Biography

Born in Orange in 1990, Inès Mélia is an artist based in Paris. With a Master’s degree in Art History, she moves seamlessly between sculpture, painting, photography, ceramics, and music. Her work is like a luminous poem, striking yet simple.

Guided by an instinctive fluidity between disciplines, she effortlessly weaves together different forms of expression which constantly cross and reinvent themselves in a fertile dialogue. Playing with everyday objects, she shifts their meaning with wit and precision, exploring both intimate spaces and our connection to the world.

Fascinated by the emotional and symbolic power of objects, her work often reflects on the way we project meaning onto them—objects of desire, of love, of transition, or of sacred value. Inspired by a personal rejection of domestic roles at a young age, she frequently returns to themes of domesticity, consumption, and the objectification embedded in everyday life.

Through this, she continues to explore themes of intimacy, gender prejudice, and, more broadly, what the home, as a microcosm, reveals about our place in society.

Also a DJ and sound designer, her ability to create unique atmospheres through music has made her a sought-after name in the fashion, design, and art scenes. She has worked on bespoke soundscapes and installations for major brands and institutions, shaping experiences for runway shows, exhibitions, and private events while expanding her performative sensibility.

Observing the history of forms and visual culture with parody and lucidity, Inès Mélia acknowledges that no form can be created ex nihilo, yet all can be reimagined and transformed. She reminds us that art is, by nature, an endless chain of reinvention, where creation and recreation are inseparable.




2024
Sotheby’s x Sarah Andelman, attention, fragile!, group exhibition, Paris
Il pleut des apocalypses, Julio artist-run space, Paris
Just An Idea x Sarah Andelman, group exhibition, Le Bon Marché, Paris

2023
Message Personnel, group exhibition, La Tour Orion, Montreuil
Press and Play, sound installation, The Pole Gallery, Paris
Art Residency à La Sira, Asnieres

2022
Ne me retiens pas, solo exihibition, Galerie 75 Faubourg, Paris
Workshop at Studio 13/16, Centre Pompidou, Paris
Artist residency at la Villa Navarra, Le Muy
Blanc, group exhibition, Galerie Chenel, Paris

2021
Tissue Books, Librairie Yvon Lambert, Paris
The Domestic Life published by RVB books, Paris

2020
Candlecheeses, Librairie Yvon Lambert, Paris

2018
La nuit est aussi un soleil, Paul Smith, Paris