Monika Behrens

 

  • Monika Behrens, <i>Head of State</i>, 76 x 50.5 cm, oil on canvas, 2007
  • Monika Behrens, <i>Polartini</i>, 136 x 110.5 cm, oil on canvas, 2007
  • Monika Behrens, <i>Shaken not Stirred</i>, 121 x 91 cm, oil on canvas, 2007
  • Monika Behrens, <i>Smashed</i>, 106 x 83 cm, oil on canvas, 2006
  • Monika Behrens, <i>There She Blows</i>, 122 x 101 cm, oil on canvas, 2007
  • Monika Behrens, <i>We've got the whole world</i>, 182 x 111 cm, oil on canvas, 2007

 

 

Australian artist Monika Behrens graduated with Bachelor of Fine Art from RMIT Melbourne in 1999, and Master of Fine Art from UNSW College of Fine Art in 2007. Upon completion of her course, Behrens travelled to Europe on an Australian Council ‘New Work’ Grant to research the historical and contemporary political art in Amsterdam, Madrid and Venice. The research focused particularly on the historical war paintings located in the National Gallery of London, and resulted in two bodies of work based on the Australian History Wars. Behren's  works are based broadly on themes of loss, violence, deceit, power plays within society and the subsequent impact on the vulnerable.