Monika Diak

Monika Diak is currently completing her Honours in Painting, Fine Arts at the Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney.
Previously graduating with a BFA from the National Art School in 2007, majoring in Copperplate Intaglio Etching. Shortly after, Monika partook in several International Art Residencies in Europe between 2011 and 2013, concluding in the conception of a significant body of work created during her residency stays, and presented her first and second Solo Shows. During her time in Europe she undertook a critical reading of local traditional mythology and folklore, providing her own reflection of the themes contained within the individual tales. She returned to Australia in 2014, after building upon the series for over three years abroad.
She was an AIR short stay artist in Kyoto, Japan in 2016, at Art Space Yosuga, conducting preliminary research for a series of artworks she would steadily work on for the next few years. She returned to Japan to host her first Solo Show in Tokyo in 2019, and is working on a follow-up Solo Show set for 2020.
She is currently based in The Blue Mountains, where she researches the connection between folktales, myths and superstitions, with the depths of our psyche, to feed her ...

education and teaching

2020: Honours in Fine Arts, SCA, University of Sydney, Australia

2020: Intensive Workshop with Juz Kitson, Australia

2018-2020: Teacher at Art Est, Sydney, Australia

2018: Natural History Illustration, University of Newcastle, Australia

2014: Intensive Watercolour Portrait Workshop with Cherry Hood, Australia

2008-2009: Teacher at Waverly Woolahra Art School, Sydney, Australia

2005-2007: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Printmaking Major – National Art School, Sydney

2004: Children’s Book Illustration, Short Course with Donna Rawlins – University of Sydney

2003-2004: Life Drawing, HSC Extension Course – National Art School, Sydney

2003: Drawing and Illustration – Whitehouse Institute of Fashion and Design, Sydney

For a list of Group Exhibitions please see my CV
https://mvdiak.tumblr.com/artcv


solo exhibitions

2019 - Gallery NoieL, Tokyo, Japan

2012 - Delicate Disillusionment, Nádasdy Castle, Sárvár, Hungary

2012 - Elillanó Mesevilág, Eszterház Palace, Fine Art Museum Győr, Hungary

2012 - Baroque Portraits, Zichy Palace, Győr, Hungary