Monica Fürst

My father was a poor painter who married a rich heiress. She lost her heritage by marrying him, and they had a very hard life. And so did I, the only child. But they say nothing is as good for an artist as an unhappy childhood, and I have been painting all my life.I did not really sell a lot of pictures until 1990, when I got into contact with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and other companies. To earn my living before that, I had a part-time job as a stewardess in SAS. I suppose I looked like a stewardess too, and I did not make many friends during my 6 years in art school. ( No long black hair, piercings and black clothes.) I still have only one friend who is a painter. The result is that my work is easy to recognise. Like Australia, I feel isolated, with many mutations that do not exist in other places.

Academie Francois Villard, Paris 1967-1970
Art History Sorbonne, Paris 1967-1969
Oslo Tegne og maleskole 1985-1990

Galleri Artgate, Oslo2015,
Galerie municipale Antibes 2013
,L'Univers, Nice, 2012,
Monaco Art Fair 2012
GalleriAlbinUpp,Oslo2013,2011,2009,2006,2005,2002,
2000,1997,1995.
Dexia Private Bank, Monaco 2009
Trygve Lie Gallery, New York 2004
Galleri Siverts, Bergen 2001
Galleri Bi-Z 2001