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Melania Trejo (b. México city, 1977) is an artist, activist and educator. By choice, a mother, a wife and a migrant. Melania engages deeply with social contexts building practices rooted in dialogue and community, both in and outside the art world.
Currently, she explores ‘radical care’, a method and a framework in development to rethink community, pedagogy and artistic practices along the axes of structures of hyper-capitalism and climate change. This takes shape through education, installations, research, writing and collaborations.
Melania’s thinking takes place at the intersection of psychology, decolonial feminism and ecological re-imagining. This interdisciplinary approach, combined with a strong autobiographical element, demonstrates her ability for self-reflection and a constant attitude for situating herself across time and space.
Melania has a Bachelor degree in Psychology, a Masters degree in International and Public Health, and graduated BA Fine Arts at the Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague in July 2025.
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Royal Academy of Arts The Hague
Ginkgo -Growing In KABK Green Office
Curriculum vitae
Opleidingen
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2021 - 2025Bachelor Fine Art Den Haag, Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten Diploma behaald
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2020 - 2021Preparatory Year Den Haag, Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten Diploma behaald
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2009 - 2011Diploma, Master Degree in International Health VU Amsterdam
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1999 - 2004B.A. Psychology, Social Sciences Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City
tentoonstellingen
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2025
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2024Somersault Megastores The Hague, Nederland Curated by Yannik Güldner www.kabk.nl/en/events/third-year-fine-arts-students-present-pre-graduation-show-somersault Groep
projecten
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2025
The meaning of Home: A Perpetual State of Displacement -- The Hague , Nederland An explorative and designerly collaboration between Birzeit University in Palestine, Sint Lucas School of Arts Antwerp and Dutch scholars, where we explore the preservation of heritage and crafts, the safeguarding of collective knowledge tied to production, and reflect on notions of home.
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2025
Ginkgo, Growing in KABK Green Office Royal Academy of Art The Hague The Hague, Nederland Ginkgo is a student's led initiative founded in February 2023 at the KABK. Working together with students, staff members and academy management, Ginkgo promotes the re-imagining of art education in times of climate emergency, and the use of pedagogies that are rooted in ecological responsibility, care for the more-than-human, and decolonial accountability. In my role as co-founder I have supported the development of Ginko's strategic vision, working methodologies and reporting mechanisms.
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2024
KABK General Assembly on Sustainability and Regenerative Education Royal Academy of Art The Hague The Hague, Nederland An annual gathering to discuss perspectives on art education, climate justice and new ecologies, My main role consists in the development of concept, yearly program and overall coordination. The next general assembly is scheduled for the 3rd. December 2025.
publicaties
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2025Root, rot, regenerate, repeat. A practice of RADICAL CARE Koninklijke Academie Beeldende Kunsten Melania Trejo Méndez The Hague , Nederland An introspective and poetic text on healing, resistance and transformation. This thesis weaves together decolonial feminist theory, community building strategies and ecological awareness, drawing from the author’s connection to Mesoamerican cosmologies and teachings. In this thesis, the author, resists simplistic or romanticised notions of healing, offering instead a vision of care that is situated and relational.
Prijzen en stipendia
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2025National Duurzaamheid in het Onderwijs challenge Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) The Hague, Nederland ‘Common Ground, Common Care’, a collaborative project by the KABK student union & student canteen, the garden community and Ginkgo, the KABK green office. This initiative focuses on community building and shared accountability. The funding awarded will serve to implement monthly activities around shared food and sustainable making during the academic year 2025-2026.
artistieke nevenactiviteiten
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2024 - --Co-creator, The classroom for the living Loopt nog
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2019 - 2024Advisory board member, Salud por Derecho, Madrid based NGO
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2015 - 2022Advisory board member, Red Somos Colombia, Bogotá based NGO