Melanie Bonajo

Melanie Bonajo studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam and the School of Visual Arts in New York. In 2007, she completed a Master’s program in Religious Science at the University of Amsterdam, specializing in hermeticism, mysticism, and Western esotericism. Bonajo’s work has been shown in numerous international exhibitions at institutions including the Museum Folkwang in Essen, MoMA PS1 in New York, Fondazione Prada in Milan, Tate Modern in London, and the Frankfurt Kunstverein, as well as at international film festivals, such as the International Film Festival in Rotterdam, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), and the 20th Internationale Kurzfilmtage in Winterthur (2016).