Melanie Brunton is a Canadian visual artist working mainly on paper with print-based media. She is concerned by the increasing human/nature disconnect; how nature is perceived, processed and (mis)understood. Drawing from notions of memory – both human and more-than-human – and how these translate as visual evidence of being, she explores sensoriality, transience and interconnectedness in nature. Originally from Saguenay, Québec, Melanie was raised in Montréal where she received her undergraduate degree in Fine Arts from Concordia University. She later earned a Master’s in Contemporary Art, Design, Craft, New Media Art Histories from OCAD University in Toronto. A college educator, display artist, and prop maker for over twenty years, she returned to her art practice in 2020, combining studio time with her passion for promoting community engagement in the arts and nature through voluntary and paid positions at museums and libraries. She is an avid gardener and grows and forages pigment. Melanie lives in Almonte, Ontario, traditional territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg.