Mel Madiba was born in October 1993, growing up in Pretoria, now she lives and works between Pretoria and Johannesburg.
After high school, Madiba went to study Interior Design at the Design Schooll of Southern Africa, where she fell in love with wood and discovered pyrography.
Madiba’s works’ main theme is rooted in femininity, consciousness, and the full expression of oneself. She portrays an array of emotions from a black woman’s lens, and her chosen subject matter is predominantly black women at different stages of their growth.