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Introduction	I am Monica van den Berg. I am a sculptor and work mainly in clay. My current work consist of ceramic vessels and ceramic heads that I paint with under glaze. I have a full time studio in Johannesburg South Africa. My work has been exhibited in South Africa and are part of private collections in South Africa and abroad.
What I Love about Ceramics	I love to work with clay and are currently working in black clay which gives you a beautiful back ground to paint on.
How I started with ceramics	I started with sculpture classes in 2008 with Amalie von Maltitz in Johannesburg. After several years mainly working in abstract forms and casting my work in bronze I moved to more stylized forms.
What inspires me	The human head was my great inspiration for the past few years. I love colour and that inspires me to use under glazed for the design on my latest vessels.
What I'm working on at the moment	I am working on different forms of vessels that I use as a canvas to paint on.
My Artist Statement	BIO: MONICA VAN DEN BERG The current work contains the thought of creating different styles of heads as the artist experiences the world around her. Although the work does not reflect the realistic form of a head she tries to stylise the work in such a way that it still reveals part of the realistic form. She is a full time sculptor with her own studio. Sha has taken up sculptor classes with Amalie von Maltitz in 2008. She has done the Mentorship Program with John Shirley in 2011. Her work has been accepted in the Ceramics SA exhibitions since 2010. She received a Merit Award at the Ceramics SA National Exhibition in 2010. At the Ceramics Gauteng Regional Exhibition 2014 she received the Merit Award. She also received the Ultra Furn Award at the Ceramics Gauteng Regional Exhibition 2018. She received The Zaks Kiln Award at the Ceramics Gauteng Regional Exhibition in 2021. REFERENCES 1. Ronnie Watt. A Head for Heads. The Sculptures in Ceramics of Monica van den Berg. Art@WorkToday. 2014. http://www.artatworktoday.com/the-artists/monica-van-den-berg/ 2. Website http://www.monicasculptures.co.za/index.html Facebook https://www.facebook.com/monica.vandenberg.35
My CV	EXHIBITIONS 1. 2010 Ceramics SA Gauteng Regional Exhibition 2. 2010 Ceramics SA National Exhibition – Grande de Provence Gallery Franschhoek 3. 2010 Ceramics SA National Exhibition Grande Provence Gallery Franschhoek 4. 2011 Ceramics SA Gauteng Regional Exhibition 5. 2012 Ceramics SA National Exhibition – Pretoria 6. 2012 Art in Clay Festival – Franschhoek 7. 2013 Ceramics SA Gauteng Regional Exhibition 8. 2014 Ceramics SA Gauteng Regional Exhibition 9. 2014 Ceramics SA Gauteng Merit Award 10. 2014 Exhibition Leonardo Gallery Pretoria 11. 2014 Ceramics SA National Exhibition – Alphen Estate Constantia 12. 2015 Ceramics SA Regional Exhibition – Johannesburg 13. 2015 Winter Exhibition – Is Art Gallery Franschhoek 14. 2015 David Walters and Friends – WAG 15. 2015 The Spiritual in the Material – Lizamore and Associates 16. 2016 Ceramics SA National Exhibition – UJ Gallery Johannesburg 17. 2016 G&W Tellus Sculptura – Gordon Froud Pretoria Association of the Arts 18. 2017 Forms of Expression 3 – Hermanus Fine Arts Festival 19. 2017 David Walters and Friends WAG 20. 2017 SculptureX 2017 – Melrose Arch Gallery 21. 2017 Ceramics SA Gauteng Regional Exhibition – Guest Artist 22. 2018 Palet – Pretoria Kunskamer 23. 2018 Hermanus Fine Arts Festival 24. 2018 Ceramics SA Gauteng Regional Exhibition 25. 2021 SculptureX – Melrose Arch Gallery 26. 2021 Ceramics SA Gauteng Regional Exhibition – Villa Arcadia Johannesburg AWARDS • 2021 Ceramics SA – Regional Zaks Kiln Award • 2018 Ceramics SA – Regional Ultra Furn Award • 2014 Ceramics SA – Regional Merit Award • Ceramics SA Magazine – A Head For Heads by Ronnie Watt • 2010 Ceramics SA – National Merit Award for Expression