HER LIFE
Monika was born in Italy and she had studied art ever since. After she graduated at the \"Accademia di Belle Arti\" decided to continue to study at the university, she took a MA in Painting restoration and then a PG in Japanese and Korean art in London, where she actually lives and works. She is studying for a Research degree in Fine art with a project on calligraphy and she works as a freelance tutor. She participated to various exhibitions, had one solo exhibition in Germany and two in England and won few prizes. She has a particular interest in Japanese culture, creates and teaches origami, Japanese paper dolls and paper screens.
HER WORK
Her artworks are inspired by her own nature and her relationship with the Earth and to spread emotions to the world. In her paintings and calligraphies she come back to the historical and cultural past associated with the scribe communication of oriental people and the modern usage of Chinese and Japanese ideograms.
Her style represents the harmony between a logical research and her personal feelings and instinctive actions. She tries to reach peace to fulfill the emptiness and lack of values in the modern world. She uses paper as a symbol of the universe and ink as a representation of life and movement. She also uses natural materials and elements such as cork and a red soil originated from the volcano \"Etna\" belonging to her roots in Sicily.
The main point for her is to create a balance on this planet and try to express and gives harmony to the people who look at her work.
ARTICLES OF INTEREST
A SOLO EXHIBITION CALLED \"MY ARTWORK\"
I had my last solo exhibition at “Hall and Gardens Museum” in Bexley (Kent).
The exhibition was well organised and the place is amazing. It is a building built on the 18th Century and I have installed my exhibition in one of the spectacular rooms inside.
All around there are gardens with small bridges and canals that resemble a fantasyland. Having an exhibition in this place was a great opportunity to show my work in a beautiful British heritage site which, unfortunately, is not known enough; a place I would advice to visit. Nature is preserved and everything is magic.
I also believe it is been the right place for my show considering my affection to nature and places from the past. The same affection and passion I represent through my work. My calligraphic pictures try to communicate peace and harmony with the rest of the world. |
AFRICAN ART
