​Amsterdam-based artist Su Melo holds a Bachelor  in Graphic Design from UNIACC, Santiago (CL) and a second Bachelor in Fine Art from Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam (NL). Also completed a residency at the European Ceramic Work Centre EKWC in Oisterwijk, the Netherlands.​​​

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'My artistic work has evolved within and across cultural understanding, redirecting (in)differences between western and non-western worlds. My work aims to challenge the hegemony of individualistic perceptions and it is driven by exploring and exposing relational awareness between humans and non-humans as an extension of humanity. 

 

I work with clay and ceramics as my primary focus, hand modeled ceramic pieces that I use  as translators of multisensory knowledge, that stimulate the senses of touch and hearing, questioning logics of separation and lineal time.

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My artistic approach is  grounded by Southamerican Cosmovision and Indian art practices. Brought by the experience of living and working in ceramics within Andean communities in South America and India. Working with ceramics I found community traces of philosophical and cultural aspects in relation to how to articulate (non)individual and collective consciousness, identities, values and understanding of the world. All these experiences are roots and branches my artistic work'.​​​​​