I create limited edition of linocut prints using traditional printmaking techniques.
I am Melissa, a printmaker living in Cambridge, working under the artist’s name Meliprints. I studied applied arts and visual design in France and discovered printmaking during a year spent in the U.S. Since moving to England, I have been focusing more specifically on creating original linocut prints, using traditional printmaking techniques.
I work in an illustrative style using vibrant colours and strong contrast to create scenes of daily life and nocturnal atmosphere. While people are often a key element in my compositions, I am getting inspiration from communities and places that are familiar to me.
Gallery
Visit the gallery Cambridge Contemporary Craft to see my work:
5 Bene’t Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QN
Publishing
Cover illustrations for Candlestick Press, independent press publishing beautiful poetry pamphlets. Based in Nottingham in the UK.
Exhibitions
Immersions: into the river Cam
Robinson College
22 June – 26 June 2022
Open Studios Show-case
Michaelhouse Café, Cambridge
27 June – 2 July 2022
Cambridge Open Studios
Pitt Building, Cambridge
2 & 3 July 2022
Cambridge Open Studios
Pitt Building, Cambridge
1 & 2 July 2023
Cambridge Open Studios
Museum of Cambridge
6 & 7 July 2024
Lookout Fair
St Paul’s church, Cambridge
3rd August 2024
Lookout Fair
St Barnabas church, Cambridge
2nd November 2024
Cambridge Arts Festival
Guildhall & Grand Arcade
February 2025
Eddington Arts
Storey’s Field Center
April 2025
