Melissa Grisancich

Melissa Grisancich was born in 1987 and grew up in a small beach town called Mount Martha in the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. Now based in Melbourne where she currently lives and works as a multidisciplinary artist. Her main focus is painting and she applies this into sculpture, repurposing vintage objects and forms of craft and tapestry. Melissa is known for her bright and bold style that reflects her influences of '60s and '70s record covers, her Italian heritage, object collecting, renaissance and romanticism, vintage posters, ephemera, comics and cartoons. Melissa has shown her works throughout Australia, Europe, Japan and the USA.

Take a look at our interview with Melissa for an insight into her practice!

Take a look at Melissa's solo shows: Red, Blue, Yellow & Green (2023), Steal My Sunshine (2020), The Wonder (2019), and Polychromatic Heirlooms (2016).