Askheim + Melsom is a London based artist duo inspired by classical painting techniques, creating detailed paintings, often with pattern elements.
Their use of neutral elements and poses aims to create ‘zero-points’, and an ambivalent athmosphere, where contemporary elements are echoing classical painting tradition.

inmelsom@hotmail.com
@askheimmelsom




Installation shot 'Duos: the art of collaboration' (2024), Charleston Trust, Lewes
From left: Virginia Woolf, Duncan Grant, Mehiel & Neilly, Askheim/Melsom, The White Pube, Nina Beier & Marie Lund, Christo & Jeanne-Claude
www.charleston.org.uk




Installation shot from 'En samling på vei' (2025), Oslo Municipal Art Collection, Gamle Munch, Oslo
www.kunstsamlingen.no


Recent exhibitions include, 'En samling på vei' , Gamle Munch, Oslo (2025), 'Duos: the Art of Collaboration' , Charleston Trust, Lewes (2024). Feat. Jake & Dinos Chapman, Christo, Vanessa Bell & Virginia Woolf, Lee Miller/Roland Penrose. 'Royal Academy Summer Exhibition' (2023), 'Quiet Growing Patterns', Dial-A-Ride, London (2022), 'What did you say?', LNM, Oslo (2018). Previous exhibitions at Gavlak Gallery, Florida, Stenersen Museum and Haugar Museum, Norway.

Upcoming curated exhibition 'Pattern as Language' at APT Gallery, London, 2026. Previous curatorial projects include 'Overland:London to Beijing' (2009), Istanbul Biennale's parallel program, Platform Garanti, Arario Gallery Beiing. 'And Yet It Moves' (2006), MOT International, London, 'Uncertain Triolectics' (2012), Skånes Konsthall, Malmö, 'Real Vague' (2009), Betonsalon, Paris