Melanie St-Pierre-Bednis

Melanie St-Pierre is a musician, illustrator, and Northern Ontario’s music officer residing in Sudbury, ON. Melanie spent over a decade dedicating herself to the music and arts sectors in Ontario while also releasing music professionally and touring internationally with her band Casper Skulls. She has been revered by the likes of NPR, Billboard, Spin Magazine, MTV and Fader, to name a few, and has received a SOCAN Songwriting Prize nomination. In the visual arts world, she is inspired by visuals she interprets from literature, her appreciation for nature from her Northern surroundings, and the duality of urban living from her time spent living in Toronto. Her uncommon earnestness blends her contrasting visuals into absurdity loaded with meaning. She previously worked as the art director for Precision Record Pressing and has created graphics for Radiolab NYC Studios in New York. She was also the recipient of the Sheridan College Work on Paper Award of Excellence for her 2015 graduating year.