Melissa Hammond - Artist CV
Education
Studio Escalier – Paris, France
Winter program at the Louvre – Life Drawing
2025
Canberra Institute of Technology – Canberra, Australia
Introduction to Painting – Visual Arts
2022
Dr Suzanne Moss
Paint from the Heart
2020
The Julian Ashton Art School – Sydney, Australia
Fundamentals of Life Drawing – David Briggs
2016-17
Australian National University - Centre of Continuing Education – Canberra, Australia
The Art of Drawing – John Clack
2016
University of Wollongong – Wollongong, Australia
Bachelor of Mathematics and Economics
(1st Class Honours)
2003-09
Awards
Representing Australia in the Royal Academy of Arts 2025 Summer Exhibition – London, UK
Finalist in the Doyles Art Award – Still life category
2025
1/25 artists in Australia to receive the MATCH Lab grant through Creative Australia
Les Tournesols d’Orquevaux, Permanent Collection, Chateau d’Orquevaux
Placement in the Studio Escalier art school with the Louvre – Paris, France
Chateau d’Orquevaux Art Residency, France, November 2024
Winner of the Focal Point Photo Prize
2024
Semi-finalist in The Head On Landscape Awards
1st prize, Artists Society of Canberra – Pastels category
2nd prize, Artists Society of Canberra – Mixed media category
3rd prize, Artists Society of Canberra – Pastels category
2023
Finalist in the Fisher’s Ghost Art Award – Contemporary category
2nd prize, Sculpture Competition, Tumbarumba, New South Wales
2022
Residencies
Lighthouse Arts, Newcastle, Australia
Privately sponsored, Tasmania, Australia
2025
Chateau d’Orquevaux, Orquevaux, France
Lighthouse Arts, Newcastle, Australia
Privately sponsored, Tasmania, Australia
2024
Lighthouse Arts, Newcastle, Australia
Privately sponsored, Tasmania, Australia
2023
Exhibitions
Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London, United Kingdom
The Doyles Art Award, Brisbane, Australia
Liminal Gallery + Lab, Liminal Art Prize, Melbourne, Australia
Brunswick Street Gallery, Fifty Squared Art Prize, Melbourne, Australia
Group Exhibition, Capital En Plein Air, Canberra, Australia; 3 pieces
Group Exhibition, INCOGNITO Art Show, Sydney, Australia; 3 pieces
2025
Group Exhibition, Chateau d’Orquevaux, Galerie Diderot, Orquevaux, France
Group Exhibition, Art on Edge, The Holy Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Focal Point 2024 Photo Prize, Hallidays Point, NSW, Australia.
Group Exhibition, Art on Loop - Paris, The Holy Art Gallery, Paris, France; 3 pieces
Group Exhibition, INCOGNITO Art Show, Sydney, Australia; 3 pieces
2024
Group Exhibition, Transformation, Belconnen Arts Centre, Canberra, Australia
International Landscape Photo Awards, Head On Foundation, Bondi, Australia
Annual Art Competition, Artists Society of Canberra, Canberra, Australia; 3 pieces
Group Exhibition, INCOGNITO Art Show, Sydney, Australia; 3 pieces
Hillvale Trophy, Hillvale Gallery, Melbourne, Australia; 2 pieces
2023
Contemporary Art Competition, Fisher's Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney, Australia.
Group Exhibition, (In)visible, Belconnen Arts Centre, Canberra, Australia; 2 pieces
Group Exhibition, Pictures of You, Belconnen Arts Centre, Canberra, Australia
Group Exhibition, Traces VI, Belconnen Arts Centre, Canberra, Australia; 3 pieces
Group Exhibition, In Charta, Batlow Atelier, Batlow, Australia
Group Sculpture Exhibition, Tooled, Batlow Atelier, Batlow, Australia
2022
Group Exhibition, P L A C E Unframed, Belconnen Arts Centre, Canberra, Australia; 3 pieces
Group Exhibition, Healing Ngunnawal Country, Belconnen Arts Centre, Canberra, Australia; 5 pieces
2021
Group Exhibition, (In)visible: Belonging, Belconnen Arts Centre, Canberra, Australia
Group Exhibition, F A C E Unframed, Belconnen Arts Centre, Canberra, Australia
2020
Media and Publications
Erin Cross, “Local artist sparks global conversation on women’s rights”, Her Canberra, 11 September, 2025
Leisha Kapor, “Advocacy through imagery with UOW graduate Melissa Hammond”, The Stand - University of Wollongong, 8 August, 2025
Lillian Altman, “Canberra artist builds on skills in France”, Canberra Daily, 17 March, 2025
The Holy Art Magazine, Artist Profile, August Edition, 2024
Neil Doody, Endometriosis Awareness Month - Radio Interview, Art Sound FM, 27 March, 2023
Anja de Rozario, “Portraits depict ‘private world of pain’ of Endometriosis”, Canberra Daily, 27 March 2023
Georgie Burgess, “Honest, holistic and moving: Pictures of You opens at Belco Arts”, Her Canberra, 29 November 2022