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 and had one solo exhibition in Germany and two in England. 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.
