Melissa Corbett - Artist

It's hard to believe that the party of has finally been booted out of government in after 9 long years of the .

We should never forget the devastating bushfires in 2019/2020, the of this year or the unfolding disasters of islands sinking in the and in the . I hope now that the worst affected will finally be listened to, especially and that the various communities of my country can come together to heal the land.

Images are from my 2020 about the Black Summer Bushfires in Australia, "Hotter Than Hell".

Last week I had the pleasure of attending a workshop on zine-making called "Tres Estados" at UCLM University. As part of the workshop, each of us created an art poster with the final layout design by Enrique Barco. I'm really happy with how the final poster came out and thought I would share it here!

The poster features a series of my recent portrait drawings, many of them created during . From left to right, top to bottom, they are:

Klaus Nomi, Shawn Tarver, Sui Zhen, Ana Maria Cobuleanu, self-portrait (with phone), Anna Piaggi, Lady Jaye & Genesis P. Orridge, Carla Morrison, and a random guy in Cuenca smoking a cigar while wearing his surgical mask on his head.