Monica Rohan'’s work explores the inundation of contradictions and paradoxes that complicate emotions, through the pictorial language of contemporary painting. She uses herself as the subject and the driving force behind her works. She explores the clash between what is real and what is simulated and how this affects general thought processes and instincts, placing perceptions of reality in doubt. Rohan has created an altered perspective of reality drawing from personal emotional metaphors in response to real world experiences. In effect, her paintings question the act of being emotionally conscious, and how one views themselves from the perspective of this intense self-awareness.

BIO

Monica Rohan graduated from Queensland College of Art in 2010 and is currently undertaking Honours. Her work was selected for the GAS exhibition at Dell Gallery in 2010. She has recently exhibited in a variety of different exhibitions in Brisbane, including 'Get a Grip' at Ryan Renshaw Gallery Window Space, 'On Short Notice' at White Box Gallery and 'Rotary Art Spectacular' at Riverside Centre.

Rohan has also commissioned work for The Mater Children’s Hospital Art Collection, St. Anthony’s Friary in Melbourne and St. Mary’s School, Beaudesert.

Exhibiting in 2012.

Works by Monica Rohan