MELANIE GARLAND

Melanie Garland is an artist and architectural restorer , former student of the University of Chile and Master in restoration & conservation in Palazzo Spinelli, Florence Italy, Currently applying PHD on visual anthropology of migration in Berlin. She lives and works in Berlin. She is interested in the relationship between art, cultural & architectural heritage and visual anthropology, working directly with migrant communities for their integration and comfort development in the place where they live. She is currently working with Syrian, Iranian, German, Chilean and Colombian communities. Melanie Garland is co-founder of the art proyect NomadicArt that works at ZK/U Berlin (Zentrüm für Kunst und Urbanistik Berlin) on issues surrounding migration and integration and co-founder of StudioMigra; art space for creation and reflection on the problems on art in society, base in Berlin.