Melissa Mabesoone is an artist, actor and director. Through performance, video, film and text, she channels humorous, imaginative and critical realities. Her work has been shown at Sale Docks, M HKA, Verbeke Foundation, OT301, de Brakke Grond and published in De Witte Raaf and nY magazine.

Since 2012, she has collaborated with Oshin Albrecht as ‘neighbours’. In their multidisciplinary work, they navigate ideas about community, gender roles, (art) history and neoliberal fantasies. Their work has a strong visual and musical drive and is shown in theatres, galleries, museums, discursive spaces at home and abroad (Centrale Fies, Teatro Nacional di Maria II, Szene Salzburg, Maison de la culture Amiens, Boulevard, Z33, Tatjana Pieters, TAZ, Pukkelpop). Their work has been supported by STUK, Viernulvier, BUDA, workspacebrussels, KAAP, among others. neighbours did a postgraduate degree at HISK, published at Posture Editions and balanseer and were part of the European performance network Apap Feminist Futures . They are currently artist-in-residence at Kaaitheater in Brussels.

Melissa has appeared on stage in the works of Lies Pauwels and NTGent, Peter Aers, among others, and acted in films by Dora Garcia, Assaf Gruber, Veerle Dewilde and television series Onder Vuur and Juliet.

From 2018 – 2023, she was a core member of Engagement Arts. Maturation Station, her first short fiction film set in the world of aquaculture, will premiere at Filmfestival Oostende. She is also working on an investigation into drag kings, cross dressers and the communal space for lesbian histories. This has already resulted in the queer soirée Gentle Boys Club and a drag calendar with Bebe Books.

In Spring 2025, she is developing a new show with Oshin Albrecht called shoe/farm – a family business.