ARTIST & WRITER
MELLIUS
Mellius is a Dutch visual artist and writer, based in Amsterdam.
IMMERSIVE ART INSTALLATIONS
His portfolio includes big art, immersive art,
multimedia installations, oil on canvas paintings,
photographs, fashion, jewellery, pencil drawings, video art and electronic music. His goal is to create complete alternate realities, in which people can be submerged and diconnected from the outside world, to experience something new.
HISTORICAL FANTASY
The inspiration for his art comes from his own stories. ´I am a slave to my own stories´ he likes to joke. ´I have to write them down, I have no other choice´.
His first published novel is about war, disease and a young woman, disguised as a boy, who goes on a quest to find an antidote for the ´Inter Human Allergy´.
The genre could best be described as historical fantasy, bordering on magical realism. Magic is to be found and so are certain magical creatures, but they reside in a grim apocalyptic world, laced with historical references and military scenery.
The reader is invited to follow Oxzana on her quest for freedom and peace for her village. She goes bravely into the world, beause she has no other choice but to venture into the lion's den in search for answers.
INTERVIEW
ZAANRADIO
31-12-2021
ARTIST & WRITER
MELLIUS
AMSTERDAM ATELIERS
For the last 15 years Mellius has been constructing alternate realities, writing and making art full time, in his large and deserted wharehouse ateliers in Amsterdam.
The latest one is an abandoned greenhouse complex that used to be a rose nursery, which is significant since flowers (more specifically a rare breed of tulip) play an important role in the next upcoming novel, Nightglow.
The new atelier complex in Amstelveen that is currently under construction is thus called 'Nightglow Nurseries'.
IMMERSIVE EXPO
His exhibition ´Oxzana's Journey', was located on Hamerkanaal, Amsterdam Noord. It closed in spring 2024, after it was completed. Here a guided immersive journey could be made through the magical yet dystopian world of Mellius' first novel, Mendelstov.
CULTUUR
VLOG
RECENT
WORK
SLIDE SHOW
NEVER A DULL
MOMENT
ORIGIN STORY
Mellius was born in Utrecht and has two grown children. In his free time he enjoys riding horses, snowboarding, riding motorbikes and trucks, playing horse polo and daydreaming about his magical worlds. All these hobbies clearly inspired his art and storylines.
Coming from a family of architects and having worked in fashion design, he goes much further than just writing and visual arts. He designs and creates entire alternate realities in amazing detail. All his art has a certain grandeur to it. ´Go big or go home´ seems to be the motto.
HOPE AND TERROR
His art and novels also carry a strong sense of adventure and hope. In a grim world, Oxzana is the representation of love and power. She remains uncorrupted in a world of madness and disease, travelling with the most unusual companions in search of a solution. Identity is an important theme. Who is Oxzana - and who does she become on her involuntary journey?
WHEN HOBBIES MEET
VIDEO ART
IN-DEPTH
INTERVIEW
Want to know more? Watch more video's by Mellius on YouTube.