EDUCATION
1991 - 1993 Alfred University
New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University Alfred, NY, USA
Degree: Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
1990 – 1991 Alfred University
Alfred, NY, USA
Attended as Special Student
1989 -1990 University of Fine Arts & Design ‘Gerrit Rietveld Akademie’
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1968 – 74 University of Art & Design 'Burg Giebichenstein'
Halle/Saale (Former East) Germany
Degree: Diplom Künstler and BFA
SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS, ARTIST IN RESIDENCES
October-December 2015 Aritist in Residernce Shangyu Celadon Modern International Ceramic Art Center
April-June 2013 Artist in Residence, Shidoni Foundry, Tesuque, NM, USA
Jan 2010-July 2011 Artist in Residence Kunstgiesserei Muenchen, Munich, Germany
2010.1---2011.7 Kunstgiesserei Muenchen
June 2007 Official Selection, Media Award, Documentary Film “All Days are Good For Being Born”, about the sculpting of Pope John XXIII, At the Toronto Art Film Festival, Canada.
April/May 2005 Artist Travel Scholarship and Research Stipend, The Vatican and Italy
2005/ 2004 Artist in Residence, Shidoni Foundry, Tesuque, NM, USA
2004 Nominated as “One of the Five Most Creative Artists in New Mexico”
2003 Artist in Residence, Mary Lynne and Ron Aldrich, Santa Fe, NM, USA
2001 “American Women in the Arts” Award, USA
2001/2000 Artist in Residence, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM, USA
1999 Artist in Residence, Jesus B. Moroles Cerrillos Cultural Center, Cerillos, NM, USA
1993/92/ 91 Stephen Hill Memorial Scholarship, NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, NY, USA
1989 Scholarship, European Ceramic Work Center, Heusden, Holland
1988 Scholarship, Ceramic Biennale, Vallouries, France Monika Kaden
1988 Visit Jean Marais, His Review on Kaden’s multi media piece “Barbette’ by Jean Cocteau, Vallauris, France
1988 International Ceramic Symposium, University Johannes Gutenberg, Mainz, Germany
1987 Artist Travel Scholarship, Georgia (Former Soviet Union), Armenia, Uzbekistan
1984 International Ceramic Symposium, Roemhild/Thueringen, (Former East) Germany
1978 International Sculpture Symposium Otmanli/Black Sea, Bulgaria
EXHIBITIONS
August - Sept. 2014 "Off The Cuff", Group Show Invitational, Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, NM
June - July 2014 "Made at The Clay Studio", Group Show Invitational, Harrison Gallery, 137-139 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA
May - June 2014 "Small Favors IX", Group Show Invitational, Galleries at The Clay Studio Philadelphia, PA
11/2013 - 10/2014 Group Show Invitational “Shidoni Galleries and Sculptural Gardens”, Tesuque, NM
12/07/2013 - 01/25/2014 "Affordable Art" Group Show Invitational, Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, NM
03/2013 "We Who Are Clay" Group Show Invitational, Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, NM
10/2012 – 01/2013 Group Show Invitational ”Heidi Loewen Porcelain Gallery” Santa Fe, NM
Since 10/2012 Solo Show “3M” Headquarter Munich, Germany
11/ 2011-10/2012 Group Show Invitational “Galerie Wimmer”, Munich, Germany
2011 Group Show Invitational “Shidoni Galleries and Sculptural Gardens”, Tesuque, NM
2011 Solo Show invitational, GiessereiGalerie, Munich, Germany
2010/11 Group Show Invitational “Heidi Loewen Porcelain”, Santa Fe, NM
2010 Solo Show “Gallerie Rudloff” Berlin, Germany
2009 Group Show Invitational, “Glass Garden” Santa Fe, NM
2008 Group Show Invitational, “Casa Contemporary Fine Arts”, Santa Fe, NM
2007/08 Solo Show “Deja Vu”, Installation – Past and Today, Santa Fe, NM
2007 Toronto Art Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
2007 Solo Show Monika B. Kaden Fine Arts Studio and Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2006 Group Show Invitational, “Andreeva Gallery”, Santa Fe, NM
2006 Group Show Invitational, “The Painted Violin” Santa Fe Symphony, Santa Fe, NM
2006 Solo Show, Pope John XXIII Community and Church, Albuquerque, NM
2005 Open Studio Solo Show ‘Saint Francis – Sculptures, Drawings by Monika Kaden’
2004 Group Show Invitational, Gallery Shidoni, Tesuque, NM
2003 Group Show Invitational, Aspen International Art, Aspen, CO
2002/ 03 Group Show Invitational, Gallery Chiaroscuro, Scottsdale, AZ
2002 Group Show Invitational, 'Connecting the Past to the Future',
Cultural Council of Richland Lexington Counties, Columbia, SC
2002 Group Show Invitational, Gallery Gerald Peters, Santa Fe, NM
2002 Solo Show, The Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe, NM
2001 Solo Show, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
2001 Group Show Invitational, Nomination “American Women in the Arts” Competition, USA
2000 Solo Show, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
2000 Solo Show, Gallery Weigang, Berlin, Germany
2000 Group Show Invitational, El Museo Cultural, Santa Fe, NM
1999 Solo Show, Gallery Passage, Berlin, Germany
1999 Solo Show, Gallery Am Kupfergraben, Berlin, Germany
1998 Solo Show, Gallery Schiele & Prieser, Bremen, Germany
1997 Group Show Invitational, International Art Center, Hong Kong
1995 Group Show Invitational “Marzahner Kulturtage”, Berlin, Germany
1994 Group Show Invitational, “The Wind”, Ahrenshoop, Germany
1993 Solo Show MFA Program, School of Art & Design NYSCC,
Alfred University, Alfred, NY
1993 Concept, Costume Design, Scenic Design, Choreography “Risks and Pleasure”,
NYSCC, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
1991 Scenic Design, Poster Design, Costume Design “Largo Desolato”
By Vaclav Havel, NYSCC, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
1991 Solo Show, NYSCC, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
1990 Solo Show, Gallery De Mijt, Heusden, Holland
1989 Solo Show, European Ceramic Work Center, Heusden/S’Hertogenbosch, Holland
1989 Group Show Invitational, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, Holland
1974-88 Various Exhibitions in (Former East) Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary,
Tschech Republic, France, Italy, Austria, Japan
Collections：
Museum for Art and Craft, Berlin, Germany
Museum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen, Magdeburg, Germany、
Museum Schloss Schwerin, Germany
Basilica di S. Francesco, Assisi, Italy
Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe, NM
Mary Lynne & Ron Aldrich, Santa Fe, NM
Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Columbia Classical Ballet, Columbia, SC
“Der Spiegel”, Hamburg, Germany
Berliner Salon, Berlin, Germany
Dr. D. Suttor, “3M”, Munich, Germany
Helvetia Hotel, Munich, Germany
Aaron Neville, Nashville, TN
Karl-Heinz and Ingeborg Scheel, Hamburg, Germany
Sheila and Allan Glass, Chicago, IL
The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe, NM
Christus St. Vincent Hospital, Santa Fe, NM
Prof. Xavier Toubes Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Prof. Onno De Jong, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Prof. Wayne Higby, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
John Wood Museum, NYSCC, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Prof. Semion Skigin, Hans Eisler School of Music, Berlin, Germany
Prof. Carol Anthony, Santa Fe, NM
Dr. Jane Reid, “The Body Shop”, Washington D.C.
Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
Eleanor Eisenmenger, “20th Century Unlimited”, Santa Fe, NM
Dot Ryall, Columbia Art Council, Columbia, SC
Prof. Dr. Susan Dixon, Philadelphia, PA
Dr. R. F. Brush, Rochester, NY
Dr. W. Pullos, Alfred, NY
International Ceramic Work Center, S'HertogenBosch, Holland
Andreeva Gallery and Drawing Institute, Santa Fe, NM
Patricia Reuss/ John Simond, Santa Fe, NM
Rita Van De Vegt, Amsterdam, Holland
Prof. Dr. Karl Hamann, Stuttgart, Germany
Dr. M. Vogel, Zuerich, Switzerland
Waldorf Institute, Zurich, Switzerland
Gallery “De Mijt”, Heusden, Holland
Other Private Collections and Museums in Holland, France, Germany, Poland, Rumania, Switzerland, Russia, USA