Mélina Schoenborn is an author, artist and cultural worker.

Books
Mélina Schoenborn’s books have been published by Leméac, La courte échelle, Gallimard, Kids Can Press, Helvetiq, and Castello Books. Her album Bob le bobo, translated into six languages and winner of a Prix des libraires du Québec award, has sold over 20,000 copies in french. Her latest book is Je suis un volcan, published in summer 2025.

Ceramics
Mélina Schoenborn has exhibited her clay work at Centre Materia in Quebec City, La Guilde in Montreal, SOUVENIR Studios in Toronto, and Maud & Mabel in London. She was also invited to present her work at the Révélations biennial at the Grand Palais Éphémère in Paris in 2023. 

Schoenborn is a grant recipient of the Canada Council for the Arts and of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec. She creates her works slowly, her process unfolding over several days or even weeks. Before sculpting her pieces, she transforms her raw material by adding tiny fragments of fired clay and pigments. She then shapes the textured clay by hand. Her bowls and vases are constructed using the coiling technique, layering clay strands to build forms with poetic, sensitive, and imperfect curves. 

Each piece reflects the nuances of the world, where fragility and strength, refinement and simplicity coexist. Subtly hued shadows settle into the interstices, evoking dark cave walls, volcanic slopes, or moss-covered stones. Her unglazed pieces pay tribute to the purity of both form and material.