Melania Toma (b. 1996, Padova, Italy) is an Italian multi-disciplinary artist living and working in London. At the centre of her practice lies the exploration of opposites, and how they can be broken down and merged to depict a new world of interconnectivity that challenges our age of the Anthropocene. Toma’s painting process collides dualities: large quick marks coexist with slender slow line drawings; thin layers of paint feature alongside coagulations of thick sand; the softness and sensuality of threads juxtaposes with the vibrant intensity of colour against raw canvas; and overpopulated planes of the canvas coexist with silent areas of negative space.
Her work has featured in the following solo exhibitions: Porous Bodies, Casa de la Acequia, Colector Gallery, Mexico City, MX (2025); Five Hearts, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Wandsworth, London, UK (2024); As Soon as the Sun Sets, Daniel Benjamin Gallery, London, UK (2023); and Cabin UTROBA, Sarieva Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria (2022). Recent selected group exhibitions include: Metamorphoses,
ABC Gallery, Milano, IT (2025); Unreal City, Abstract Painting in London Now, Saatchi Gallery (2024) ‘Re-Rooted: The Quiet Politics of Plants’, Cooke Latham Gallery, London, UK (2024); Loose Ends, Thamesside Studios, London, UK (2024); Embodied Selfhood, Pictorum Gallery, London, UK (2024); In Rapture, Bomb Factory Art Foundation, London, UK (2024); Studio Responses IV, Saatchi Gallery,
London, UK (2023); Sistema Tempo, MO.CA: Centro Per Le Nuove Culture, Brescia, IT (2023); MATTER, Flowers Gallery, London, UK (2023); Soft Monuments, Frestonian Gallery, London, UK (2023); 2 for 1: A dialogue with the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals, Thorp Stavri, HAZE, Hypha Studios, London, UK (2023); London Design Biennale, Italian Pavilion with Triennale Milano, Somerset House, London, UK (2023); Dopo il fuoco, sotto la cenere, Condotto48, Roma, IT (2023); From the Rattle, FOLD Gallery, London, UK (2023); In the Garden, San Mei Gallery, London, UK (2022); Ingram Prize, UNIT 1 Gallery, London, UK (2022); 17th International Triennial of Tapestry of Poland, Centralne Muzeum (2022); Wlòkiennictwa, Lodz (2022); Nocturnal Creatures, Whitechapel
Gallery, London, UK (2022); Daughters of Pacha, Roksanda, London, UK (2022); The Dinner Table, San Mei Gallery, London, UK (2021); Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (2021); CLAY TM, TJ Boulting, London, UK (2020). Toma has participated in the following residencies: Thread Residency, The Joseph and Anni Albers Foundation, Senegal (2024); GIRLPOWER Residency, Salles,
southwestern France (2024); and Casa Wabi, Bosco Sodi Foundation, Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico (2023).