Monica Ursina Hunter

Monica Ursina Jäger (born May 6, 1974 in Thalwil ) is a Swiss artist .

Jäger studied at Goldsmith College in London until 2008 . In 2007 she received the Swiss Art Award and in 2008 she had a solo exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Thun .

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Monica Ursina Jäger works primarily with large-format ink drawings . Her slightly surreal pictures show abstract vedute full of secrets; futuristic landscapes that are neither 'natural' nor 'artificial'. Your drawings are complemented by sculptures and engraved picture tubes. In her works, the artist is based on today's conditions and events in our natural and built environment.

Exhibitions

• 2009 Outlands, Rupert Pfab Gallery, Düsseldorf
• 2008 project space enter, Kunstmuseum Thun
• 2007 After Nature, Habres + Partner Gallery, Vienna AT
• 2007 Out of the Woods, Visual Drugs Gallery, Zurich
• 2005 Monica Ursina Jäger, Galerie Rigassi, Bern
• 2004 Quality Works, Visual Drugs Gallery, Zurich
• 2004 Where the wild roses grow, Artothek, Zurich

Scholarships

• 2010 IBK Art Award / Advancement Award 'Drawing'
• 2008 Work contribution from the Canton of Graubünden_CH
• 2007 Swiss Art Award
• 2006 Kunsthalle Basel, patronage fund for young artists
• 2005 atelier grant Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris

Web links

• Hunter, Monica Ursina. In: Sikart
• Monica Ursina Jäger at the Rupert Pfab Gallery, Düsseldorf
• Website by Monica Ursina Jäger