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Born in 1964 in Freiburg/Breisgau, Germany, Monika Baer lives and works in Berlin, Germany. She studied painting at the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1985 to 1992. Developing her practice at the end of the conceptual period and among the exuberant and expressive painting of the Neo-Expressionist movement, Baer's work investigate the viability of the practice of painting. Her paintings combine realistic depiction of the quotidian with expansive, often atmospheric abstraction. Baer's treatment of space also brings the position of painting in to question. She depicts theatrical space, oscillates between intense depth and flatness in the same work and even cuts holes into her canvases.

Solo Exhibitions

 * Williams College Museum of Art, Monika Baer, March 1, 2014-May 18, 2014
 * Art Institute of Chicago, focus: Monika Baer, October 24, 2013-January 26, 2014
 * Barbara Weiss Gallery, Berlin, Return of the Rear, April 28–June 16, 2012
 * Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, Murals and Muse, March 26–April 30, 2011