Monika Jansen

"It's time to make music. I play with colors. The heart is happy... and the soul sings!"
The photographic capturing of unique perspectives in nature has accompanied me since my youth. However, I didn’t start painting until 2004. Looking back, it’s a pity I waited so long, as my school grades in art were always excellent, but I didn't pay much attention to it back then. The turning point came in 2003 during a taster course with a highly talented painter. He was an outstanding teacher—motivating, encouraging, and explaining the core techniques of watercolor painting with exceptional clarity. Not only that, but he also showed us how to properly stage an artwork and prepare it for sale. I went home with the joyful feeling of having found a new passion.
From 2004 onward, painting completely captivated me. Alongside my full-time job as an office clerk, I spent almost all my free time studying drawing and painting techniques. Initially, my work followed the methods I had learned. Later, I developed my own unique process: I would take a specific photographic motif as a foundation and learn to transform it into something entirely new using color and shape variations on the canvas.
Today, I usually give my brush arm the absolute freedom to b...

Training stations 2005 to 2015

- Adult Education Center Esslingen,
Stuttgart and Ludwigsburg, VHS-Heim Inzigkofen, Germany

- Art School Filderstadt, Germany

- Kolping Art School Stuttgart, Germany, 6 months

- Academy of Contemporary Art Fabrik am See,
Horn Gaienhofen, Germany
20 weekly seminars with Beate Bitterwolf
and other lecturers

- Art Academy Esslingen 2008-2014

Main Lecturers:
Angelika Hentschel, Esslingen,Germany
Beate Bitterwolf, Horn Gaienhofen, Germany
Gerhard Almbauer, Graz, Austria
Prof. Klaus Lomnitzer, Frankfurt, Germany
Franziska Statkus, Stuttgart, Germany
Wolfgang Mandernach, Stuttgart, Germany

Solo Exhibitions
2024 Wohnstift Radäcker, Esslingen
2020 Bistro-Café, Markgröningen
2016 Town Hall Ebersbach, near Ulm
2014 University Clinic, Tübingen
2014 Joint practice Dr. med. Peter & Dres., Esslingen
2013 Town Hall, Stuttgart-Obertürkheim
2012 Café Morlock, Plochingen
2010 District Hospital, Plochingen
2010 Physiotheraphy Echteler, Esslingen
2010 Forum Heppächer, Esslingen
2009 Residential pen Radäcker, Esslingen
2008 Senior Residence Charlottenhof, Esslingen
2008 Galleria Zeus, Esslingen
2008 Clinic Schelztor, Esslingen
2008 Goldsmith B.N., Esslingen
2007 Sunflower, Esslingen
2007 Leinfelden Galeriecafé Olga, Remshalden
2007 Science of life Center Banyan-Insel
2006 Atelier Herrenwiesenweg, Esslingen


Collective Exhibitions

2023 Residential pen Radäcker, Esslingen
2019 Town Hall, Esslingen, 34. Esslingen Art Market
2012 5. International ArtFair, Sindelfingen
2012 2. Exhibition 11. Int.Syrlin Art Prize 2012
Galerie CentreCourt, Stuttgart
2010 2. Art Finalist Presentation, 9. Int. Syrlin Art Prize,
Collage & FotoArt, Galerie Centre Court, Stuttgart
2010 Art Finalist Presentation, Category Collage & FotoArt, 9. Int. Syrlin Art Prize, Art Fair, Euro Antik &Contemporary Fine Art, Sindelfingen
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