Mixed Media

Contact Information

Philadelphia, PA
e-mail:
www.melindasteffy.com
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Bio

In Melinda Steffy’s mixed media works, memory, mythology & alchemy intertwine with the simplicity of a nine-patch sewing sampler and the belief that materials themselves retain meaning. Using symbolic items such as turmeric, tarnished copper and burnt paper, the artist constructs rhythmic visual compositions that draw on additional themes of numerology, entropy, sustainability and improvisation. Ritualistic processes result in loosely constructed grids, left rough and unfinished, with subtle variations and frequent repetitions. The pieces are deliberately fragmentary, brief, to give the feeling of a nearly forgotten story or a fleeting line of music.

Melinda received her MFA from the University of the Arts and has worked as an art teacher, freelance art reviewer and graphic designer. Her work is frequently on display throughout the region, including the Crane Arts Building, Fringe Wilmington and Villanova University, and she was a prize-winner in the 29th Annual Faber Birren Color Award Show.

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