Dean Monogenis
Dean Monogenis is an American painter and sculptor. In his work he creates architectural settings [1] using a variety of techniques which result in added lines, edges and textures. Architecture became a key theme in Monogenis' work shortly after 911. "Watching the World Trade Center towers come down I realized that buildings, like people, were fated to a similar cycle of life and death."
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Education
Monogenis Attended Skidmore College and graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, BFA.[2]
Solo exhibitions
Monogenis has shown his work internationally at galleries including: Galerie Xippas: Paris, Geneva, Montevideo, and Athens,[3] Baronian, Brussels; Stux Gallery, NYC;[4] CCA Andratx, Spain;[5] and the Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles[2][6]
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Group exhibitions
His works have also been exhibited in galleries and museums including: Musée d'art moderne (Saint-Étienne),[7] Pavillon de l'Arsenal,[8] Neuberger Museum of Art,[9] Santa Monica Museum of Art, CCA Andratx,[10] Wave Hill,[11] Federal Reserve Board of Governors,[12] Mykonos Biennale, Angels Gate Cultural Center, Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Bedford Gallery at the Lesher Center for the Arts, Schneider Museum of Art,[13] Hunterdon Art Museum.
Artists he has exhibited with include:[14] Jules de Balincourt, Takis, Darren Almond, Vik Muniz, François Morellet, Daniel Buren, and Peter Halley among others.[15]
Monogenis' work has been exhibited in international art fairs including: FIAC,[16] BRAFA (Art Brussels),[17] VOLTA,[18][19] Artgenève [20][21]
Awards
Monogenis was awarded: The Artist in the Market Place (AIM) Program from the Bronx Museum of the Arts (Bronx, NY, USA).,[22] FLOW 14 Art at Randall's Island, (Randall's Island Park, NYC, USA).,[23][24] Visiting Artist Anderson Ranch,(Snowmass, Colorado, USA)[25]
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Artist in residence
Monogenis has twice held the position Artist in Residence at Spain's CCA Andratx Art Centre (in 2012 and 2016)[26] The Fountainhead Residency, Miami,[27] New York's Pace University, Dyson College of Arts and Sciences.[28]
Further reading
The Precision of Nowhere [29] artist monograph with text by Ara H. Merjian and interview with Walter Maciel ISBN 978-989-20-9160-0
References
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- ArtFacts.net. "Dean Monogenis". ArtFacts.net. Retrieved 2017-08-29.
- "Dean Monogenis | Xippas". Archived from the original on August 13, 2020. Retrieved September 3, 2017.,
- "Dean Monogenis – Exhibitions – Stux Gallery". www.stuxgallery.com.
- "DEAN MONOGENIS, Habitat and the Void – CCA Andratx Kunsthalle – Artsy". www.artsy.net.
- "Walter Maciel Gallery: Dean Monogenis – Artillery Magazine". April 5, 2017.
- "Accueil | MAMC, Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Saint-Étienne Métropole".
- "Artists and Architecture | Exhibitions | Pavillon de l'Arsenal".
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
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- "Bronx Calling: The Second AIM Biennial - Arts at Wave Hill || Wave Hill - New York Public Garden and Cultural Center". Archived from the original on September 3, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
- "Neue Gegenwart® Contemporary | Stephan Tillmans". Archived from the original on September 3, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
- "Home: Shelter and Habitat in Contemporary Art | Ashland Galleries".
- "Dean Monogenis". ArtSlant. Retrieved 2017-08-29.
- Stinson, Liz. "Gorgeous Architectural Paintings From a World Without Gravity". WIRED. Retrieved 2017-08-29.
- "Dean Monogenis Events – Dean Monogenis on artnet". www.artnet.com.
- "Baronian Xippas | Brafa in the Galleries".
- "Dean Monogenis: VOLTA NY". ny.voltashow.com.
- Vroom, Chris (March 7, 2012). "10 Art Fairs, 300+ Exhibitions? Here Are 15 Must-See Installations on View This Week". HuffPost.
- "artgenève – salon d'art".
- "Interview with Dean Monogenis: Creating His Own Reality – Art Decision".
- "Dean Monogenis". www.xippas.com. Retrieved 2017-08-29.
- "FLOW.14: Dean Monogenis – Randall's Island Park Alliance".
- "FLOW.14 Opening".
- "Past Visiting Artists at Anderson Ranch Arts Center".
- "Residence Program". CCA. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
- "Dean Monogenis". The Fountainhead. Archived from the original on September 2, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
- "Dean Monogenis | Artspace". Artspace. Retrieved 2017-08-29.
- Merjian, Ara H. (January 2019). The Precision of Nowhere: Dean Monogenis.