Monica Sarandrea

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Monica Sarandrea  graduates in Languages and Foreign Literatures at the University of La Sapienza in Rome and subsequently attends the art courses at La Porta Blu Art School from 2004, where she is tutored by artist Alberto Parres. She develops her painting skills working on chromatic and depth of field, gradually moving from figurative art to abstraction. She also studies engraving with artist Roberto Pace and from 2011 she starts working on sculpture focusing on materials such as clay, plaster and marble. From 2011 to 2013 she takes part in marble workshops in the island of Thassos (Greece).

From 2006 she takes part in exhibitions in art galleries and institutional spaces, contemporary art festivals in Italy and abroad including RvB Arts, MICRO Arti Visive, Centro Culturale Gabriella Ferri, Ex Dogana (Rome), Ca’ dei Carraresi (Treviso,Italy), Artbox Project (New York), Galerie L’Atelier (Hünibach, Switzerland), Sculptures in Chigi Park (Ariccia), Emmeotto Gallery (Rome), A60 Contemporary Art Space (Milan), Festival del Tempo (Sermoneta), Galleria Spazio Arte Petrecca (Isernia), Museo Archeologico (Altamura), Fondazione Pomarici Santomasi (Gravina), Pavart Gallery (Rome), Art Gap  (Rome), Strati d’Arte gallery (Rome), Sincresis Arte (Empoli), ONART Gallery (Florence). Borgo Pio Art Gallery (Rome).

From 2010 her solo exhibitions take place in art galleries and institutional spaces such as Il Laboratorio, Creative Room Art Gallery, Villa Corsini-Sarsina (Anzio), Sala Orsini (Formello), Studio Tiepolo (Rome), Lumina Design (Rome), Galleria Triphè (Rome). In 2016 two sculptures enter the permanent collection at MAAM – Museo dell’Altro e dell’Altrove, Rome.

In 2023 she is awarded the first prize for sculpture at the Roman Riviera Biennale (Ladispoli).

Her works can be found in private collections in Italy and Europe. She lives and works in Rome.

My works are the result of an inner research deeply connected with nature and its spiritual dimension The sacredness of nature and ancient myths, as well eastern philosophies are the common thread that nurture my work. Water and earth are the feminine elements that fuel my research.

Since I started painting I have always been focused on the observation of nature and landscapes. Working on colour perception and depth of field, I gradually moved from figurative art to abstraction. Layer after layer, the colour field becomes an inner landscape, where, following my thread of thought, lines and visions appear. As for my work on sculpture, I work on marble, clay and plaster. I like to combine different media in my artworks, synthesizing natural shapes and colours through linear and organic forms.