Melanie Tait

born: 28 October 1974, South Africa."the most beautiful mess you've ever seen."Inspired by:light, life, the moving image, Dorothy Parker. Love, pain, Tim Burton. Faces, eyes, Stanley Kubrick.Lines, form, Helnwein. Glamour, ugly, rotten, pearls, the Charleston era, Catherine, Jazz thieves, winter, rain, strange. Is This Desire?

Graduated from the university of the North West, Potchefstroom, South Africa 1993 - 1996: BA Communications / Film Art and Film Criticism
Based in Johannesburg and worked in the South African Film and Television industry in art departments until the end of 2003.
2004 -: Journalist and photographer, Northern Review, Polokwane, Limpopo. 2006-2009: Editor, Your Lifestyle. A lifestyle supplement with a difference(Northern Review). 2010 Moved to Johannesburg in her Flapper dress, ready to contribute her passion for words and images.
She is currently end editor at DEKAT magazine and producer of DEKAT TV. Exhibition:November 2008: Annual Limpopo Artists Exhibition at the Polokwane Art Museum.,