Melanie Counsell

Painting - Winner 1994

Melanie Counsell was born in Cardiff in 1964 and graduated from Slade School of Fine Art in
1988. She lives and works in London. Major solo exhibitions and commissions in the UK and
Europe to date include solo projects for Artangel, London, Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris and
Matt’s Gallery, London. In 2007 Melanie Counsell was awarded the Sargant Fellowship at the
British School at Rome, and has undertaken major residencies in recent years at FRAC
Corsica (2008) and Cove Park, Scotland (2009). Her bookwork Annette and accompanying
catalogue were published by Artangel, London and Matt’s Gallery, London (ISBN 0-907623-
29-8). Counsell has works in private collections in UK, France and Germany and works in
major public collections including the Fonds National d’Art Contemporain and Frac Pays de la
Loire, France.