Monika Rosen

Contemporary Fine Art | Paintings and Monotypes

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    • 2021-22: Touch and Archetypes
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    • 2019 New York
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    • 2014 FLICKER Series
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Category Archives: Artwork

Sub Terrain, Solo Exhibition 2022

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MAK Gallery presents Sub Terrain. Monika Rosen explores the caverns of the subconscious in tandem with nature, where brushstrokes of light transcend the dark. Her examination of grottos, landscape and physical […]

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Artwork, Exhibitions

Fish Out of Water, Solo Exhibition 2022

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In Fish out of Water, Rosen’s work explores touch, reflection, and longing through large to intimate oil paintings and monotypes. Her large-scale, multi-figurative work on these themes began pre-pandemic and soon […]

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Artwork, Exhibitions

Epigenetic flows, excerpts

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Detail ‘excerpts’ from my latest large painting, centered around visual and experiential ideas of the cascade and the grotto. Individual figures make up a greater whole, willing to connect while embodying an epigenetic […]

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Art, Artwork, Painting, Series

Freshly Varnished Sneak-Peek

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– May 2019 – A freshly varnished detail of this life-sized figurative painting, The Klaxon, before it headed to the collection of 21C Museum Hotels.

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Art, Artwork, Painting

Liquid Sun

June 30, 2019by Monika Rosen, Artist

Upping the scale, here is one of my newer oil paintings from New York, “Liquid Sun”, measuring 60” x 108” on unstretched linen.

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Artwork

Embracing the whole

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– Autumn 2016 – Select paintings from a new series, Embrace, of oil and acrylic paintings attempting to encapsulate and hold multiple competing responses to our mortality, and reconcile them, amidst a yearning […]

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Artwork

New Studio, New Ideas…

September 7, 2016by Monika Rosen, Artist Leave a comment

After a long time since posting blog-style here, I’m proud to share some of my new work in progress in my new studio space in Whistler, BC. A big thanks […]

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Art, Artwork, Painting

You can now like my art on Facebook!

July 11, 2013by Monika Rosen, Artist Leave a comment

You can now like my art on Facebook! Thank you to everyone for the support so far, it really means a lot. 🙂 Stay tuned for posts about my current […]

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Art, Artwork, Publicity

Painting on mountains

June 20, 2013by Monika Rosen, Artist 2 Comments

This picture was taken at the top of Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh, Scotland. At 251m (823 ft), it is technically not a mountain but a “hill” – but by far […]

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Art, Artwork, Painting, Travel

Surface Dives Series

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Surface Dives: a dive made from the surface of the water; a technique used in underwater searches. I depict the human body submerged and navigating through water as a means […]

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Art, Artwork, Painting, Series

Maverick Behaviour Exhibition, Kingston

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Every year, the graduating BFA Honours class of Queen’s University puts on a final exhibition throughout the entire BFA building (Ontario Hall). As with every student, I was assigned a […]

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Art, Artwork, Exhibitions, Painting

Maverick Behaviour take over

April 27, 2013by Monika Rosen, Artist Leave a comment

My time at Queen’s is officially at its end, but we’re not leaving without a bang! With our closing reception in just a couple of hours, the culmination of four […]

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Art, Artwork, Exhibitions, Painting

Ultraviolet Magazine!

April 2, 2013by Monika Rosen, Artist 2 Comments

I am happy to announce that my artwork was published in (and also made it to the cover!) of the 17th edition of Ultraviolet Magazine at Queen’s University. Ultraviolet is […]

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Art, Artwork, Painting, Printmaking

“Follow”

March 26, 2013by Monika Rosen, Artist Leave a comment

This massive 4 x 6 woodcut was printed at Gravity Press Experimental Print Shop in North Adams, MA. Beautiful city, awesome experience! I am grateful to have had it displayed […]

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Art, Artwork, Printmaking, Residencies

Maverick Mentality – Pop-up Show

March 15, 2013by Monika Rosen, Artist Leave a comment

Originally posted on MAVERICK BEHAVIOR:
  The Mavericks host a pop-up show downtown Kingston as a preview to their final exhibition in April. Presenting select artworks by Queen’s fourth year…

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Art, Artwork, Exhibitions, Printmaking

Solo Exhibition at the Union Gallery

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Art, Artwork, Exhibitions, Painting, Series

New finished paintings: exploring psychological states through figures, water and light

February 6, 2013by Monika Rosen, Artist Leave a comment
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Art, Artwork, Painting

water/whirlpool/hurricane study – an ongoing experiment

February 6, 2013by Monika Rosen, Artist Leave a comment
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Art, Artwork, Painting

one of my newest paintings

January 24, 2013by Monika Rosen, Artist 3 Comments

Eisoptrophobia II, Oil on Canvas, 30″ x 24″

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Art, Artwork, Painting

Youthdale Exhibition: Toronto

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Five works of mine are being exhibited and are on sale at the Metro Hall Rotunda in downtown Toronto (55 John St.) 50% of the proceeds are going to a […]

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Art, Artwork, Exhibitions, Painting, Printmaking

Studio shots – work in progress

November 20, 2012by Monika Rosen, Artist 2 Comments

 

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Artwork

2011-2012

October 31, 2012by Monika Rosen, Artist Leave a comment
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Art, Artwork, Painting, Printmaking

2010-2011

October 30, 2012by Monika Rosen, Artist Leave a comment
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Art, Artwork, Painting, Printmaking

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Based in Toronto with an MFA from the New York Academy of Art. Interested in the merging of psychology, biology, landscape and visual poetry.

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