miniguide barcelona

Este mes salgo en la revista miniguide, quien me diría que un día estaría tan cerquita de Jordi Labanda!!!, je je. Mejor imposible!!!!!
Perhaps you need to leave your home city to learn to truly appreciate it. This certainly seems to be the motto of Barcelona-based artist Mónica Riu, who explains that Monix, her series of doll-like, “girl about town” illustrations, grew out of rediscovering her love for the city.

Returning to Barcelona after an eight-year sojourn in the US, Riu set about defining the distinctive style we see today, immersing herself in the city’s urban art movement and setting up gallery Base Elements with her husband and fellow artist Robert Burt. Drawing upon Riu’s training in graphic design at Elisava, the Monix line, which includes canvases, posters and magnets, depicts chic, doe-eyed caricatures in an urban setting, an ode to the artist’s self-proclaimed passion for her native city.

Riu explains, “I think it’s very important to love the place where you live.” With her work currently showing in Munich, the artist has ambitions to take the Monix brand to other European cities such as London and Paris.