MELANIE BONAJO(www.d-e-s-a-s-t-e-r.ch - www.becapricious.com)
Born 1978, Heerlen, The Netherlands

Melanie Bonajo graduated in 2002 at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Photography and Audiovisual. Her work has been published and exhibited in The Netherlands and abroad. Re-contexualising and reframing the world that she finds, she creates work that makes you wonder.
Since 2004 she works as creative-editor for Capricious a magazine from Sophie Morner for young talented photographers.
Represented by www.vanzoetendaal.nl (The Netherlands) and www.staubgfzk.com (Zwitserland)

Publications:
nuke, vice, glu-magazine, kutt, capricious, bonn-magazine, zoo-magazine, kilimanjaro, nerve livraison, famous, ping-magazine, frame, yang, janus, free-eye, eye-magazine, queensdaybook,,
volkskrant, nrc, telegraaf,presence, sva-magazine, items, delete, forecast

commisioned:
bernhard willhelm lookbook, dutch fashion biennalle cathalogue, snsbank kalender 2006,
shadow filmfestival, snsbank viewmaster, work/balance atrra, secret instructions
record covers and press foto’s.

Exhibitions:
Histoire(s) Parallèle(s), Confrontation, France / Pays-Bas,FOAM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands and instituut neerlandais, parisArt Forum, Berlin, Germany,- Kum Ho Museum of Modern Art Seoul, Korea ,- Municipal Museum of Modern Art Deajon,Festival de la mode Hyeres, Hyeres, France, Arhem Mode Biennale, Arnhem, The Netherlands,Staubkohler, Zurich, Switserland ,van Zoetendaal colletions, Amsterdam,Art-Rotterdam, Rotterdam,Happy Chaos,Felix Meritus,Amsterdam,wittenplaats, amsterdam, kennedy van de laan, amsterdam, Compression space, amsterdam, A4, Public Space With a Roof, Amsterdam,Kunst-Rai, Amsterdam,Kunst-Vlaai, Amsterdam, I love my parents, modern museum of art, arnhem,Massproduction versus Unique, Top-Shop, Berlin,W139, Openings tentoonstelling, Amsterdam,9 lekkere wijven in een glazen huis, Glasshouse, Amsterdam,Group-exhibition galery Artspace, Amsterdam,Exhibtion ‘Stel Dat’ Kaap Helder, Den Helder, foto-messe 05, zurich,Shell Research and Technology Centr Amsterdam -Presence ,Photofestival Naarden, Naarden,Cadres revisités,Instituut neerlandais, paris, ‘Het Ganse Huis Klopt Polsslag’, antwerp, soiree-shot, zurich, design-instutute, Amsterdam

Award:
young artisti award 2002, amstelveen, the netherlands
nominated shell young artist award

Other:
Video:
tvproma, warsaw,
parktv, the netherlands,
tart-tv
Lost and found,amsterdam
performance:
showgirls, brussels,zurich,paris with alexandra bachzesius
truckers diamond, utrecht, with blood for roses
Nuit-blanch, paris