Mónica Meira

Mónica Meira—painter, draftsman, portraitist and engraver—is the artist to whom, in 2010, Seguros Bolívar dedicated its annual book on outstanding figures of Colombian art.

A disciple of great masters such as Juan Antonio Roda, Santiago Cárdenas, Juan Cárdenas, Carlos Rojas, Luis Caballero, Nirma Zárate and Umberto Giangrandi, among others, the work of Mónica Meira emerged in the country's plastic environment in the seventies, very shortly after to complete his studies at the Universidad de los Andes.

Her initial pop works are followed by a stage in which the artist recreates unforgettable objects, almost always feminine—bags, gloves, boots, purses—and exquisite fabrics of great craftsmanship and beauty in which her enjoyment of textures is evident. and the nuances. Then comes her extraordinary series of portraits and self-portraits, which without a doubt place her in a very special place among national portrait painters, and then her extensive series of bathers. In a more recent stage, Mónica Meira has surprised us with some strange landscapes—not exempt from social and ecological connotations—in which, in the midst of a generous display of color, small and indefinable human figures are inscribed.

The rigorous classical training of the artist, who is also a tireless student, has allowed her to venture without problems into the modes of contemporary plastic arts. The thematic and chronological trajectory that this book traces for us allows us to appreciate not only the surprising and constant renewal of his language but also the uninterrupted improvement of his technique. This is stated in the texts of Professor Germán Rubiano Caballero.