Melanie Bonajo

Melanie Bonajo (Heerlen, 1978) works as an artist, performing and exhibiting her photographs in major art institutions such as Institute Neérlandais, Paris; Museum Kröller-Möller, De Hoge Veluwe; SMBA, Amsterdam; Van Zoetendaal, Amsterdam; Fons Welters, Amsterdam; Foam, Amsterdam and a solo show at Fette Gallery, Los Angeles 2008. In addition to numerous exhibition catalogues, a book showcasing a retrospective of her work will be published in September 2008 by Capricious Publishing. Together with Kinga Kielczynska she is working on the continuation of the 'modern life of the soul' publication which will beprinted in 2009 by Veenman Publishing. She won the Dutch Young Artist Award for 2003 and in collaboration with Kinga Kielczynska won the Pup Award 2007. Her work has been published by Capricious, Eye-magazine, Glu, Livraison, Famous magazine, Mollusk and many more. Since 2004 she is the Creative Editor of Capricious, the photo magazine for young emerging photographers.