Rita Monaco was born in Gioviano, Italy in 1945, and came to Canada in 1967 settling in Edmonton, where she enrolled in the Fine Arts Honor Program at the University of Alberta majoring in painting and photography.

 

After a 20 year career as a graphic artist and illustrator, she became a full time painter and art teacher in 1993. A Vancouver resident since 1976, Rota Monaco's variety of subject matter reflects her eclectic personality and her many interests.

 

Her annual trips to Italy, her adolescent daughter Francesca and her garden's flowers and fruits, all provide inspiration for her paintings.

 

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Rita Monaco's  work is currently represented by the Buckland Southerst Gallery in Vancouver