Melissa Cocomello
BFA, Studio Art, concentration Ceramics
Advisor: Richard Metzgar
Mount Kisko, NY
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Melissa's Etsy
Biography
Melissa Cocomello is a sculptor from Mount Kisco, New York. She has been working with ceramics since she was a child and picked up metals in High School. Melissa's work has been in three shows. Student show at the Katonah Art Museum in 2014 and a student show in Greenwich, CT, in 2015.
Her metal sculpture was in the 57th Annual Juried Student Exhibition in 2020. Melissa has also had the opportunity to learn figurative sculpture and watercolor during her semester abroad in Florence, Italy.
When Melissa is not creating ceramic sculptures, she is working on wire wrapped jewelry that she sells on her online Etsy shop. In the near future, she will be working on making full-size figures that reflect her growth physically and spiritually as a woman. After graduation, Melissa will be working to advance her metal casting and jewelry design skills.
Artist Statement
My love for 3-Dimensional work started in middle school with ceramics. Shortly after, I discovered wire wrapped jewelry made with copper and aluminum wire. I haven't stopped making jewelry since, but have upgraded the materials to silver wire and cut minerals. The works being shown today represent my growth mentally and spiritually during my college experience.
My biggest inspiration is spiritual self-growth represented through a few different motifs from the natural world. Animals that I resonate with, the divine feminine and yonic symbolism, show up in all of these pieces. Creating art is my outlet for discovering my wellness and care for my higher self. My artwork is meant to interest the viewer in engaging in mindfulness and self-awareness. In engaging in their place in the physical and spiritual world.
