Selina Mellon

I studied for a degree in Fine Art Painting at Manchester Metropolitan University and graduated with a first class degree in 2008. During my time there my focus was on artwork which gave the viewers a message about emotions, my work also had autobiographical undertones. I started of by working with oil paints on canvas but soon moved into trying to create bigger paintings and installations that jumped out from the canvas. eventually, and partially influenced by my dissertation focusing on creating sensations in artwork I moved completely from the canvas and into installations.

I wanted viewers to immerse themselves in the artwork and to feel different sensations and emotions from them.

Following on from university I gained experience working as a practicing artist as well as delivering various art parties and workshops for children and working for the National Autistic Society.

In 2010 I did a PGCE in Art and Design.

Following on from this I started working in an ASC unit within a special needs secondary school as an Art teacher.

The school I was working at received funding to create a sensory room which I designed and made into a thematic room that changed depending on the theme we were focusing on.

I then went on to develop my own workshops for different groups of children focusing on multi-sensory art and helping to develop social skills, communication and emotional literacy and regulation; before deciding to open up my own Sensory Art Studios in Northenden.