Monica Rohan
In Monica Rohan's artworks, figures, chairs and patterned textiles are transplanted into the landscape to explore the relationship between humans and the environment. Her surreal compositions juxtapose familiar, domestic objects against natural wilderness scenes, expressing a tension between these two worlds and inviting the viewer to contemplate their connection to, and impact on, the landscape.
Referencing an expanding collection of tablecloths, blankets and scrap fabrics, Rohan teases out the uncanny, the overwhelming and the dramatic from these everyday items, revelling in billowing expanses of pattern as they threaten to consume our view. Similarly, Rohan is drawn to landscapes in flux and on the edge. From overgrown foliage to rushing streams and waterfalls and dynamic coastlines, her paintings translate the peripheral and shifting aspects of these environments with deft clarity.
Monica Rohan graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art with Honours from Queensland College of Art in 2011 and has since exhibited in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Rohan has been a finalist in numerous National prizes including the Archibald Prize in 2016 and 2020, the Sulman prize in 2017 and the Mosman Art Prize in 2023. She was the winner of the Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize for Landscape Painting in 2023.
Her work is held in private and public collections in Australia, including Artbank, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, the University of Queensland Art Museum, Rockhampton Museum of Art, Mater Children’s Hospital and the Griffith University Collection.
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MONICA ROHAN FEATURE IN FRANKIE MAGAZINE
A selection of Monica Rohan's work makes an appearance in Frankie Magazine this month.
Frankie, styled as frankie, is a bi-monthly Australian magazine that features music, art, fashion, photography, craft and other cultural content. The feature article appears in Issue #112 and spans across multiple pages and delves into her work, practice and life as an artist.
You can view Rohan's most recent exhibition with us, Backdrops, by clicking here.
Image: Monica Rohan, Drag It Out, 2021, oil on board, 90 x 60 cm
MONICA ROHAN FINALIST IN BRISBANE PORTRAIT PRIZE
The Brisbane Portrait Prize is all about celebrating Brisbane portrait artists and their sitters, while encouraging public engagement with the arts. Any artist with a connection to Brisbane is eligible to enter.
Congratulations to Monica Rohan for being selected as a finalist with her portrait of Asha Jefferies.
FEATURE ON MONICA ROHAN IN ART COLLECTOR MAGAZINE
Feature on Monica Rohan in the current Art Collector issue: 'Into An Abyss" by Louise Martin-Chew.
MONICA ROHAN SELECTED AS A FINALIST IN THE BRISBANE PORTRAIT PRIZE
Monica Rohan has been selected as a finalist in the Brisbane Portrait Prize. The prize celebrates Brisbane artists and their sitters, and the exhibition will be on display at Brisbane Powerhouse from 29 September until 31 October 2021.
Image: Monica Rohan, Mon and Mitch, 2021
MONICA ROHAN SHORTLISTED IN THE SUNSHINE COAST ART PRIZE
Monica Rohan has been selected as a finalist in the Sunshine Coast Art Prize. The exhibition will be on display at Caloundra Regional Gallery from 27 August until 10 October 2021.
Image: Monica Rohan, Feel your way through, 2021
MONICA ROHAN SHORTLISTED IN THE RAVENSWOOD AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ART PRIZE
Monica Rohan has been selected as a finalist in the 2021 Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize. Launched in 2017 to advance art and opportunity for emerging and established female artists in Australia, the $35,000 prize is the richest professional art prize for women in Australia. The winner will be announced on 14 May 2021, with the exhibition on display until 30 May 2021 at Ravenswood School for Girls in Sydney.
Image: Monica Rohan, Tug, 2021
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