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Monika Morito is an artist based in Munich. Before her career as an artist, she studied communication design and worked for several years as a designer in agencies. Monika explores her origins through painting and thus increasingly gains meaning. She stretches the canvases herself and grounds them with gouache and acrylic. By adding fine reliefs of oil paint and pastel chalk, she gives contour to the stylised plants, objects and faces.

In the work BASKET, the special meaning of palm trees for Monika can be seen. For the artist, they symbolise her homeland, the Philippines. The characteristic trees also express a deep longing, as Monika has rarely been to her homeland since childhood. Through the completely autonomous creative process, from the construction of the canvas to the intimate motif, Monika creates artworks that are unique in appearance and meaning.