Biography
Melissa J Harvey is an Australian artist residing in Sydney on Gadigal land. She holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts in Printmaking from Southern Cross University and a Master of Visual Arts from Sydney College of Arts.
MJ's art practice draws inspiration from place and the textural qualities of her immediate environment. Her work primarily utilizes recycled cotton clothing and domestic cloth donated from her local community, transforming these everyday materials into meaningful artistic expressions.
Recent career highlights include presenting her thesis, Pulping Spaces, at the Impact 10 Printmaking Symposium in Salamanca, Spain, which was subsequently published in Imprint Magazine, Australia. As a guest artist at Queensland College of Art and Design, Griffith University, she further refined her pulp printing techniques. In 2024, Melissa was awarded an artist residency at Morgan Conservatory in Cleveland, USA.
Her work has gained recognition through gallery representation with PARKER Contemporary in Brisbane, where she exhibited her series The Guardians. She was selected as a finalist in the Burnie Art Prize and will present a exhibition at Print Council Australia Gallery in Melbourne in August 2025.