Melissa Launay is a London based artist and illustrator known for her delicate and intricate style.
Her original compositions are inspired by nature,evoking a mood of other times and dream worlds into which one can escape.

Influenced by the elegant lines of Japanese prints, the luxurious colours of arabesque and Indian motifs, the use of gold in Byzantine illustrations and the flat impossible perspectives of medieval and early Renaissance art, her meticulous work sensitively touches on the descriptive, avoiding the too specific expressions of commonplace reality.

EXHIBITIONS/EVENTS

2009 March
Exterior Mural in the Center of Córdoba.Spain
2008 August
Joint Exhibition at Sala Mercado.Málaga.Spain
2007 May
Affordable Art Fair,Bristol. Reubens Gallery
2007 March
Affordable Art Fair,London. Reubens Gallery
2007 February
20/21 International Art Fair RCA. Russell Gallery
2006 December
Christmas show at the Russell Gallery
2006 July
Summer show at the Russell Gallery
2006 May
Affordable Art Fair,Bristol. Reubens Gallery
2006 March
Affordable Art Fair,London. Reubens Gallery
2005 September
Exhibition at La Sala de Arte,Málaga.Spain

PUBLISHED

2009
ANIMAL SPIRITS GUIDE.72 Illustrations
CICO Books. London and New York

2008
THE GOLDEN TAROT. 78 Illustrations
CICO Books. London and New York

2007
MANDALAS AND MEDITATIONS.52 Illustrations
CICO Books. London and New York

ACADEMIC STUDIES

2006-2007
MA illustration.Camberwell college of Arts.London

2004-2005
Socrates-Erasmus Sint Lukas university of Arts.Belgium

1998-2003
MA Fine Arts. Seville University of Arts.Spain