Melanie Ubaldo has been selected from a group of applicants for a three month residency program at International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) in New York.
The residency will run from June – August 2025. The residency program includes 24-hour access to a private furnished studio space; regular studio visits from Visiting Critics; Field Trips to museums, galleries, and other cultural venues; and participation in Artist Talks. Residents become part of a growing network of international artists and curators who are ISCP alumni. An ISCP residency has often led to critical advancement inthe practice of the artist and curators in residence.
Melanie Ubaldo (b. 1992, Philippines) graduated with MA Fine Arts from the Iceland University of the Arts in 2022. Melanie has exhibited widely in Iceland and internationally. Melanie was the recipient of the Svavar Guðnasson and Ásta Eiríksdóttir fund for promising artists in Iceland in 2021. Alongside her solo practice, Melanie is a founding member of Lucky 3, a collective of Icelandic artists of Filipino origins. Lucky 3 were the recipients of the Motivational Award from the Iceland Art Prize in 2022. Her works have since been acquired by the National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik Art Museum and other institutions and in private collections.
Ubaldo creates monuments to unbelonging. Her artistic practice constitutes an examination of profound intersectionality by way of autobiography. Her works are characterized by vulnerable autobiographical narratives around racism, prejudice, power and discrimination. Using diverse media, her large scale installations address home, memory, poverty, displacement, immigration and identity. Despite the scale of her works, they simultaneously bring forth a delicate quality, mirroring the fragility and precariousness of their subject matter.
