Gaelle Mellis is a disabled artist and has worked as a designer for theatre, dance and events for over twenty years.

She was the resident designer for Restless Dance Theatre for 20 years.  She designed for companies including Australian Dance Theatre, Brink Productions, Adelaide Film Festival and Australian Theatre of the Deaf. She is a co-founder of performance company Ladykillers and is currently developing her own disability related performance project Take Up Thy Bed and Walk. Gaelle has received many awards including: a 2004 Churchill Fellowship, 2002 Adelaide Critics Circle Individual Award, 2006 Adelaide Fringe Festival Award for Design and a 2009 SA Screen Award for her production design on Necessary Games. Gaelle is also a project officer for CAN SA’s Disability & Arts Transition Team.