Awards Photography:
2003 Canon Profashional Photo Award
2004 Canon Profashional Photo Award
2005 Canon Profashional Photo Award: second place
2007 "Geschossen und Gedruckt" Seltmann´s prize for advertising
photography: first place
2007 "BFF Jahrbuch Award“: silver
2010 Internationaler Kodak Fotokalenderpreis for "Was Wäre Wenn?"
2015 Gosee Award 2015 „Skin“ Publikums Award + Auszeichnung Merit
2016 Gosee Award 2016 „Nude“ Bronze + „Fashion“ Merit
2017 Gosse Award 2017 „Art“ Merit
2018 Kalender Award
2019 Gosee Award 2019 „Public Award“
Awards Fashion Film:
2011 LJFFF La Jolla Fashion Film Festival (USA) Award "Most Creative Concept" for PRECIOUS
2012 ASVOFF A Shaded View Of Fashion Film (France) Award " Best Art Direction" for HORS D'OEUVRE
2013 BFFF Berlin Fashion Film Festival (Germany) Award " Best Fashion Film 2013" for ODDITORY
2013 MFFF Madrid Fashion Film Festival (Spain) Award " Best Fashion Film International 2013" for HORS D'OEUVRE
2013 MFFF Madrid Fashion Film Festival (Spain) Award " Best Art Direction 2013" for HORS D'OUVRE
2014 ASVOFF A Shaded View Of Fashion Film ( France) Award " Best Art Direction" for THE JOURNEY
2015 MIAFF Miami Fashion Film Festival 2015 Award for „Best Film“ Audience Award 2015 „Best
Cinematography“ and „Best Hair“ for THE JOURNEY
2017 BAIFF Buenos Aires International Fashion Film Festival Award „Major Make Up & Hair“ for BELLO
2017 Fashion Film Festival RD (Domenican Republic) Award „Honorable Mention International“ for BELLO
2017 International Fashion Film Festival Brussels Award „Best Actress“ for BELLO
2017 Cinemoi Award 2017 Hollywood / USA. Award „Best Director“ and „Outstanding Performance in a Comedy“ for BELLO
2020 ASVOFF A Shaded View Of Fashion Film ( France) Award "Best Make-Up" for BUSINESS AS USUAL
2020 BAIFF Buenos Aires International Fashion Film Festival Award „Best Performance“ for
BUSINESS AS USUAL
2020 Barcelona Fashion Film Festival Award " Best Art Direction" for
BUSINESS AS USUAL
Nomination and Selection Fashion Film:
2012 IShorts Festival (Praha) PRECIOUS
2013 Festival Internation Des Tres Courts (France) Selection PRECIOUS
2013 Festival International Des Tres Courts (France) Selection HORS D'OEUVRE
2013 Fashion Film Day Istanbul Selection HORS D'OUVRE
2013 New York Fashion Film Festival Selection HORS D'OEUVRE
2013 Mode Biennale Arnhem Selection HORS D'OEUVRE
2013 Fahion Workshop Athens (curated by Filep Motwary" Selection HORS D'OEUVRE
2013 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Russia Selection HORS D'OUVRE
2013 Madrid Fashion Film Festival Selection PRECIOUS
2013 Madrid Fashion Film Festival Selection ODDITORY
2013 International Fashion Film Awards (USA) Nomination "Best Creative Concept", "Best Hair", "Best Fashion" for ODDITORY
2014 New York Fashion Film Festival Selection ODDITORY
2014 T Magazin (New YorkTimes) Selection HORS D'OEUVRE
2014 Moving Silence Freilichtbühne Weissensee Selection HORS D`OEUVRE
2014 Fashion Film Festival Lodz (Fashionweek Poland) Selection HORS D`OEUVRE
2014 Fashion Film Festival Lodz (Fashionweek Poland) Selection ODDITORY
2014 Fashion Film Festival San Sebastian Selection HORS D'OEUVRE
2014 Runaway Cinema Gibraltar Selection HORS D`OEUVRE
2014 ASVOFF Award "Best Art Direction" THE JOURNEY
2015 Short Shorts Film Festival Asia Selection HORS D´OEUVRE
2015 Short Shorts Film Festival Asia Selection ODDITORY
2015 Berlin Fashion Film Festival Nomination " Best Idea" and "Best Use Of Fashion" for THE JOURNEY
2015 Milano Fashion Film Festival Selection THE JOURNERY
2015 Miami Fashion Film Festival No.3
2015 Selection ASFF 2015 THE JOURNEY and HORS D´OEUVRE
2015 Selection Istanbul Fashion Film Festival THE JOURNEY
2015 Selection Santiago Fashion film Festival THE JOURNEY
2015 Selection Disconnect Festival Toronto THE JOURNEY
2017 Selection ASVOFF 9 BELLO
2017 Selection Chicago Fashion Film Festival BELLO
2017 Selection Fashionclash Festival Maastricht BELLO
2017 Selection MIAFF Miami Fashion Film Festival BELLO
2017 Nomination „Best Fashion Director“ and „Best Hair“ Bokeh South African Fashion Film Festival BELLO
2017 Nomination Cinema Festival USA. „Best Fashion Film“ / „Best Styling“ / „Best Make up“ BELLO
2017 Nomination CANIFF Canada „Best Fashion Film“ BELLO
Exhibitions:
2001 solo exhibition "sell out", Rotebühlbau, Stuttgart
2004 group exhibition at Dialekt e.V., Stuttgart
2005 group exhibition "Niveart", Galerie Ravenstein, Brüssel
2005 group exhibition "Best of BFF", Beijing, China
2006 solo exhibition "Pattern", Kulturdirektion dialekt e.V., Stuttgart
2007 solo exhibition “Curtains up for Electric Ladyland! “, UNO Artspace,Stuttgart
2007 Pulse Art Fair / Art Basel (Miami)
2008 solo exhibition “Nouveaux mode optique”, Mousonturm, Frankfurt
2008 Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie 2008 (main exhibition)
2008 Photo Espana
2012 group exhibition„Open Editions“ Uno Art Space, Stuttgart
2012 group exhibition „Cozy Up“ for Leica , Berlin
2012 group exhibition „Mode Vision“ , Moscow
2012 group exhibition „Festival International De La Photographie De Mode“, Cannes
2014 – 2019 group exhibition „Fumes and Perfumes“ Stuttgart
2018 group exhibition „COLLECTIVE SKIN“ LEMPERTZ/MENEZ @GALERIE PARROTTA, Stuttgart
2018 groub exhibition MUSE EN MOUSSE“ MARLENA PODOLSAK / MONICA MENEZ, Stuttgart
2019 group exhibition CabanaMAD Lisboa
2020-2021 Gruppenausstellung "FASHION!" Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg
2023 Einzelausstellung DRESSED TO COMPUTE at Uno Artspace, Stuttgart
Lecture:
2007 BFF Kongress Berlin
2008 Bauhaus Akademie Weimar Vortrag und Workshop "Modefotografie & Inszenierung"
2010 Forum für Fotografie Frankfurt Sommerakademie Workshop
2010 Museum für angewandte Kunst Frankfurt Vortrag " The Amorous Adventures Of Mr. Cheese"
2012 Hochschule Rhein Main Fachbereich Design Vortrag "Modefotografie"
2013 FH Dortmund Vortrag "Fotografie und Fashion Film"
2014 Uni Stuttgart Fachbereich Architektur Vortrag "Fotografie und Fashion Film"
2017 Lazi Akademie Esslingen „Fashion & Fashion Film“
2022 BFF KICK-OFF: MONICA MENEZ „THE IRONIC VIEW“ ODER WARUM ES SO SCHWER IST, EINEN KUCHEN ZU BACKEN
JURY:
2020 Spotlight Festival Jury
2020 ADC Wettbewerb Jury
Lectureship:
2010 Fachhochschule Darmstadt Sommersemester " Inszenierte Modefotografie"
Member Art Directors Club Germany since 2016
Member BFF Germany since 2013