Simone Monney was born in Zurich, Switzerland. After spending her childhood in Bern, the pleasures of life overlooking Lake Léman inspired her to relocate to the French-speaking part of the country. Her curiosity and creativity flourished in the ”creative marketing studo”  of a great scent-maker in Geneva. For a decade, she specialized in visual creativity research and the investigation of new market trends.

Simone Monney’s early works were marine landscapes, oil paintings created with a spatula. With a few strokes she saw she could create a sense of depth, capturing the eye with moody, melancholic horizons lapped by waves. Very quickly, music asserted itself as a major source of inspiration, generating a sense of elation, from pianissimo to forte, as if impelled by a conductor’s baton.

Next, her urge to express new emotions found in Chinese ink a choice medium where clear-cut meets blur and softness encounters roughness. Mixing and blending techniques and the use of metallic accents call light into play, allowing each style to find the most closely corresponding lighting mood.

For her, art is much like a voyage into herself. Sensitiveness and spirituality interact with fervor and with enthusiasm, reflecting a multitude of inspirations. A keen observer with a strong sense of aesthetics, she assembles arrays of harmonious colors in groundbreaking perspectives. Her innate curiosity leads her ceaselessly to explore new horizons.