Melissa Lundell is a Contemporary Artist based in Alberta, Canada. She was born and raised in a small rural community where she participated in local art shows & found success in numerous competitions. Holding a strong value for justice at a young age, she always wanted to use her gifts for good, and at 16 years old, Melissa organized a fundraising art show and sale with the full proceeds of $17,500 going to Samaritan’s Purse projects aiming to stop human trafficking.

Eager to broaden her horizons after high school, Melissa studied art & faith in a one-year certificate program called IMPRINT which was hosted at Muskoka Woods on beautiful Lake Rosseau, Ontario. In addition to regular classes & workshops, the program provided opportunities to learn new mediums for artistry, collaborate, network & travel while studying art history and teaching workshops to younger students in an event called Nuit Blanche.

Since returning to the Prairies, and amongst joyous life events such as getting married, building a home in the country & welcoming two children, Melissa occasionally offered art classes and worked quietly on a new body of work. 

Melissa had always struggled with mental illness and was reserved to believing it was her fault-that she was inherently broken. Further self exploration into her mental health brought Melissa to the realization that she had experienced narcissistic childhood abuse all her life, and that the efforts to hide it brought her immense shame. Melissa’s recent body of work is an act of defiance against the shame that stole her voice.

“Great power is taken from the brokenness of our situation as soon as we are able to bring it to Light.”