Monica Maja Richardson

Monica Maja Richardson is a London-based Italian artist whose work emerges from intuition, emotion, and the quiet dialogue between colour and feeling. A self-taught abstract painter, Monica explores the space where spontaneity meets reflection — translating fragments of memory, mood, and movement into layers of vibrant expression.
Rooted in her Italian heritage yet shaped by the energy of London, her art is a visual language of freedom and sensitivity. Each canvas becomes a meditation on presence — a moment suspended between chaos and calm, light and shadow, depth and release.
Deeply inspired by the expressive power of artists such as Jackson Pollock, Gerhard Richter, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler, Monica draws from their fearless experimentation and emotional intensity. Like her influences, she approaches abstraction as both gesture and feeling — a way of seeing beyond form into the essence of experience.
Without the boundaries of formal training, Monica allows instinct to guide her hand. Her creative process is both an exploration and a surrender, inviting viewers to look beyond the surface and feel the emotional resonance that lies beneath.
Through abstraction, Monica seeks connection — a shared space where imagination ...

self taught

- EVELYN PARTNERS , Birmingham October 2023

-TOWN HALL HOTEL London 2023

- St John's Tavern, London September/ October 2023

- POTTER CLARKSON October 2023

-THE OTHER ART FAIR London The Truman Brewery October 2022
-THE OTHER ART FAIR London The Truman Brewery March 2022

- ROY'S ART FAIR London November 2021

- THE OTHER ART FAIR The Truman Brewery, London October 2021

-THE OTHER ART FAIR 1/4 July 2021 West Handyside Canopy, King’s Cross London

-BABELE group show December 2019 San Zaccaria Venice

-FUSION V 27/31 March 2019 The Cult House London

-TALENTED ART FAIR 1/3 March 2019 Truman Brewery London

-PIECES OF HEART, The Tabernacle, LONDON 30th of June/5th of July 2015

- ABSTRACT ART , The Brick Lane Gallery LONDON ,
28th of May/ 7th of June 2015

- COLOURS
The Tabernacle, LONDON 29 April/4 May 2014

- BACK TO THE FUTURE Galerie MARZIA FROZEN - BERLIN
November-December 2013

- Bottega Prelibato LONDON September 2013

- COLOURS AND VISIONS . Graceland - LONDON October 2012

- 27off Architects - ROME November 2011