Monica Petzal (born 22 June 1953) is a British artist, known primarily as a painter and printmaker. Petzal was born in

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, the daughter of German Jewish refugees. Petzal's recent work concerns her family's displacement from Germany under the Nazi regime and the broader themes of dissent, displacement and destruction in the twentieth century and beyond.

Career

In the 1980s, Petzal worked as a journalist and arts critic for '' Time Out'' and ''

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''. In 1994, she and Belinda Harding developed a plan to establish a Museum of Women's Art (MWA) in London. The plan was not implemented, though an inaugural exhibition, ''Reclaiming the Madonna'', was held at the Economist Building that year. From 2000 to 2007, she was an interviewer for the

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and Tate Gallery Archive's Artists' Lives

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project and was considered a catalyst for the 'Art Professionals' portion, recording life story interviews with curators, critics, dealers and gallery owners.

Selected solo exhibitions

Her one-person exhibitions include: * 2015
The Dresden Project - Indelible Marks
', Kreuzkirche, Dresden and

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* 2015 ''75/70 The Coventry Dresden Towers'',

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* 2020
Dissent and Displacement: A Modern Story
',

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Selected group exhibitions

* 2010 ''Originals 10'', at the Mall Galleries * 2012 ''Process and Innovation, British Printmaking Japan'', at the

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(co-curator with Rebecca Salter) * 2015 ''Printmakers Council'', at the

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* 2016 ''To a death in sweating wakefulness''
Pie Factory Margate
* 2018 ''Reconciliations'', The Exchange, Bush House,

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and The Knapp Gallery,

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* 2020 ''9th International Printmaking Biennial'',

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Selected public collections

* Diocese, Dresden *

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, London *

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, London * The Women's Art Collection,

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References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Petzal, Monica 1953 births Living people British women artists Artists from Dresden