Monique Rollins (b. 1980, Wilmington, Usa) is a contemporary painter inspired by the colors of the Venetian renaissance and the contemporary Italian land and cityscape. Rollins’ portfolio consists of oil paintings, acrylic paintings, charcoal drawings, and paper collage paintings on canvas incorporating a number of mediums including pencil, acrylic, watercolor, and pen and ink. Each painting is an uncompromising visual document of her journeys and experiences, her interest in human emotion, allusions to place, memory, and fleeting moments of the conscious and unconscious. She is a master colorist and gesturalist. Her drawings and paintings continually cross-pollinate aesthetically to produce painterly drawings that uplift the viewer. Rollins received her BFA from Syracuse University in New York in 2002. In 2006, she earned an MFA in painting, a Master of Science in Theory, Criticism and History of Art degree specializing in Venetian Renaissance, and a Museum Studies Certification from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY.
Rollins’ work has been exhibited at Kyro Art Gallery in Pietra Santa, Italy; Metroquadro Miami Gallery; Delaware College of Art and Design; Gallery Onue in Seoul Korea; Gallery 83 in Kyiv, Ukraine; Barbara Davis Gallery in Houston, TX; the Dante Alighieri Society in Venice, Italy; the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Paris, France; Metroquadro Gallery in Turin, Italy; the Zhu Naizheng Research Center for Art in Beijing; the Beijing American Center in Beijing, China; The Delaware Contemporary Museum in Wilmington, Delaware; the Shevchenko National Museum in Kyiv, Ukraine; Andre Zarre Gallery in New York City; Tayloe Piggott Gallery, Wyoming; Nepenthe Gallery, Alexandria, VA; Art Market Hamptons 2022, Art Miami Context 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, and 2013 editions; the American Embassy in Rome’s Tri Mission Art Gallery; Art Central Hong Kong; The Sunshine Art Museum, Beijing; Denise Bibro Gallery in New York City; the County Offices of the City of Wilmington and many public sites throughout the city of Wilmington, Delaware, her home town; the Official Residence of the Ambassador to the European Union in Kingston, Jamaica, as well as in many prominent private collections in North America, Asia, Europe, and the Caribbean.
Rollins’ artworks were on display in the Vice-Presidential residence during the Obama presidential administration from 2012-2016. Further, her work extends their reach in publications such as Traditional Home magazine, Delaware Today magazine, and The Washington Post. Rollins’ large-scale paintings and drawings find presence in multiple public spaces throughout the city of Wilmington, Delaware: the Mayor’s office, the historic Brandywine Building, the historic Hercules building, Chase Center, the Buccini-Pollin Headquarters, and in the 1201 N Market Street building lobby.