News – Monica Rohan

Artist portrait of Monica Rohan. Photography by Mitchell Donaldson

Monica Rohan workshop at HOTA

Monica Rohan will be facilitating a workshop as part of HOTA Gallery’s ‘Lyrical Landscapes – Responding and Making Sessions’ education program. Occurring over two dates in September, the workshop will invite students to play and experiment with the landscape genre – through drawing, painting and photography. Lyrical Landscapes – Responding…
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Monica Rohan and Gerwyn Davies in the Sunshine Coast Art Prize

Monica Rohan and Gerwyn Davies have been announced as finalists in the 2021 Sunshine Coast Art Prize. Now in its 16th year, the Sunshine Coast Art Prize attracts entries from artists across Australia. The recipients of the major prize, Highly Commended and artist residency awards will be determined by this…
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Artist portrait of Monica Rohan. Photography by Mitchell Donaldson

Monica Rohan in the 2021 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize

Congratulations to Monica Rohan who is a finalist in the 2021 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize with her work, ‘Tug’. Launched in 2017, the Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize aims to advance opportunity for emerging and established women artists in Australia. 2021 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize 15 –…
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Monica Rohan in the Courier Mail

Monica Rohan was recently featured in the Courier Mail. Meeting with columnist Phil Brown, the artist discussed the success of her latest exhibition ‘Mind how you go’ and her evolving painting practice. Rohan’s 2020 Archibald Prize entry, ‘Lucy’ is currently on display at Cairns Art Gallery as part of the…
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Monica Rohan's Sunny Side Up light box installation, image courtesy of Brisbane City Council

Monica Rohan in Brisbane City installation ‘Sunny Side Up’

Monica Rohan’s work is currently featured in Brisbane City’s Outdoor Gallery exhibition ‘Sunny Side Up’. Consisting of light boxes, vitrines and digital projections, the ‘Sunny Side Up’ exhibition presents art in public spaces around Brisbane City. Monica Rohan’s artworks can be seen installed in the light box display in Fish…
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Archibald and Wynne Prize Finalists

Congratulations to the following artists who are finalists in the 2020 Archibald and Wynne prizes. Natasha Bieniek (Wynne Prize) Lucy Culliton (Archibald and Wynne Prize) William Mackinnon (Archibald Prize) Guy Maestri (Archibald and Wynne Prize) Monica Rohan (Archibald Prize) The winner of the…
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Monica Rohan in the Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize

Congratulations to Monica Rohan who is a finalist in the 2020 Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize in Landscape Painting with her work ‘A bit much’. This non-acquisitive prize celebrates excellence and innovation in the watercolour medium and boasts a major prize of $20,000. Shortlisted finalists will have their entries exhibited…
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Monica Rohan at Redland Art Gallery

Monica Rohan’s 2016 work, ‘Head up shoulders back’, is featured in a new exhibition, Redland Art Awards: Works Acquired 2006 – 2018, at Redland Art Gallery. During the recent temporary closure of the Redland Art Gallery, this year’s awards were unfortunately cancelled. But with the gallery having now re-opened, Redland Art…
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Monica Rohan in Beautiful Bizarre Magazine

Monica Rohan will be featured in the upcoming issue of Beautiful Bizarre Magazine. Rohan had a busy year in 2019, producing work for two sell-out exhibitions at Sydney Contemporary and Jan Murphy Gallery. Written by Kim Crowie, the article will be featured in issue 28 (March). For more information…
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Monica Rohan at the Museum of Brisbane

Monica Rohan currently has her work ‘Easton Pearson’ presented in the exhibition New Woman, at the Museum of Brisbane. Featuring work by more than 80 artists, New Woman aims to recognise and celebrate some of Brisbane’s most significant, trailblazing women artists. New Woman 13 September – 15 March…
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Guy Maestri and Monica Rohan at Sydney Contemporary

Join us at Sydney Contemporary as we present new work by Guy Maestri and Monica Rohan, in conjunction with Sophie Gannon Gallery. Guy Maestri Monica Rohan Sydney Contemporary, Stand #E17 Carriageworks, 12 – 15 September For more information about Sydney Contemporary, please click here.  Image credit:…
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Monica Rohan in the Dobell Drawing Prize

Monica Rohan is a finalist in this year’s Dobell Drawing Prize with her work ‘Don’t look down, don’t think about falling’. The National Art School in association with the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation presents the Dobell Drawing Prize in 2019 as a new biennial prize at the NAS Gallery.
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Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship 2018

Monica Rohan is a finalist for the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship 2018 and was highly commended for her work. Celebrating its 20th year in 2018, the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship is a scholarship for young Australian painters and consists of $40,000 and a three-month residency at the Cité…
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Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2018

Jason Benjamin, Gerwyn Davies, Danie Mellor, Monica Rohan and A.J. Taylor are finalists for the Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2018 at the Caloundra Regional Gallery. The annual prize offers an acquisitive major prize of $25,000 with the winning work acquired by the Sunshine Coast Art Collection. The winner will be…
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‘A painter’s house’ – The Margaret Olley Art Centre

An exhibition celebrating the home studio of Margaret Olley features work by Guido Maestri and Monica Rohan. A painter’s house at the Tweed Regional Gallery’s Margaret Olley Art Centre showcases work by Olley alongside responses to her re-created studio by contemporary painters including Maestri, Rohan, John Honeywill and Lewis Miller.
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