Melanie Barnett

Melanie Barnett is a ceramicist whose work draws upon themes of mycology, agronomy, and climate science to create sci-fi worldbuilding experiences hat speculate upon the future. She holds an MFS from NSCAD University and a BFA Honours in Ceramics from Ishkaabatens Waasa Gaa Inaabateg Department of Visual Art, Brandon University.

Melanie's work has been included in national and international publications, and has been exhibited across Canada. Her work has been generously support by the Canada Council for the Arts (2024), The Elizabeth Greenshield's Foundation Grant (2022), the Nova Scotia Graduate Scholarship (2023), and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Canada Graduate Scholarship-Masters (2023).