Artist Profile
Monique M Rojas
Mixed media artist based in Australia
Monique M Rojas (b. 1994) is an Australian based artist living in Sydney. She works with print media, paint, oil pastels and spray paint and sometimes utilises photography and digital tools to manipulate the images for collage. Artists Hannah Hoch, Picasso, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Ashkan Honarvar, Frida Kahlo and Flying Lotus are the main influencers of Rojas works.
By completing an Diploma of visual arts it helped open her repertoire of mediums and skills to incorporate into her artworks. Rojas is a strong advocate for people in the Mental health and Neurodiverse community. By expressing her own personal experiences, hopes to stop stigma and discrimination and show a positive new light through her artworks.