Aimee Melaugh obtained a degree in Fine Art Painting from the Belfast School of Art and has since had her work selected for public collections including the Belfast School of Art, The Arts Council Northern Ireland’s permanent collection and the Northern Ireland Civil Service Art Collection. Melaugh was shortlisted for the Robert Walter’s UK New Artist of the Year Award in collaboration with Saatchi Gallery, London and had her work exhibited at Saatchi Gallery in 2021. She has exhibited at the Golden Thread Gallery in Belfast, and has had solo exhibitions at The Glassworks, Derry and Hang Tough Contemporary, Dublin. She completed an artist residency with Art Arcadia in 2021 and had a solo exhibition at St Augustine’s Old Schoolhouse in Derry as part of her residency. Melaugh has exhibited at Platform Arts Belfast, the ArtisAnn Gallery Belfast and Gallery 545. Recognitions include the Belfast Print Workshop Residency Award and the Royal Ulster Academy Award. Melaugh exhibited at the MAC Gallery in Belfast as part of ‘New Exits: 10 Years of Painting Shows,’ and exhibited at Guts Gallery, London in 2023 as part of a group exhibition ‘New Now.’

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