Melanie Thompson is an interdisciplinary artist working across performance, installation, and public art.
Her practice is grounded in collaboration and live interaction, provoking audiences into reframing how they see the world around them.
Originally trained in dance and physical theatre, Thompson’s background shapes the embodied, experiential nature of her work. Over time, she moved beyond traditional performance spaces to create pieces that respond to specific sites and the communities they engage.
Her pieces often take the form of temporary interventions—blending the everyday with the unexpected. She works with contrast and disruption to challenge assumptions and shift perspective.
Shared experience is central to her process. Each participant’s response matters. So does dialogue and presence. Thompson is not a distant creator—she is embedded in the work, listening and responding, a vessel for untold stories.
Participants are active within her pieces.
In one-to-one encounters, which are often deeply personal, participants reconnect with their own creativity. During this process, Thompson’s role is to create space for risk, curiosity, and growth.
Her live art feeds into workshops, informs future projects, and grows through the echoes of participant responses. This cycle of experience shaping creation, and creation shaping experience, is at the core of her process.
Thompson lives and works in the UK and continues to create site-specific projects that invite connection, surprise, and new ways of engaging with the world.