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EDUCATION
College Of Fine Art UNSW
  Masters of Fine Art (Research) 2007
RMIT, Melbourne
  Bachelor in Fine Art (Painting), 1999
SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011

Standing Still, Gallerysmith, North Melbourne, VIC
 
2010
Double Dutch, BREENSPACE, Sydney
1, Rimbun Dahan Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
 
2009
Have Your Cake and Eat it Too, Gallerysmith, North Melbourne, VIC
  Salad Days, National Art School Artists in Residence: Melody Willis & Monika Behrens, National Art School Gallery, Darlinghurst NSW
Silent Bang, Gallerysmith - Project Space, North Melbourne, VIC
 
2008
Hush Historical – Rehearsing the Australian History Wars, Gallerysmith, North Melbourne, VIC
Battle Nullius, FirstDraft Gallery, Surry Hills, NSW
Cool the Globe: Glam Barbie, Horus & Deloris, Sydney, NSW
 
2007
  Silent Bang, Ivan Dougerty Gallery, Paddington, NSW
 
2006
  Silent Bang, Kudos Gallery, Paddington, NSW
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
Small, Breenspace, Waterloo, NSW
 
2009
Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, Artspace, Sydney, NSW
Group Show, Breenspace, Waterloo, NSW
Tanah Air, Rimbun Dahan, Malaysia
Origami High Street, Horus & Deloris, Sydney, NSW
 
2007
Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, Artspace, Sydney, NSW
ABN AMRO Emerging Artist Award, ABN AMRO Foyer, Sydney, NSW
Smash Hits, Paramatta Studio Gallery, Parramatta NSW
Square Dance, FirstDraft Gallery, Surry Hills, NSW
Unwrapped, United Gallery, Perth, WA
Match Box Projects, Gosford Regional Gallery, Gosford, NSW
 
2006
EEA21, Museum of Modern Art, Saitama Japan
Post-it: An exquisite corpse mail art project, Peloton, Chippendale, NSW
9 x 5 Truck show (International Noise), Art Gallery of NSW, Dank Street Galleries and ACP, Sydney
Sulman Prize Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW
PRIMAVERA 2005 (Touring) Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, Muswellbrook, NSW
 
2005
PRIMAVERA 2005 Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW
Artists Against Sedition, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Casula, NSW
Elastic, Kudos Gallery, Paddington, NSW
Silent Bang, Solo Exhibition, Kudos Gallery, Paddington, NSW
MCQ International Art Award, Chifley Tower, Sydney, NSW
Scapes, Global Gallery, Paddington, NSW 
Pearl, Tsunami Aid Exhibition, Sheffer Gallery, Darlington, NSW
Metro 5 Art Award, Armadale, VIC
 
COLLABORATIONS
2011
21 (site specific light painting performance with Rochelle Haley), Hoexter, Germany (upcoming)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (collaborative painting exhibition with Rochelle Haley), MOP, Sydney
 
2010
Pleasure Garden (site-specific installation with Rochelle Haley), Penang, Malaysia
 
RESIDENCIES
2011
Artist in Residence - Artspace Sydney
Artist in Residence - Performing Arts Forum, St Erme Outre et Ramecourt, France
2010
Artist in Residence - Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
Artist in Residence - Performing Arts Forum, St Erme Outre et Ramecourt, France
2009
Artist in Residence - Rimbun Dahan, Malaysia, 12 Month Residency
2008
Artist in Residence - National Art School, Sydney, 12 Month Studio Residency
GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2010
Australian Council New Work Grant
2009
Ian Potter Cultural Trust Grant
2007
Australian Council New Work Grant
2005
Viktoria Marinov Scholarship in Art
COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Hijjas Kasturi Associates
UBS Art Collection, Brisbane
ARTBANK, Sydney
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Runway, Issue 15: Lies, November 2009 - March 2010
Robyn Stuart, "The Viewers View" Das Superpaper, December 2010, p76
‘What Now?’, Australian Art Collector, issue 49, Sept p96
‘Marcus Browne, ‘Interviews Monika Behrens,’ das SUPERPAPER, issue 5, April 09
Runway, Issue 12: Make Believe, December 2008 - March 2009, Cover work
Holly Williams, “Emerging Art: It’s Not Simply Young Talent Time”, Art Market Report, Spring 06 p.36
Brad Hatch, “The Company Curator”, Financial Review (Boss Magazine) November 06 p.20
Barbara Flynn, “Girl Band”, (Catalogue), October 06 p.1
Dougal Phillips, “Interesting Times and Primavera”, Art and Australia, Autumn 06 p.440
Melanie Watkins, “COFA Cleans up”, COFA Magazine, 01.06 p.21
Craig Scutt, "Blind leading the blind, Censorship of the visual arts in Australia", NAVA Quarterly,12.05, p.4
Robert Buratti, “Strokes from the Primavera”, Drum Media. 10.05
Tracey Clement, “Cleanse the palette”, Sydney Morning Herald (Metro) 23-29.09.05, p26
Sunanda Creagh, "Young artists redraw perceptions of the land", Sydney Morning Herald, 08.09.05, p.14
Sarah Ranawake "Timeout", City Weekly, 08.09.05, p.23
Shaun Ellis "Left by the wayside", Wentworth Courier, 07.09.05, p.50
 Adam Bennett, "Artists develop palette for a brush with tradition", MX, 06.09.05, p.2
Felicity Fenner, Primavera 05 Exhibition by Young Australian Artists, (Catalogue) p.14-15, p 20-23
Alexa Moses, "Primavera takes on a new sheen after casting its net wide", Sydney Morning Herald, 24.05.05, p.14
Felicity Fenner, Undiscovered Artists, Australian Art Collector, issue 23, April 2005, p.99
Jeff Makin "In praise of Caravaggio", Herald Sun (Melbourne), 14.02.05, p. 121
 
Visit work:  
Standing Still Double Dutch
1: Malaysia Have Your Cake and Eat it Too
Magic Foam Hush Rehearsal
  Silent Bang