Work Experience
2025
Advisory member: Adviescommissie cultuur | Gemeente Rotterdam
2024
Panelist: Het Nagesprek | Studio de Bakkerij
2023
Panelist: NowTalks | Maaspodium
Advisory member: Designteam | Raad voor Cultuur
Podcast | Vocal In Color
2019 - 2020
Museum guide | Villa Zebra
Education
2017 - 2022
Bachelor of Arts | major - Fashion Design, minor - Cultural Diversity | Willem de Kooning Academie | Rotterdam, NL
Bachelor of Arts | Arts & Culture Studies | Erasmus Universiteit | Rotterdam, NL
Exhibitions & Events
2025
Balansa: Healing High Tea | Community event | Cultureel Educatief Centrum Dordrecht
Balansa | Solo exhibition | Cultureel Educatief Centrum Dordrecht
2024
(In)visibility: Gendered Notions of Caribbean Identities | Duo exhibition | Gemaal op Zuid
South Explorer | Solo exhibition | Gemaal op Zuid
2022
Island of Healing | Performance | MONO
Black Femininity | DIVE Festival | MONO
2018
Fashion Show | New Fashion Society




Get to Know Meliange
Meliange is a storyteller, creator and dreamer who grew up in Rotterdam, the Netherlands with roots in Curaçao. She combines both philosophical and sociological themes in her work with a unique perspective. Her work embraces vulnerability and speaks to her interest in history and healing.
She uses her own embodied experiences to inform her artistic work to enrich her artistic practice with academic research that addresses generational trauma, the dichotomy of her (Afro) Caribbean roots and Western society, and the representation of women and people of color in the Western world.
Through various media such as; crochet work, fashion design, painting, spoken word and poetry, she tells stories, creates and dreams.
"To be Vocal In Color is to be unapologetically you. To showcase your vulnerability and authenticity without shame from the outside world. As a woman of color with a righteous and vibrant mind, I oftentimes find myself as a token amongst others. It is the feelings and the experiences that I am familiar with, that I incorporate into my work."
With this mindset I invite you to engage with the art that we together: talk about, create and dream about. How? Come visit an exhibition, join an event or workshop, or get to know Vocal In Color through social media, the podcast and the upcoming Connection Letters!