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Luam Melake

Luam Melake creates hand woven sculptures andf unctional furniture, referencing the histories and methodologies of art, design, craft, architecture, and industrial manufacturing. Materials are borrowed from each of these fields and combined into works that collapse these disciplines, communicate emotional themes, and explore how design can create meaningful social interactions and psychological well-being. Melake’s furniture encourages users to assumepositions of intimacy, pushing them to consider their relationships with space and other people.

Melake was born in San Diego in 1986 and received her BA in Interdisciplinary Field Studiesfrom the University of California, Berkeley, majoring in Architecture with a minor in ArtHistory. She has beenanArtist-in-Residence at prominent institutions, including the Museumof Arts and Design,Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha, and Fondation Blac here inFrance. Shewas awarded the Female Design Council Grant in 2021, and her work is in the permanent collections of the Fondation Blac here and of PalazzoMonti, Italy. Melake lives and works in New York.

 

“…Their three – dimensionality offers multiple uses in this static state: each piece is a vanity with mirrors and shelving. Matte – dyed and undyed wool contrast with shimmering reflections and metallic threads, while pulled out tufts suggest the rugs have been haphazardly disassembled, revealing unexpected interior layers and accidental forms.”

THE PROJECT
Woven Forms 2 – Ultra Dimensional Runner