Born in Stuttgart, Germany into a multicultural family with a German father and Spanish mother, Monika has an extensive professional career. After graduating from high school in Stuttgart she moved to Spain to successfully complete Fine Arts in Granada University and Barcelona University, where she specialized in Printmaking. Afterwards she continued her studies in Madrid. First, at the Royal School of Drama where she graduated in Stage Design; and later on, at the TAI School where she studied Graphic Design. She furthered her education in Video Edition and Postproduction at IMEFE School in Madrid.

While working as a lecturer at the ARCIS University in Santiago de Chile during the years 1994 and 1995 she travelled extensively around South America, especially visiting Chile, Argentina, Bolivia and Peru.

In 1996 she was selected by the Madrid Community to exhibit her work “Hostal Roca” at the Young Art Center, and later on in 1997 became part of the group exhibition Circuits of Young Art from the Madrid Community that toured to several galleries in Spain and Germany.


Los nidos representan, para la artista, las múltiples y diferentes relaciones que se establecen entre una madre y su criatura. Nidos -objetos y dibujos- que rompen ese ideal maternal artificial, unívoco y culposo según el cual la madre sería siempre igual: dispuesta, abnegada, una prolongación de las necesidades de su hijo o hija. Partiendo del carácter relacional de la experiencia materna, la artista da cuenta de esa multiplicidad: relaciones afiladas, hirientes; relaciones que curan; relaciones heladas, calculadas; relaciones físicas, entrañables; relaciones que abren o cierran puertas; relaciones que conectan; ... La autora insiste en que no se trata de atribuir a cada experiencia materna un tipo de relación de por vida, sino que son, todas ellas, diferentes estados de ánimo, momentos, etapas por las que discurre la aventura del reconocimiento entre una madre y la singular persona que ha traído al mundo. Relaciones, como muestran las fotografías, que circulan entre el pensamiento y las entrañas, deshaciendo la falsa oposición jerarquizada entre mente y cuerpo, integrando razón y sentimientos en un continuo. Continuidad que abre las puertas al mundo, a la cultura y la sociedad, alejando al hecho materno de esa construcción biológica, muda y meramente instintiva en la que demasiado a menudo se lo ha querido encerrar. Lecturas y reflexiones que Mónika ha utilizado para su trabajo, inciden en la historicidad del sentimiento materno, en cómo en diferentes coordenadas espaciales y temporales se han atribuido a la maternidad muy distintos valores y actitudes.                                                                                 Esther Moreno (del texto del catálogo)

Monika was an invited artist for four consecutive years at the Temptations Showrooms of the International Print and Multiple Art Fair ESTAMPA where she exhibited in 1997 with the light installation Garden of Dark Corners, in 1998 with the culinary performance Love & Eat editions, in 1999 with Planet Bingo and in 2000 where she showed her latest work “Paradise”, an installation with dia-projections.

She has also created more than 50 exhibitions and theatrical projects in Germany, France, Portugal, Sweden, Chile and Spain.

In 2002, at the Theatre Festival in Pozuelo , Madrid, Monika won first prize for best costume design for  her staging work "Process by the Shadow of a Donkey" and repeated in 2004  for best costume design and makeup for "Mylodon" both from the group called La Luciérnaga, Madrid.

 

She realized on video, dealt (2017), verde (2017), Proyecto Heimat (2015-16), Proyecto Jungbrunnen (2014-16), fuoco (2016), Las niñas quieren estudiar (2015), Lo que callan (2015), Magenta, Blanco y Negro también (2015), Ausencias (2014), cum dilatasti cor meum (2014), scivias (2014), Seguir Contando Hormigas (2013), Ten Cuidado con lo que deseas (2010), Compartir Nuestra Piel (2009), Mujeres Especiales (2010), Misterio de la Leche (2001), Hostal Roca 1995-2001 (2002), Flut (2002), Hostal Roca (1996), Insect xQ (1997), La Pesadilla Navideña (1998) and Mi Barriga (1999).

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Monika is currently working in stage design and installations. Through video, photography and other materials she is creating new theatrical spaces.
She constantly collaborates with a theatre group called “Contando Hormigas”, which, interesting enough, is made up of visually impaired actors.
She also works as an art director with the cultural association "La Casa Colorada” (The red house) creating successful cultural projects and creativity workshops.

http://lacasacolorada.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

1992

Bachelor of Fine Arts in the specialty of Engraving and Printing at the University of Barcelona
1992-93

stage design at the Royal School of Dramatic Art Madrid
1992-93

graphic design at the TAI School Madrid
2002

course of nonlinear editing and video postproduction at the IMEFE School Madrid.
   
2011-12

course of documental cinema, HDM El Submarino, Madrid.

2015

courso of video-mapping, Mademotion Madrid.

 

 

 

2017

Diversas, texto y dirección Laura Suárez, diseño y realización de escenografía y vestuario.
2016

Batucada con vídeo-proyecciones, Noche en Vela Mataelpino, Madrid
2015

Zukunft, performance en Ellas Crean, Galería TresEnSuma Madrid
2014

Carlota, texto Mihura, dirección Laura Suárez, diseño y realización de escenografía y vestuario.
2014

Lorca y nosotros, texto Lorca, dirección Laura Suárez, diseño y realización de escenografía y vestuario.
2011

K, texto Kafka, dirección Ignacio Calvache, realización de vídeo-proyección.
2011

Radio Music Show, texto y dirección Jon Sarasti, 40 Café, diseño y realización de vídeo y escenografía.
2011

Hildegard's visions, written and directed by Ignacio Calvache, Contando Hormigas, Madrid, video, stage and costume design.
2011

La Mama, written and directed by Antonio Mahugo, The Armario Productions, Madrid, design and execution of scenery and costumes.
2010

Doze (duermevela) written and directed by Ignacio Calvache, Contando Hormigas, design and execution of scenery and costumes.
2009

The Alchemist, directed by Laura Suarez, Rafael Workshop, design and execution of scenery and costumes.
2009

Juana Delirio, written by E. Hibernia, directed by Margarita Reiz, AMAEM Marias Guerreras, Madrid, design and execution of scenery and costumes.
2008

The transparent retina, written and directed by Ignacio Calvache, Contando Hormigas, Madrid, video projections, set design and costumes.
2007

Dr. Cefalon and the Gemellizas, written and directed by Ignacio Calvache, Lemur Project, Madrid, design and execution of scenery and costumes.
2007

Nothing is casual and 3, written and directed by Alberto Jiménez, Cuarta Pared, Madrid, stage design.
2007

Tomorrow I go hard, written and directed by Ignacio Calvache, Contando Hormigas, Madrid, video projections, set design and costumes.
2005

Ahora Fobia, written and directed by Ignacio Calvache, Contando Hormigas, Madrid, design and execution of scenery and costumes
2004

Black! Written by Julio Salvatierra , directed by Alvaro Lavin, Teatro Meridional, Madrid, stage design.

2003

Mylodon, by Ignacio Calvache, directed by Calvache y Villegas, La Luciérnaga ONCE Madrid, design and execution of scenery, makeup and costumes.
2002

Money, by Aristophanes, directed by Fernando Soto, La Factoría Teatro Madrid, stage design and execution.
2000

Process for the shade of a donkey by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, directed by Calvache and Villegas, La Luciérnaga ONCE Madrid, design and execution of scenery, makeup and costumes.
1999

I'm not  worse, by Samuel Beckett, directed by Calvache and Villegas, La Luciérnaga ONCE Madrid, design and execution of scenery, makeup and costumes.
1998

The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Calvache and Villegas, La Luciérnaga ONCE Madrid, design and execution of scenery, makeup and costumes.
1998

The Christmas nightmare (multimedia) installation  with actors, directed by Ion Sarasti, Old Market San Sebastian.
1996

Hostal Roca, performance, Operacions Theatre, Sala Galán, Santiago de Compostela.
1996

Leda by Angelica Liddell Zoo, directed by Oscar Villegas, Resad Madrid, design and execution of scenery, makeup and costumes.
1994

Diagnosis, written and directed by Ignacio Calvache, Goethe Institut Santiago de Chile, design and execution of scenery  and costumes.
1994

Repeated, Perforated Grid, performance at the Goethe Institut Santiago de Chile

1994

Missed (theater), written and directed by Claudio di Girólamo, Santiago de Chile Arcis University, costume design.
1993

Meru (dance), Rosa Right direction, elArca Madrid, design and execution of scenery  and costumes.
1993

Juan-Jonah (theater), with Juan Loriente, directed by Oscar Villegas, Resad Madrid, design and execution of scenery and costumes.
1993

Black River (theater) by Ángel Sólo, directed by Javier Yagüe, Cia. Cuarta Pared Madrid, design and execution of scenery, makeup and costumes.
1992

The Brides (action) with Eva Hibernia, Elisa Sanz and Susana Pérez, Resad Madrid.
1990

Earth- Sign-Earth, action and organization of the art symposium at the University of Granada.

 

 

 

2005

Large Formats, painting and engraving, opening exhibition of the Culture Centre at Moralzarzal (Madrid)
2003 

Nest Syndrome, installation, Exhibition Center Juana Francés, Zaragoza
2001

The Mystery of the Milk, installation, video and paintings at La Aurora Gallery, Murcia
2000

Paradise, installation with dia-projections at the Art Fair ESTAMPA Temptations Showrooms, Madrid
2000

Lokus Amoenus, installation at the Art Fair FAIM Madrid
2000

Paradise, installation with paintings, objects and photography, La Escalera Gallery, Cuenca
2000

Hostal Roca, video installation at the National University League of Debate, Madrid

1999

Planet Bingo, action with Marta Romo at the Art Fair ESTAMPA Temptations Showrooms, Madrid
1998

Love & Eat, action with Marta Romo at the Art Fair ESTAMPA Temptations Showrooms, Madrid
1998

Lokus Amoenus, installation at the Cultural Foundation Ramón Puyol, Algeciras

1998

e-foto, exhibition at the photography magazine
1997

The Garden of the Dark Angle, dia-projrctions, installation at the Art Fair ESTAMPA Temptations Showrooms, Madrid

1997

Flut  with Jutta Strienz, installation with video, Gallery 22, Stuttgart
1996

Hostal Roca, installacion, Young Art Center, Madrid

1995-7

Exhibition Network for young art at the Madrid Community: Mercado Puerto de Toledo, Taberna Encantada, Casa del Libro, American Prints Gallery, Madrid
1995 

The Voice of the Blood, paintings at the Progress Gallery, Madrid
1995

Santiago de Chile-Stadtportraits, paintings at the Themo Gallery, Stuttgart

1994

Repeated, Perforated Grid, painting exhibition at the Goethe Institute, Santiago de Chile
1994

Repeated, Perforated Grid, painting exhibition at the Cultural Center Puente Alto, Chile
1993

Discovery-Entdeckung, large engravings, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart
1992

Discovery-Entdeckung, large engravings, Galerie Piazza, Nuremberg

 

 

 

2017

Traficadas, Colectivo EmPoderArte, Museo Santa María la Rica, Alcalá de Henares.
2017

Encuentros Rurales, Museo Villargordo, Jaén.
2017

Nosotras Mismas, Colectivo EmPoderArte, CC Rivas Vaciamadrid.
2016

Bebés Robados, Colectivo EmPoderArte, Universidad CarlosIII Getafe, Madrid.
2016

Los Artistas del Barrio, Mademotion, Madrid
2016

Encuentros Rurales, Museo Villargordo, Jaén.
2016

Encuentros en Urex, Urex de Medinaceli, Soria
2016

Perfiles de Damas, Colectivo Generando Arte, Nápoles
2016

Mujeres por África, Colectivo Generando Arte, CC San Fernando de Henares, Madrid
2015

Desterradas Hijas de Eva, Colectivo Generando Arte, CC San Fernando de Henares, Madrid
2015

Blanco, Negro y Magenta, Libertad, Colectivo Generando Arte, Sala Galileo Galilei, Madrid
2015

Las Moradas de Santa Teresa, Colectivo Generando Arte, Palacio de los Verdugo, Ávila
2015

Encuentros en Urex, Urex de Medinaceli, Soria
2016

Libertad, Utopía, Igualdad, Colectivo Generando Arte, Biblioteca María Zambrano, Universidad Compl., Madrid
2015

Cuerpo y Poder, Pasaje de Fuencarral, Madrid
2015

Perfiles de Damas, Colectivo Generando Arte, Embajada de Italia en Madrid
2014

Encuentros en Urex, Urex de Medinaceli, Soria
2014

Sinfonía para otro Mundo, Colectivo Metáfora, Biblioteca de Jaén
2014

Sedimentos, Colectivo Metáfora, Museo Provincial de Jaén
2014

Encuentros en Urex, Sala de Exposiciones Gaspar Becerra, Baéza, Jaén
2014

Encuentros en Urex, Palacio de la Audiencia de Soria
2014

Permitido Indagar, Colectivo Generando Arte, Universidad Alcalá de Henares
2014

Equilibrar la Balanza, Colectivo Generando Arte, CC Retiro y Barajas, Madrid
2013

Airearte, Festival de las Artes de Martos, Jaén
2013

Déjame en Paz, Colectivo Generando Arte, Biblioteca de la Universidad Carlos III Getafe, Madrid
2006

Final Countdown, Künstlertreff Stuttgart.
2005

Chanel Isabel II, Madrid, The Evil of Archive... XII Conference on Image

2001

with La Aurora Gallery from Murcia at the Art Fair ESTAMPA Madrid

2000

Chanel Isabel II, Madrid, About love... VII Conference on Image

1999

Pollença Museum, installation at the Pollença Art prize "Showdown in the Garden" (Mallorca)
1999

Chanel Isabel II, Madrid, Utopias, VI Conference on Image
1999

Beatriz Valcarcel Gallery, Small Format, Majadahonda
1999

with the book object S.T. Nº10 at the Art Fair ARCO Madrid
1998 

One hundred and... postcards to Federico García Lorca, Postal Museum Madrid and international tour
1998 

Beatriz Valcarcel Gallery, positive support, Majadahonda
1998 

with the book object S.T. Nº7 at the Art Fair ARCO Madrid
1997-98

CIRCUIT OF ARTS AND PHOTOGRAPHY of the Community of Madrid: Young Art Center Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Oviedo, Pontevedra, Salamanca, Granada, Bremen and Berlin
1998 

por Amor á Arte Gallery at Oporto, Pornography
1997  

Carmen de la Guerra Gallery, Madrid, Pornography
1996 

From Nymphs  to captains, Progress Gallery and Sala Montacargas, Madrid
1992  

Württemberg Art Society Annual Exhibition Stuttgart
1991 

Academy of Arts Gallery, Stockholm/Sweden, Department of Engraving at the Central University of Barcelona
1991  

Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Engraving Exhibition
1991

Gallery of Applied Aesthetics Stuttgart A-nima-l, Un.tier. 4 artists
1990 

Hospital Real Granada Earth-Sign-Earth Symposium, painting
1990 

Provincial Museum of Jaen, Department of Printmaking from the University of Granada
1990  

Stuttgart Brewery Museum, Fanny 50 years celebration, teachers and former students

 

 

2007  

Installation Award created by women, North Sierra Regional Art Center, Madrid, Second Prize
2004

First Prize for Best Costume and Best Characterization, National Theatre Competition Pozuelo de Alarcón
2002 

First Prize for Best Costume, National Theatre Competition Pozuelo de Alarcón
1999

International Fine Arts Competition Pollença, Mallorca

1992 

First Prize of Engraving Papertec, Barcelona
1991  

Woodcut Print Making Prize Kreissparkasse Ludwigsburg, Germany

 

 

 

 

Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna
 

ESTAMPA Foundation
 

Postal Museum Madrid
 

Goethe Institute Santiago de Chile
 

University of Granada
 

Central University of Barcelona
 

Kreissparkasse Ludwigsburg
 

private collections

 

 

 

2006

Chiwi and Edgar by Elena Fercal, book ilustration
2005

The Magic Sketcher by Ignacio Calvache, book ilustration.
2002

The courtier's garden, in search of the lost ideal Marina Castiñeira Ezquerra, Fugáz Ediciones, Madrid, book ilustration
2001

Hostal Roca, photo folder edition with texts by Ignacio Calvache
2000

S.T. book object, collaboration for 6 issues
1992

The Triumph of the War, serigraphs edition
1991

Discovery-Entdeckung, lithographs and collage, artist book
1991

Montserrat tripled, prints, artist book
1990

Lauritz Melchior, printmaking, artist book
1990

In the name of women, lithographs folder with poems by Ignacio Calvache, illustrations
1989

Access , Etching folder with Pascual Adolfo

 

 

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