Group Show: Objects: USA 2024
R & Company
64 White Street, New York
September 6, 2024–January 10, 2025
Vogue September Issue 2023
Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford model the Listening Chair in “Greatest of All Time” cover story.
Photo by Rafael Pavarotti.
Luam Melake for CB2
Barber Chair and Crossed Grid Rug available at CB2
as part of the Black in Design Collection.
Luam Melake joins the Board of Trustees of
Museum of Arts and Design, New York.
Solo Exhibition: Furnishing Feelings
R & Company
64 White Street, New York
Feb 3rd - April 14th 2023
Opening reception: Feb 2nd, 6-8 pm
Group Exhibition: For the Birds
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
990 Washington Ave, Brooklyn
June 11 - Oct 23rd 2022
Birdhouses designed by artists, designers and architecture firms exhibited throughout the gardens along with original birdsong-inspired music by a variety of renowned musicians.
My birdhouse is located in the Native Flora Garden and accompanied by an original piece by composer Terry Riley.
Artist in Residence at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York.
Feb 22nd - Aug 21st 2022
Open studio every Friday during museum hours on the 6th floor.
Group Exhibition: Black Folks in Design
Ace Hotel
252 Schermerhorn St, Brooklyn
May 13 - June 29 2022
Group Exhibition: Gray Area
Egg Collective
151 Hudson Street, New York City
Open by Appointment
Jan 25th - April 29th 2022
Group Exhibition: OBJECTS USA: 2020
R & Company
64 White Street, New York City
Feb 16 - Sept 18 2021 (extended)
Objects: USA 2020 by Glenn Adamson hails a new generation of artist-craftspeople by revisiting a groundbreaking event that redefined and elevated American craft.
Published by The Monacelli Press and R & Company
Hardcover | 232 Pages | 9 x 11
ISBN 9781580935739 |
Group Exhibition: Sumegne / Ngaparou 2
October 15 2020 - September 25 2021
Fondation Blachère
382 Avenue des Argiles
ZI les Bourguignons
84400 Apt, France
Artist Talk: Identity and the Handmade
A conversation with Ashwini Bhat, Amber Cowan and Luam Melake, moderated by Lora Appleton
Presented by R & Company and the Female Design Council
Wednesday, March 31, 2021 6:00 PM
Solo Exhibition: Sensitive Forms
January 30 - March 27 2021
Parker Gallery
2441 Glendower Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Luam Melake and Mia Wright-Ross Awarded Female Design Council Grant
Group Exhibition: Transatlantico
October 18 2020 - April 17 2021
Mana Contemporary
888 Newark Avenue
Jersey City, NJ 07306
Online Exhibition and Article:
“Luam Melake’s Curious Hybrids”
Presented by Versant Sud and Artskop
Text by Jessica Hemmings Professor of Craft, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.