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Monika Steiner (born 1972) is an artist and sculptor that lives in
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Steiner, Monika 1972 births Living people 20th-century American painters 21st-century American painters 20th-century Swiss painters 21st-century Swiss painters Artists from the San Francisco Bay Area People from Fairfax, California Swiss contemporary artists Swiss women artists 20th-century American women painters 21st-century American women painters
Fairfax, California
Fairfax is an incorporated town in Marin County, California, United States. Fairfax is located west-northwest of San Rafael, at an elevation of . The population was 7,605 at the 2020 census.
History
The Coast Miwok Native Americans occupied ...
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Personal life
Monika Steiner was born in 1972 in Gysenstein, Switzerland. She earned a Bachelor of Arts and Teaching Credential at the University of Bern, and became a teacher at Bönigen elementary school, where she incorporated art into her classroom. In 2000 Steiner moved to the United States where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts atSonoma State University
Sonoma State University (SSU, Sonoma State, or Sonoma) is a public university in Rohnert Park in Sonoma County, California, US. It is one of the smallest members of the California State University (CSU) system. Sonoma State offers 92 Bachelor's d ...
. She currently splits her time between northern California and Bern. Her art at this time dealt with her internal struggles, such as the difficulty of experiencing and adapting to culture shock.
Career
The December 2006 showing of 11 pieces at the Bank of America Center in San Francisco, CA (since renamed555 California Street
555 California Street, formerly Bank of America Center, is a 52-story skyscraper in San Francisco, California. It is the fourth tallest building in the city as of February 2021, and in 2013 was the largest by floor area. Completed in 1969, the ...
), called Confluence, was influential in launching her art career.
In 2008 she held an exhibition at the Dorfmusem Bönigen. She had originally taught in this town as a schoolteacher.
As an abstract artist, Steiner describes her work as an outward expression of her innermost thoughts and feelings, a tangible expression of personal memories, situations, moments and feelings. "I am attracted to spheres because they are nature's most perfect shape - requiring the least amount of structure to enclose the greatest possible volume. I am amazed by their ability to conjure entities as massive as planets or as small as subatomic particles."
Rather than traditional canvas, Steiner prefers birchwood platforms prepared with rabbit-skin glue for its hard, smooth surface. In addition to painting, Steiner sculpts in bronze, engaging in the ancient lost-wax casting process integral to working with the medium.
In 2011 Steiner was invited to speak at TEDx
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Silicon Valley at Stanford University./ref>
Major collections
Major collections of Steiner's artwork are held by the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art in San Luis Obispo, California and theMaturango Museum
Maturango Museum is located in Ridgecrest, California. The museum is best known for the guided tours of the Coso Rock Art District located on China Lake Naval Weapons Station. The museum offers exhibits and displays featuring both the natural ...
in Ridgecrest, California, as well as by the Ashlyn Dyer Foundation, and the Dorfmusem Bönigen.
References
External links
Artnow Online Monika Steiner profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Steiner, Monika 1972 births Living people 20th-century American painters 21st-century American painters 20th-century Swiss painters 21st-century Swiss painters Artists from the San Francisco Bay Area People from Fairfax, California Swiss contemporary artists Swiss women artists 20th-century American women painters 21st-century American women painters