Collection: Melanie Hava

Visual artist Melanie Hava lives in Cairns, Far North Queensland.

Melanie expresses being blessed to have been born into interesting and diverse cultures: her father comes from the oldest city in Austria, Enns (Upper Austria) and her mother is from the oldest cultures in the world, Aboriginal people of Australia. While celebrating her Austrian heritage, she also identifies through her Mum’s line as a Mamu Aboriginal woman, Dugul-barra and Wari-barra family groups, from the Johnstone River catchment of the Wet Tropics of Far North Queensland and the adjoining Great Barrier Reef sea country. Reef and rainforest country are important sources for her inspirations.