Melanie Oliva

Previously a Creative Director, I use my conceptual skills to advocate for Earth and her inhabitants – through paintings (sometimes featuring words), kinetic protest art, activism and group art activations. I created artist collectives Inspiration Pollination and The Artful Activist and co-organized the nationwide Artist March. My “After-image” series of paintings forewarns that the beauty of our world may someday only be an after-image – the image you see after staring at something bright – if we close our eyes at the most critical moment and do not act to protect it.