the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program.
Mellin got a Doctor of Philosophy in 2012.
She works closely with Rose Shakinovsky and Claire Gavronsky, two South African British teachers. Recent exhibitions include Museo Pino Pascali, Italy. Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Belgium.
Zabludowicz Foundation, England.
Retrospective, New New York East Broadway Mall, New New York
Untitled Gallery, New New York Boesky Uptown, New New York
Basilica, New York; Palais de Tokyo, Paris.
RENTAL, New New York SculptureCenter, New New York The Fondation Cartier pour l"Art Contemporain, Paris.
Art in General, New New York
Explorers Club, New York, New New York Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California. Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, Florida.
Whitney Museum Internet service provider, New York, New New York Biennale, Liverpool, England. University College Berkeley University Gallery, Berkeley, California.
Yale University Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut. She is currently preserving 600,000 acres of wild land. A portion of the land bridges two national parks between South Africa and Namibia.
She is an environmental conservationist, both trained in conserving paintings, and involved in natural conservation.
Listed lecture series are at MoMA, the New Museum, The Studio Museum in Harlem, University of California. Berkeley and the Frick. Mellin organized the free arts university BHQFU from 2012 - 2014. She has volunteered with Oakland and Bronx underperforming bilingual schools in teaching art since 2004.
