Melanie O'callaghan

Place: Sydney

Born: 1975

Biography:

Mel O'Callaghan is an Australian-born contemporary artist who works in video, performance, sculpture, installation, and painting. She was born in Sydney, Australia in 1975 and received her education at the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales. O'Callaghan is interested in human behavior, psychology, and transformative states, and her work is experiential, exploring the human condition and ritual. She lives and works in Paris, France and Sydney, Australia. O'Callaghan and her husband, Clemens Habicht, founded the Parisian art gallery Galerie Allen in 2013. Her work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions around the world and is held in various collections in Australia and France.