Melletios Kyriakidis' work is grounded in a deep concern for humanity. It draws on the philosophies of Michael Foucault and Jean Baudrillard, specifically their respective analysis of the abnormal and the hyper-real and the effects on humanities perception and thus conception of the world. Commenting on structuralism, Mell's installations are part performance, focusing on the practice of art making itself as the foundation of the aesthetic. In doing so Mell rejects what he sees as the contrived legacy of art practice, the decorative by-product.
Practicing since the mid 90's Mell has exhibited extensively, including shows in London (UK), Beijing (China), Rome (Italy) and Australia. Melletios gained a Masters in New Media Arts from COFA, UNSW in 2000 at which time Mell founded Sydney's infamous Space3 Gallery, running until it's untimely closure in 2005.
Presently Melletios is collaborating with many of his peers to produce work that involves dialogue concerning the frenzied state of affairs that has encompassed the conservative identity of the contemporary epoch.
Photo documentation and the performance of 'Thrills and Spills', a collaboration with James Gulliver Hancock, 2006