Monika Morgenstern

Born Germany | Resides Ngarrindjeri Country
Strathalbyn, South Australia

Education

2012 – 2014     Adelaide Central School of Art - Bachelor of Visual Art [Honours]

2008 – 2011     Adelaide Central School of Art - Associate Degree in Visual Art

1992 – 1993     Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne – Ass. Dip. of Arts  

1988 - 1990      University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf – Germany - Interior Design 

Solo Exhibitions

2026       Gallery M - Prima Materia

2026       JPE Design Studio - Aether

2025       Signal Point Gallery - SALA, Prima Materia

2024       Onkaparinga Regional Art Space - The radiant now

2023       Barossa Regional Gallery - Wordless Silence

2023       Murray Bridge Regional Gallery – I Dwell in Possibility

2022       Praxis Artspace – Fear Not

2021       BMG Gallery - Gestures

2021       Teneriba Gallery, SALA - Ostium 

2020       Collective Haunt Gallery - Fenestra

2019        Worth Gallery - The Essence of Nothing

2018        Signal Point Gallery - SALA, Rapture

2017        Hahndorf Academy - Rapture

2016        Murray Bridge Regional Gallery - SALA, Who’s Afraid of the Colour Blue?

2014        ArtPod Adelaide – Powerplay 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2026       Wonderground | Barossa - Guild of Storytellers

2025       Wonderground | Barossa - Geography of the Soul

2025       The Little Machine | Adelaide - Soft Opening

2024       Wonderground | Barossa - Incandescent

2024       Assembly: Unveiling the City of Adelaide Contemporary Art Collection 2010–2024

2024       SALA HUB | Light Room Gallery - Proximity

2023       The Little Machine | Adelaide - Phenomenal

2023       Museum of Art and Culture Lake Macquarie (NSW) - Shifter

2023       Smartart Gallery - A place in time

2022       Worth Gallery - A Mixed blend

2022       Main Gallery – Beyond

2022       Adelaide Town Hall – Art as a Visual Language

2021       WEST Gallery Adelaide – Abstraction 

2019       WEST Gallery Adelaide - Extra Virgin

2019       St. Ignatius Bi-Annual Art Show (Rector's Prize Winner)

2017       Worth Gallery, Kent Town - Dwell

2016       Worth Gallery, Kent Town - Open

2015       Fisher Jeffries Foyer Space - Illumination

2015       The Barn Gallery, Aldgate - On the Wall & Floor

2015       Adelaide Central Gallery (Fringe exhibition) - With a Spring in my Step

2015       Helpmann Graduate Exhibition                                           

2014       Adelaide Central School of Art - Breaking Silence 

2014       SALA Adelaide Town Hall Eight

2014       Port Augusta Cultural Centre - Travelling North

2014       Helpmann Graduate Exhibition

2013       Adelaide Central School of Art - Uncharted Territory 

2012       Adelaide Central Gallery - Cats & Dogs

2010       Port Adelaide, New Land Gallery Convers(ly) Curated by Fulvia Mantelli

Award Exhibitions - Finalist

2026       Fleurieu Art Prize - Curators Choice

2025       Tatiara Art Prize

2025       Gallery M Contemporary Art Prize

2024       Gallery M Contemporary Art Prize

2024       SALA - Advertiser Contemporary Art Award Finalist

2023       Tatiara Art Prize

2023       Creative Health Contemporary Art Prize

2023       Gallery M Contemporary Art Prize

2023       Barossa Vintage Festival Art Prize

2022       Gallery M Contemporary Art Prize

2021       Tatiara Art Prize

2020       Heysen Art Prize for Landscape

2019       Heysen Art Prize for Landscape

2019       Tatiara Art Prize

2019       SALA Contemporary Art Prize

2018       Heysen Art Prize for Landscape

2018       Fleurieu Art Prize

2018       Latent Photography Prize - SALA 2018

2015       Whyalla Art Prize

2015       Prospect Portrait Prize

2012       Clifton’s Art Prize, Adelaide (People’s choice award)     

2008       Outback Art Prize, Broken Hill                                           

2008       Stanthorpe Art Prize, Qld                                                     

2005       Whyalla Art Prize, SA

Awards

2023       Eran Svigos award for I Dwell In Possibility

2023       Fringe best Visual Art & Design weekly award winner for I Dwell In Possibility

Video Installations

2025       Signal Point Gallery - SALA, Prima Materia II

2023       Barossa Regional Gallery - Prima Materia I

2023       Murray Bridge Regional Gallery - I am the Wind

2022       Sixth Street Makers Market Murray Bridge - Initium

2022       Praxis Artspace - I am the Wind

2022       FELT Space Adelaide - I am the Wind

2018       FELT Space Adelaide - Visitors of the Night

2018       Adelaide Festival Centre - Visitors of the Night 

Grants and Commissions 

2025        Guildhouse - JPE Artist Residency 

2022        Arts SA – Fellowship

2021        Guildhouse - Catapult 

2021        Arts SA – Independent Artist Grant

2020       Country Arts SA – Postcard Commission

2020       Country Arts SA – Covid 19 Artist Grant

2020       Country Arts SA – Quick Response Grant 

2017        Adelaide Central School of Art Support Program Grant

2010        Professional Development Grant. Project Coordinator for Converse[ly] The Artist’s Voice. Country Arts SA 

2009       Regional Arts Fund: Quick Response Grant, Country Arts SA 

Creative Development & Experience 

2026          Artist in Residence - JPE Design Studio

2026          Grant Advisory Group, Mount Barker Council

2025          SALA Artist Advisory Group

2025          SALA Award Judge

2022          Speaker - Art + Place, public art workshop

2021           Mentee to Sasha Grbich – Audio & Sound

2020/21    Mentee to Erni Tinesz - Flat Glass artist

2014           Art Gallery of SA Sketch club tutor Abstracting the Human Form 

2010/11    Exhibition coordinator Kensington Gallery, Adelaide

2010           Mentee to Fulvia Mantelli - Curator

2009          Masterclass with Godwin Bradbeer ’Describing the Body’

Collections

City of Adelaide

City of Marion

Numerous private collections.