My studio, which is also my home, features a two-story loading-dock door. This affords me a gigantic view of the sky and little else. In some respects, it is like living in a tower, with its great square of light in an otherwise dark and windowless …

Melinda R. Smith is an artist and writer whose work explores the liminal regions between reality and fantasy, using tropes strongly reminiscent of childhood play. With her lifelong love of storytelling, she conceives of her pictures as staged theatrical scenes that tell archetypal stories whose roots reach for the dark core of memory and truth. In 2022, following the upheavals of Covid, she left Los Angeles after 30 years to return to her hometown of Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Carpazine Magazine

Canvas Rebel Interview

Bold Journey Interview

Tofu Ink Arts Press Cover

Tofu Ink Arts Press

Arte Relizzata

Artillery Magazine Review

Melinda’s artwork featured in collector profile

Rizoma Magazine, featured work

Huffpost

Jungkatz Interview

LACDA

CV