Monika Johannisson can look back to an eventful life. Born in Bottrop in 1942, her paintings to this day show impressions of her childhood in the post-war Ruhr area.
After learning the trade of a delicatessen sales assistant, she held a number of very different jobs: She worked in the fashion industry, in public transport, in various catering jobs, as an offset printer and a layout person.
She has lived in a number of towns and regions: Bottrop, Wetzlar, Berlin, the Rhön, Kitzingen, Extertal, Rottweil and Donaueschingen. Her paintings reflect different mentalities and landscapes. Monika Johannisson was married twice, has two sons and six grandchildren.
Monika Johannisson has been painting since 1997, primarily acrylic on canvas. She also uses ink, charcoal, various lacquer paints, paper and cardboard. Most of her work is very intricate, and some paintings take weeks and even months of work. Her tools include paintbrushes, knives, etching tools, strings, palette-knives, sponges.
