Monica Metsers

Monica Metsers was born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1980, but has lived in the English Lake District for the majority of her life. Monica graduated from the University of Dundee with a Masters Degree in Fine Art in 2005 and has been steadily exhibiting and selling her work nationally since then. In 2007 she was short-listed for the Celeste Art Prize and in 2011 was shortlisted for 'New Lights; The Valeria Sykes Prize' for young painters, and was awarded second prize from around 400 entries for regional art prize 'Open up North'. In summer 2012 Monica exhibited alongside artists such as Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud and Turner Prize nominee George Shaw in ''Francis Bacon to Paula Rego: Great Artists' at Abbot Hall Art Gallery in Kendal. Her works are now in numerous private and two public collections. Monica is currently working towards a solo show in the Marylebone Parish Crypt as part of the 'Contemporary British Painting' collective in March 2014.

Through her practice Monica aims to explore ways in which subconscious fantastical experiences may be visually manifested. Her work reflects a lifelong love of fantasy and escapism. Primarily she makes objects, which are quick to realise, using existing objects as a basis upon which ...

Education/QualificationsMaster of Fine Art (MFA)Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and DesignUniversity Of DundeeSeptember 2003 - December 2004BA (Hons) Art; Practice and TheoryLancaster UniversityOctober 2000-June 2003Competitions / Awards Celeste Art Prize Short listed (Artist category) 2007The LUA (Lancaster University Alumni) Award for excellence in the arts Lancaster University, June 2003ExhibitionsCupola Gallery Summer Exhibition Sheffield (selected group show) July 2007Clarion Contemporary Art Summer Exhibition London (selected group show) July 2007Green Door Studios Annual Exhibition Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal (group show) September 2006Assemble Candid Arts Gallery, London (Network A.D selected group show) July 2006Artists and Illustrators Exhibition 2006 (Network A.D Stand) (selected group show) July 2006Emergence Butterfield Gallery, Jedburgh Community and Arts Centre, Jedburgh (solo show) 2006Dickie Doodles Christmas Exhibition, Kendal (group show) 2005Green Door Studios Annual Exhibition, Grasmere (group show) 200525th Anniversary Show, Exposure Art gallery, Swansea (selected group show) 2005Sculptural Possibilities, The Cupola Gallery, Sheffield (selected group show) 2005High Head Sculpture Valley Open, High Head S...

Contemporary Masters From Britain
Yantai Art Museum, China
July-August 2017

Cumbrian Artist of the Year 2016
Rheged Gallery, Cumbria
September - November 2016

Black & Blue
Signature Gallery
September 2016

Contemporary British Painting
Quay Arts Gallery, Isle of Wight
July - October 2016

@Paintbritain
Ipswich Art Gallery
November 2014- March 2015

Contemporary British Painting
Huddersfield Art Gallery
November 2014- March 2015

Thresholds; Contemporary British Painting
Marylebone Parish Church Crypt, London
Solo show (one of a series, March 2014)

C-Art @ Tullie House
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle
Selected Group Show, December 2012 - February 2013

Francis Bacon to Paula Rego; Great Artists
Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal
Selected Group Show, June - September 2012

Open Up North
Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal
Selected Prize Exhibition (Prize Winner- 2nd Prize) October – November 2011

New Lights (The Valeria Sykes Prize)
Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate
Selected Prize Exhibition (Shortlisted Artist) September 2011 - January 2012

Dreamtime
Ruskins Gallery, Kendal
Solo show, July 2011

Sedition
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle
Selected group show, Septem...