Melisa Sari Arslan visited the Kantonale Maturitätsschule für Erwachsene in Zürich, KME, before she decided to study Art History as well as Theory and History of Photography at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. She soon started working in the field of photography as a tutorial, research, and curatorial assistant. During her Masters in the Netherlands at Leiden University, she kept on following research projects and received more opportunities to assist local scholars working in the art context as well as in academia. She is interested in archives, collections, and various forms of family photo albums related to decolonisation phases.
| 2019 – 2020 | Master in Film and Photographic Studies, Leiden University, the Netherlands, First and Second Readers of MA-Thesis: Dr Helen Westgeest, Dr Ali Shobeiri. |
| 2014 – 2018 | Bachelor in Art History and Theory and History of Photography, University of Zurich, Switzerland. BA-Thesis's supervisor: Dr Thilo Koenig. |
| 2011 – 2013 | Kantonale Maturitätsschule für Erwachsene, KME, Zürich. Concentration: Latin. |
| 2021 – | Research Associate to Salvatore Vitale. More information on request only. |
| 2021 – | Research Associate to Douglas Mandry. More information on request only. |
| 2021 – | Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich. Assistant to Karin Gimmi. |
| 2020 | Visual Research Associate to Paradox, Edam, The Netherlands. Topic: Sino-African Photojournalism. |
| 2019 – 2020 | Programmer at Eye on Arts Research Lab, Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam. Supervisor: Dr Julian Ross. |
| 2019 – 2020 | Research Associate to Dr Sophie Junge. Research conducted at Tropenmuseum Amsterdam. Topic: Dutch-East Indies Street Photography. |
| 2019 | Research Associate to two Art Historians. Topic: Dance and Theatre Photography. |
| 2018 – | Assistant of Spectrum – Photography in Switzerland. |
| 2018 – 2019 | Research Associate to Dr Urs Stahel: - Exhibition: Uniform. Into the Work/Out of the Work, 25.01–20.09.2020, MAST, Bologna Italy. - Book: Walter Keller – Beruf: Verleger, Edition Patrick Frey, 2019. |
| 2016 – 2019 | Tutorial Assistant at the University of Zurich, Art Historical Institut, for lecturers, seminars, colloquiums in Art History and Theory and History of Photography to Dr Thilo Koenig, Dr Wolfgang Brückle, Nadine Jirka, MA. |
| 2016 | Internship at Fotostiftung Schweiz, Winterthur. |
| 2020 | The prize for the best-curated programme at Eye on Arts Research Lab, Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Programme title: Walking, Website: https://www.eyefilm.nl/en/film/leiden-university-walking |