Melissa Ryke
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b. 1987 Darwin, Australia

Languages
English: Mother tongue
French: fluent 

Education
2015        DNSEP (Masters in Fine Art) – Ecole Superieure d'Art Nord pas de Calais, Tourcoing, FR
2011         Honours in Visual Arts (with First Class) – Queensland University of Technology, AU
2010        Bachelor of Fine Art (Visual Arts) with Distinction – Queensland University of Technology, AU
2009       Exchange Program, Bachelor of Fine Art (Visual Arts) – Sheffield Hallam University, UK
2007       Diploma of Visual Art – Southbank Institute of Technology, AU

Awards & Grants
2015        ESA Fellowship Grant
2011         Eyeline Art Magazine Award
2011         Accommodation Scholarship – QUT
2010        Research Scholarship – QUT Creative Industries Precinct
2009       Deans List of Academic Achievements – QUT

Publications
2015       Runway Australian Experimental Art, issue #28 MOVEMENT
2013       Close is not close enough: Threefold and collaboration by Maggie McDade

Studios and Residencies
2016      Atelier at La Malterie, February-July
2013      Boxcopy Summer Residency, December 2012-February 2013

Solo and Collaborative Exhibitions
2015       Melissa Ryke - Atelier 2, Campus Arts Plastique, Tourcoing FR
2014       Threefold: There are oceans and waves and wires and wires between us - Seventh Gallery, Melbourne AU
2013       Threefold: Made Up Dreams - Boxcopy, Brisbane, AU
2012       Threefold - Under the Radar, Brisbane Festival, AU
2011        I Could Carry You Home – Level ARI, Brisbane AU

Selected Group Exhibitions
2016        Esprit d'Equipe - Maison Folie Hospice Havré, Tourcoing AU
2015        #28 MOVEMENT - Screen Space, Melbourne AU
2015        Trace[s] - Cinéma l'Univers, Lille FR
2015        Bad Seeds - l'Hybride, Lille FR
2014        Sans Titre: Take it esa - Journées du Patrimoines, 47 rue Victor Hugo, Tourcoing FR
2014        Bad Seeds - La Cave, Tourcoing FR
2014        Exactitude is not truth - Galerie Commune, Tourcoing FR
2014        Like a bath of warm milk - video projection with l'Heure Exquise at Palais des Beaux Arts, Lille, FR
2013        Arc Medi/Emoi with Emmanuel Van der Auwera - Galerie 36 Bis, Tourcoing, FR
2012        Cleanskins - Level ARI, The Hangar, Brisbane, AU
2011         Cross-Stitch: You Are Everything I Want You To Be – !MetroArts, AU 
2011         Fresher – Inbetweenspaces, AU
2011         Now We Are Six – The Block at QUT Kelvin Grove, AU
2011         HOMEBODIES – Jaune Projects, AU
2010        2high Festival – Brisbane Powerhouse, AU
2010        Vinculum – H Block Gallery at QUT Kelvin Grove, AU
2010        Wom+n Form and Function – The Tidy Gallery, AU
2010        Light Relief – The Block at QUT Creative Industries Precinct, AU
2010        Fresher C_nts – Inbetweenspaces, AU
2010        Introspection – Brisbane Institute of Art, AU
2010        Obsession – !MetroArts, AU
2009       Box - Persistence Works Gallery, UK
2007       cAbaReT – Suncorp Piazza, AU

​Professional Experience
2016        Script Supervisor (for Alexandre Guerre) - Le Fresnoy Studio National des Arts Contemporains
2015        Artist assistant (for Jonathan Pêpe) - Le Fresnoy Studio National des Arts Contemporains
2014        Script Supervisor (for Léo Pacquelet) - Le Fresnoy Studio National des Arts Contemporains
2014        Animation assistant (for Kai Chun Chiang) - Le Fresnoy Studio National des Arts Contemporains      
2011         Co-Curator for QUT Honours exhibition: Now We Are Six – Creative Industries Precinct QUT
2011         Catalogue Designer for QUT Honours exhibition – Creative Industries Precinct QUT
2011         Co-Director and Curator for Jaune Projects
2010        Sound Artist for Sensing at The Edge - State Library of Queensland
2010        Promotional Manager – Post Datum Artist Group
2010        Catalogue Designer for exhibition: Vinculum – Creative Industries Precinct QUT
2010        Co-Director of exhibition: Vinculum – Creative Industries Precinct QUT
2010        Gallery Installation Assistant – MAAP
2010        Gallery Internship – Boxcopy



 

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