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Monika & Her Art

Monika Helbling Degan

who was born & raised in Zurich, Switzerland, has been calling Houston, Texas home for over twenty years. While always very interested in art, she interrupted her own artistic pursuits to dedicate herself to an extensive higher education and a career in investment management - until she was ready to re-focus on her art in 2005 …

“It takes a long time to become young.”   Pablo Picasso 

Monika loves to travel and has enjoyed exploring the cultural diversity of Europe & North America. Her journeys have taken her to some of the most scenic countryside as well as many world-renowned museums in great cities like New York, Paris, Florence, Madrid, Rome,  London, Amsterdam, Chicago and Washington DC. Her travel experiences are both education and inspiration for her art.  

Monika enjoys watercolor painting to portray a wide variety of subjects,  including land-/ and seascapes, portraits & figurative subjects and still life pieces. Human subjects tend to dominate her artistic work in other media as she has returned to her  long-time love of drawing and has expanded her study of the complexity and beauty of figures & faces through sculpting. 

Monika is a member of the Watercolor Art Society-Houston (WAS-H).

Exhibitions, Publications & Awards:

2013    WAS-H  September Juried Member Gallery Show, Houston, TX

2013    WAS-H  June Juried Member Gallery Show, Houston, TX

2013    WAS-H  February ‘People’ Juried Member Gallery Show, Houston, TX

2012    Watercolor Art Society – Houston (WAS-H) Juried 43^rdAnnual Members Exhibit, Houston, Texas

2012    WAS-H  August ‘Landscapes & Seascapes’ Juried Member Gallery Show, Houston, TX

2012    WAS-H  May ‘Experimental’ Juried Member Gallery Show, Houston, TX

2012    International Contemporary Masters V Art Exhibition, Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Art, Las Vegas, Nevada

2012    WAS-H  January ‘Open Theme’ Juried Member Gallery Show, Houston, TX

2012    Represented in Volume V of the  International Contemporary Masters Art Book

2011    WAS-H  December ‘Small Paintings' Juried Member Gallery Show, Houston, TX

                Awarded 3rd Place for "Moon Dance"

2011    WAS-H  August ‘Open Theme’ Juried Member Gallery Show, Houston, TX

2011    WAS-H  June ‘Open Theme’ Juried Member Gallery Show, Houston, TX

                Awarded Honorable Mention for "Autumn Peace"

2011    WAS-H  April ‘Open Theme’ Juried Member Gallery Show, Houston, TX

                Awarded Honorable Mention for "Spring in Red Rock Canyon"

2011    International Contemporary Masters IV Art Exhibition, Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Art, Las Vegas, Nevada

2011    'Canned Oxygen' Group Exhibition, Icosahedron Gallery, Chelsea, New York

2011    Represented in Volume IV of the  International Contemporary Masters Art Book

2010    WAS-H November 'Experimental' Juried  Member Gallery Show, Houston, TX

2010    Watercolor Art Society – Houston (WAS-H) Juried 41^stAnnual Members Exhibit, Houston, Texas

2010    WAS-H June ‘Open Theme’ Juried Member Gallery Show, Houston, TX

2010    WAS-H  May ‘Experimental’ Juried Member Gallery Show, Houston, TX

2010    International Contemporary Masters III Art Exhibition,  Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Art, Las Vegas, Nevada

2010    WAS-H  February ‘Open Theme’ Juried Member Gallery Show, Houston, TX

2010    WAS-H  January ‘Open Theme’ Juried Member Gallery Show, Houston, TX

2010    Represented in Volume III of the  International Contemporary Masters Art Book

2009    WAS-H  June ‘Open Theme’ Juried Member Gallery Show, Houston, TX

2009    WAS-H  May ‘Transparent Watercolor Only’ Juried Member Gallery Show, Houston, TX

                Awarded Honorable Mention for "Squam Lake"

2009    WAS-H  February ‘People & Figures’ Juried Member Gallery Show, Houston, TX

                Awarded Honorable Mention for "Mason"

2008    WAS-H  December ‘Small Paintings’ Juried Member Gallery Show, Houston, TX

2008    Watercolor Art Society – Houston (WAS-H) Juried 39^th Annual Members Exhibit, Houston, Texas

2008    deganArt Spring Art Show, Houston, Texas

Click on the Galleries: "Watercolors",  "Drawings", "Acrylics" and "Sculptures" to view all of Monika's work.

An overview of only those works currently available for sale - originals & prints - can be viewed by clicking on "Art Sale Overview".

For details about Upcoming Exhibitions, click "News & Events - Art Shows".

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“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.“  Pablo Picasso

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