Born in the USA, Melinda Schawel has exhibited widely in her adopted country of Australia with over 20 solo shows and internationally in Hong Kong, Switzerland and Singapore. She has been a finalist in a multitude of art prizes including most recently the Omnia Art Prize 2025, the Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize 2024 and the WAMA Environmental Art Prize 2023. In October 2025 she was artist in residence at BigCi in Wollemi National Park (NSW) and numerous others from La Fundacio Pilar i Joan Miro in Spain to the Chiang Mai Art on Paper Workshop in Thailand. She has been featured in various publications such as Artist Profile and Art Collector Magazines, the Canberra Times and Arts Hub. Represented in a multitude of private/public collections including the National Gallery of Australia (ACT), City of Whitehorse (VIC), St Vincent’s Hospital (VIC) and Waldorf Astoria (NYC), she has also been commissioned for a variety of projects including an integrated public artwork for the City of Casey (Vic, Aus.), Crown Towers (Perth, Aus), the Mori Group (Tokyo, Japan) and Artelier Arts Consultancy (Bristol, UK).