Melanie Issaka (*1994) is a visual artist and freelance photographer living and working in London, UK. She graduated from The Royal College of Art with a Photography MA, having previously studied Graphic Design BA at The University of Brighton.
Specialising in image making, she aims to develop a social practice concerned with documentation, representation and archiving with reference to the intersectionality of Race and Gender, as well as exploring the materiality of print and lens-based media.
What does it mean to be a Black body in a white space? Black and British, an African in Europe?
Blueprint: Black Skin, White Mask explores the social and political contexts of Black- ness, whiteness, and the space in between.