My roommate, my love Monika Plioplyte

I just wrote this piece for my roommate Monica's artist bio for a show she is putting on this week. I'm super proud of it so I am sharing:

Monica completed her BFA at Mass Art for print making in 2012. She grew up in urban Lithuania, and moved to the US with her family when she was 12. She has been making art ever since she can remember; taking bits of inspiration from Baltic folk art, and the didactic fairy tales of her youth. Her creations reflect the struggle between order and chaos. Characters of both light and dark share apocalyptic landscapes, with cryptic symbols, and abstract lines. The resulting pieces, have the startling effect of conjuring up memories of weird dreams.
Now living and working in Boston, Monica is the force behind Iron Wolf Press; a print making studio in the Back Bay area. The space is shared with (9) other artists, all of which also came from Mass Art, and work with a series of other mediums. She aims to continue making art, and to provide a space to help others do so as well.

www.monikaplioplyte.com