Melissa Schwarz is a German interdisciplinary artist, designer and researcher, based in London.
Her research and practice is mainly concerned with topics around ecology, environments and speculative futures. As such she examines socio-political narratives, nature concepts and multiverse theories. She creates work which uses different media for her poetic storytelling, from more traditional mediums to 3D.
Melissa is also an Associate Lecturer at The University of the Arts London, teaching on MA Interaction Design at LCC as well as in the Department of Critical and Historical Studies at LCF. She is also an Associate Lecturer at Goldsmiths, University of London on MA Design Expanded Practice.
Image 1-2: Renders, part of óbyggð (‘uninhabited’) - multimedia installation, 2022.
Image 3: Installation shot ‘Post Wilderness’, multimedia installation, 2021. Photo: Margherita Allievi.
Image 4: Screengrab of ‘Wild Wired!’ - site specific interactive game, 2023.
