Bio:

Melanie Gordon studied photography and film at the Ontario College of Art and Design and Ryerson University and received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in social/cultural anthropology and fine art from the University of Toronto. She has been exhibiting her work since 1997 and her photographs are a part of many corporate and private collections.

Gordon’s award winning photography has been published in magazines, books, and newspapers in Canada, the United States, and Chile. She has been featured in broadcast media on both television and radio, most recently in a CBC News story about the demise of Polaroid film.

When she isn’t travelling across the globe with her camera, Gordon participates actively in Toronto’s art community. In 2005 she co-founded Channel Gallery, an artist-run gallery in the Distillery District. She has been involved in several multi-disciplinary projects and in 2006 she served on the jury for the Queen West Art Crawl. Gordon’s latest endeavour is the Octopus Project, a bi-monthly art series, which she co-founded with textile artist Catherine Mellinger, that sparks creativity in artists and gives them an outlet to show their work.

Gordon is currently working on a book of her photographs from her yearly pilgrimage to the Burning Man Festival in the Nevada desert. She works as a freelance and fine art photographer out of her studio in the Distillery District in Toronto.

Clients:

The AIDS Committee of Toronto
Arcadia Senior Care
The Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario
Balance Design
Blue Ceiling Dance Projects
CBC Radio 3
The College of Nurses of Ontario
The Dalai Lama Centre for Peace and Education
FLAG Accessories / Outsourcing Inc.
Gallery TPW
Girl Can Create
The Founders Network
Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP)
The International Center for Research on Women
Jupie Couture
Marie Josette Wearable Art
Mothering ‘n More / Parents At Work
Nurses 4 Ontario / St. Michael’s Hospital
Roots of Empathy
Thomas Allen Publishers
Toronto Artscape