Mela WayFinder @ Rome Art Week

Mela WayFinder

Artist * Dreamer * Unicorn * NatureLover * Basedownian * skinnyRat

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The epithet “WayFinder” holds the key to understanding Mela's artistic work, her art being a combination of research and exploration during a creative phase, where the artist moves from doubts and unease to the quest for solutions. There exists an innate trust in the idea of a hidden “meaning” behind everything; a sense of organization that mirrors the presence of a Cosmic Love. However, the research also serves as an invitation to engage with her artwork.

The main focus of her creations is not on achieving beauty or pleasure, but rather to entice the audience to prolong the journey of exploration initiated by the artist; to dwell in uncertainty, as it provides the fertile terrain for inner evolution. Her purpose is to encourage the individual to explore new avenues, let go of biases and be receptive to the subtle vibrations from our senses.

Mela's artistic style began with a direct and objective documentary narrative, but has now transformed into a more introspective exploration, incorporating a poetic and occasionally cryptic dimension that prompts viewers to adopt a dual perspective. One dimension allows the viewer to appreciate the harmony of forms through a sensory approach, while another invites them to delve deeper, to connect intimately with their own experiences through the artwork, thus fulfilling its “participatory” purpose.

"Paola"

illustrazione partecipativa

08/2026 Festival Margini (CS)

“L’Oracle Poétique des Renaissances”

Illustrazioni e Performance

05/2026 “fiEStival maelstrÖm” - Bruxelles

“Draco” - Installazione Partecipativa
05/2026 Mostra collettiva - convegno Psyplus - CdE, Roma

“I tre Orsi” - “Guardie e Ladri” - Installazioni Partecipative 04-05/2026 Mostra collettiva “InLudere”
Studio SDM e Palazzo degli Alessandri, Viterbo

“Domus Alvearia” - Installazione Partecipativa
04/2026 Concorso e Mostra collettiva “Apiario d’Autore” Parco Nazionale della Maiella, Lama dei Peligni (CH)

“Con gli Occhi di Santa Rosa” - Installazione Partecipativa 09/2025 Mostra collettiva - Tuscia in Fiore
Viterbo, Soriano, Vitorchiano

“Una Me(la) Siderale” - Installazione Partecipativa 08/2024 Stelle Cadenti - Bassano in Teverina (VT)

“Dove ho messo Me(la)” - Installazione Partecipativa 05/2026 Mostra collettiva - convegno Psyplus - CdE, Roma 05/2025 Mostra collettiva - Giornate Basagliane - Roma

“Contraddizione” opera collettiva Artisti di Monte Mario 10/2024 Tra ragione e Follia - Bologna
09/2024 Biennale dell’arte Tessile - Val Topina
08/2024 Stelle Cadenti - Bassano in Teverina (VT) 06/2024 Giornate Basagliane - Roma

“Macchia e Diamante” - opera collettiva Artisti di Monte Mario 05/2023 Maggio Sermonetano - Sermoneta (LT)
05/2023 Mostra collettiva - Giornate Basagliane - Roma

“Tireolibro” - Installazione Partecipativa
11/2024 Mostra collettiva - Roma Art Week - Roma

“175” - Installazione Partecipativa
10/2024 Mostra personale - Roma Art Week - Roma 11/2023 Mostra collettiva - Te la ricordi Lella - Roma 10/2022 Mostra collettiva - Roma Art Week - Roma

“Il tuo cuore sa e tu capirai” - Installazione Partecipativa 12/2025 Mostra collettiva “Arternativa” - Studio SDM, Viterbo 01/2025 Mostra personale - Munny bistrot Marché - Roma 11/2023 Mostra collettiva - Roma

“Autentikos” - Installazione Partecipativa
06/2022 Mostra collettiva “Sui passi di Pasolini” - Chia (VT) 05/2024 Maggio Sermonetato - Sermoneta (LT)

“Intellegis Me(la)” - Installazione Partecipativa 15/2022 Mostra collettiva “Pericolose” - Roma

“Play with ME” - Installazione Partecipativa
10/2023 Mostra collettiva “La carne è carne” Roma
02/2018 Mostra collettiva “Sensuability” Casa del Cinema, Roma

“MoreMe” - Fotografia
05/2016 Selezionato al “Sonic Art Box” - Bomarzo (VT)

“Really Cool Program” - Video arte
03/2014 Selezionato al “Sonic Art Box” - Bomarzo (VT) 05/2012 Selezionato al “Who Art You” - Milano

Events at Rome Art Week

20 Oct 2026 | 15:30-20:00

Mela WayFinder

Systems that normalize the immoral
Free access

Organizer Mela WayFinder

Open Studio

Studio Mela WayFinder

Via Val Favara 76

2025

25 Oct 2025 | 17:00-21:00

Out of Place

exhibition of Collettivo Artisti di Monte Mario
Free access

Organizer Dafne Crocella

Event

Giardino di Nina

via Trionfale, 9438

2024

25 Oct 2024 | 17:30-20:00

Mela WayFinder

Open Studio, presentation of the "Whitewashed Tombs" project and participation in the participatory work "175"
Free access

Organizer Mela WayFinder

Open Studio

Mela WayFinder Studio

Via Val Favara 76

25 Oct 2024 | 18:00-22:00

Sepolcri Imbiancati

Sepolcri Imbiancati is a participatory art action that Mela Wayfinder has been carrying out for years. It is a collection of texts containing reflections or narratives regarding the theme of injustice.
Free access

Organizer Dafne Crocella

Event

MElaB

via val favara 76

26-27 Oct 2024

Over the top

The annual event Nel Giardino di Nina with the Artists of MonteMario is back. This year dedicated to the theme of the book, to its aesthetic fascination, to its symbolic, but also historical, social and individual value.
Free access
Vernissage Sunday 27 Oct 2024 | 17:00-22:00

Organizer Dafne Crocella

Exposition

Giardino di Nina

via Trionfale 9438