Monique Clark

Contemporary artist living in Brighton, UK. Making exuberant, vivid paintings of self portraits, extended family in the domestic space and flora and fauna. Inspiration is sourced from the internet, digital and family photos photo albums. Focussing on mixed media and collage, these paintings offer an insight to a deeply personal world. While also also appearing universal these paintings allow Monique to escape the pressures of life and enjoy the making process. Born in New Zealand, living in the UK since 2002. Monique completed a BA in Arts (2010),completed three years of a part-time BA in Fine art, (2022) Exhibited at the MALL galleries (London) (2022) for the society of woman artists, Liberation Gallery (Brighton,UK) (2023) (2024), Exhibited at Fishing Quarter Gallery (Beyond Boundaries)(2024), Exhibited on the Steyning Art Trail (2024) Please discover more work on instagram .
Currently I’m researching great female artists from the renaissance and rococo periods. Appreciating the feminine aesthetics throughout art history. Looking for connections within the domestic space. Using luminous colours, creating contrast between lights and dark. Bold brush strokes, and pastel coloured calm. I prefer to work with oil for its viscosity.

BA Fine Art Degree 3 years at Northbrook College 2019-2022

Foundation Art - Studied at Brighton MET College 2017-2019

BA Arts - 2010

Fishing Quarter Gallery Brighton Arches 8th April - 15 th April
Liberation Art Gallery, Brighton( 2024)
Mamoarts, Steyning art trail May 26– June 2024

April 2023 - selected for Brighton art society one day exhibition
Aug. 2022 - 2 paintings selected and exhibited at the Mall Galleries, London, Society of Women
May 2022 - Pre selected for The London Women's Art Society Mall Galleries
Dec 2021  - Corridor exhibition, BA Fine Art Northbrook College 
Oct 2021  - Corridor exhibition, BA Fine Art Northbrook College
Sep 2021 - Selected for the London Women art society online exhibition -mall galleries
          https://onlinegalleryswa160.oess1.uk/artwork/ArtistPage/41065?exhid=174
Jul 2021-
https://excursions-journal.sussex.ac.uk/index.php/excursions/10th-anniversary
One of 12 artists selected for a commission for the Sussex University Library
theme - Reflections.
Mar 2021 - Brush online exhibition, Choose to challenge, International woman day, Brighton
Jan 2020 - Corridor Exhibition, BA Fine art, Northbrook college
Jun 2019 - Corridor Exhibition, Met College, Brighton
Nov 2018 - ‘The Emperor and the Nightingale”, play and exhibition, 2 prints sold.
Jul 2018 - ‘On the Shelf” exhibition, a one day exhibition, B...