Exhibitions

MONIKA WRIGHT Visual Artist
Exhibitions & Publications

2012

January – Designer Café & Gallery – Kentville, NS – Solo Show – “Anticipating Spring”
January - Coburg Coffee House & Gallery – Halifax, NS – Solo Show – “Transformations & Colour:”
January – December - Fine Art America – online art sales
January – December – Lailas – Art reproductions
January – December - Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Art Sales and Rental Gallery – continuous sales and rentals
May – Designer Café & Gallery – Kentville, NS – “Geographically Incorrect” – with Fabienne Leydecker
June - Copper Fox Gallery – “Georgraphically Incorrect“– wth Fabienne Leydecker
September – October – Coburg Coffee House, Halifax – “Geographically Incorrect” with
Fabienne Leydecker

2011

November – January 2012 – Coburg Coffee House – Solo Show – “Transformations & Colour” – Halifax2010
November – International Photography Exihibit – group show – Beijing, China
October – ViewPoint Gallery, Halifax – “Flamenco” – juried curated group show
September – ViewPoint Gallery, Halifax – “One Art” – juried curated group show
March – AyrSpace Gallery – Ayr, ON – “International Women Celebrate” – 100 women in a group show and fund raiser for Haitian women
February – Craig Gallery, Dartmouth – “Paris Salon”, VANS Group show

October – ViewPoint Gallery, Halifax – Installation: “Song & Dance” Group show
July – ViewPoint Gallery, Halifax – “Among the Vanities” – Group show
July – Port Hawkesbury Art Gallery, Cape Breton, NS – Artspa group show
February-March 2010 –“Caminando con Torres Garcia” – two exhibitions: Punto del Este and Montevideo, Uruguay, South America
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Art Sales and Rentals Gallery – ongoing
Art in a Box, Halifax – November to March
Total Kneads, Halifax – Group Show – February to April

2009

November – March 2010 – “Art In A Box” – Juried Exhibit, Halifax
November – Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Art Sales and Rentals Gallery – Juried exhibition
November – Art & Jules – “Joaquin in His Shoes” Group show – Halifax
October – “Small Works” – Craig Gallery – Dartmouth
October – “Free Flow” – ViewPoint Gallery – Group Show
Since 2008 – Lailas Inc. Art Publisher & Distributor – Galleries and retailers in North America
January – Advantage Gallery, Fall River, NS – “The Dancers” – Group show
Since 2006 – Art Sales & Rentals – AGNS, Halifax, NS
Since 2006 – ViewPoint Fine Art Photography Gallery , group shows throughout the year
May – “Flight” – Shearwater Aviation Museum 100 Anniversary – Group show

2008

Since July 2006 Art Sales & Rentals, Halifax NS Juried works
November 7 – December 5 ViewPoint Gallery, Halifax, NS “Intimate Portraits”
November 7 – 30 Advantage Gallery & Escape Café, Halifax, NS “Gallery to Grinds, Juried show
October 3 – 29 Corridor Gallery, Halifax, NS “Mixed Messages” Nocturne & Photopolis Juried Show
July 1 – 29 Fort Point Museum Gallery, LaHave, NS “Serendipity”
April 28 to May 24 FRED, Halifax, NS “Art off the Map” Group Show at FRED,
April 17 – 30 Art Sales & Rentals, AGNS, Halifax, NS “New Faces”
February 20 – April 2 ViewPoint Gallery, Halifax, NS “The Stillness Shall Be Dancing
April – July Cumberland Health Care Foundation Art Gallery, Amherst, NS “Inner Landscapes”
January 10 – February 17 ViewPoint Gallery, Halifax, NS “NewPoints – Essence of You”
January 20 – February Pier 21, Halifax, NS “Inspired by China” – Pier 21 Gallery

2007

Continued from 2006 Art Sales & Rentals, Halifax NS Juried – rented & sold
November 2 –3 Argyle Fine Arts, Halifax, NS “ Ross Creek Secret”
November 5 – 29 ViewPoint Gallery, Halifax, NS “Urban Statements”
November – March 2008 Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS), Halifax, NS “Art in a Box” Juried show
September 1 – 30 LACDA, Los Angeles, California – “Snap to Grid”
July 5 -29 ViewPoint Gallery, Halifax, NS Solo Exhibition – “Transformations”
May 28, 2007 Argyle Fine Arts, Halifax, NS “St. Joseph?s Night of Art”
April 1 – May 30 Aggie Martin Gallery, Solo Show, “Carried Away” Brampton, ON
February – May Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS), Halifax,NS “Art in a Box” Juried April – Anna Leonowens Gallery, NSCAD, Halifax, NS “Night Shift”

Publications

April – Enroute Magazine 50th Anniversary Issue “Flash” – 2008
Continued to 2009 – Laila?s Inc. Fine Art Publishers, Brampton, ON (Canada & USA) – 2008
Art Evolution Fine Art Publishers, Calgary, AB, (Canada & USA) – 2006

Reviews/ Interviews

Chronicle Herald - January 2012 - " Anticipating Spring" - Art and Culture
Chronicle Herald - October 2011- "Seeking Duende" Group Show - Arts and Culture
Photopolis -Halifax Photography Festival Catalogue- feature image - "Flamenco Silhouette"
Nocturne - Festival of Arts Program Catalogue - October 2010 - feature image - "Windmill"
Chronicle Herald – Oct. 2009 “Free Flow” Group Show Review Featuring “Dancing with the Devil”
Breakfast Television, Halifax, NS interview for “NewPoints – Essence of You”
The ChronicleHerald, Halifax, NS feature for “NewPoints – Essence of You”
Amherst Daily News, Amherst, NS Interview for “Inner Landscapes”
Daily News, Halifax, NS Interview & feature for “Transformations” solo show
Brampton Guardian – Arts & Entertainment feature for “Carried Away” solo show

Memberships

Education

Graduated from the University of Windsor, Windsor, ON
University of Western Ontario, London, ON
Travelled throughout Asia, South Pacific & Africa (other travels throughout my life included more than 60 countries)
Nikon School of Photography
Humber School for Writers, Toronto, ON
Neilsen Centre – Community Arts Program, Toronto, ON
Callum Cameron – classes – Artist, Bucerias, Mexico
Justine Kerr – workshop in Felting
Tara Grude – workshop in Felting
Chistopher Webb – Realism workshop -Artist in Halifax, NS
Heathery Sayeau – Faces & Figures workshop – Artist in Halifax, NS
Wayne Boucher - Abstract Concepts
Leya Evelyn - Working with Abstractions