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Born
Portland, Oregon
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Statement
FANCY, aptly describes the playful,
whimsical and elegant aspects of John Monti’s new work. Composed
of cast rubber and plastics, these vibrant sculptures aim to “please,”
giving us visual pleasure. Taking cues from fashion, design, pop
imagery and decorative arts, Monti’s sculpture makes no apology
for being beautiful or being flip. Covering the walls and the floor,
the rosettes, arabesques, beauty spots and smiles come together
to a riotous delight.
John Monti was born in Portland, Oregon and lives
and works in Brooklyn with his wife Irene Hultman and their son,
Karl. He has exhibited extensively nationally and internationally.
His work is included in major private and public collections, including
The Eli Broad Family Foundation, The Brooklyn Museum and The Metropolitan
Museum of Art. Grants include the New York Foundation for the Arts,
Tiffany Foundation and the NEA.
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Education
| 1983 |
MFA, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn,
NY |
| 1980 |
BS, (Painting), Portland State University,
Portland, OR |
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Solo Exhibitions
| 2004 |
“Fancy,” Elizabeth
Harris Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2000 |
“Rondo: New Work,” Elizabeth Harris
Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1999 |
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North
Carolina, Greensboro |
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“Amatory Bodies,” Sarah Moody Gallery
of Art, Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa |
| 1997 |
Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1996 |
"New Drawings," Inform Gallery, Kanazawa,
Japan |
| 1993 |
"The Sculpture Court Project," Museum
of Art, Munson-Williams- Proctor Institute, Utica, NY |
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LedisFlam Gallery, New York, NY |
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Sculpture Center, New York, NY |
| 1992 |
"White Room Project," White Columns,
New York, NY |
| 1990 |
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| 1989 |
Pence Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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"John Monti: Four Drawings," Pence
Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| 1988 |
Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, NY |
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Honolulu Academy of the Arts, Honolulu, HI |
| 1987 |
Pence Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| 1986 |
Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1985 |
Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY |
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Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2006 |
“People I Know,” Thatcher
Projects, New York, NY |
| 2005 |
“Mono-chrome Image,” Elizabeth
Harris Gallery, New York, NY |
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“Are We Having Fun Yet?” Project
Diversity, The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
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“Botany 5000,” The Lab Gallery,
New York, NY |
| 2003 |
“Summer Color,” Elizabeth Harris
Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2002 |
“To Scale,” The Rotunda Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY |
| 2000 |
“Conversation,” (with Colin Thomson),
Art Resources Transfer, New York, NY |
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“ Industry,” Margaret Thatcher
Projects, New York, NY |
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“Wall Sculpture,” Rosenberg Gallery
Hempstead, NY |
| 1999 |
“1999 Biennial Exhibition of Public Art
,” Nueberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY |
| 1997/98 |
“Suspended Instants,” Art in General,
New York, NY |
| 1996/97 |
“Changing Places," MetroTech Center,
Brooklyn, NY organized by Public Art Fund |
| 1996 |
“Informed Choices,” The Rotunda
Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
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"Black and White: Sculptors' Drawings,"
MMC Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1995 |
"Three Sculptors and Their Drawings,"
Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ |
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"Sculpture Space: Celebrating 20 Years,"
Museum of Art, Munson- Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY |
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"Art on Paper Invitational," Weatherspoon
Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC |
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"Grounded, Invitational Sculpture Exhibition,"
Art/Omi, NY |
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"Behind the Eight Ball," Organization
of Independent Artists, New York, NY |
| 1994 |
"National Drawing Invitational,"
The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR |
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"A Primary Medium: Contemporary Drawing,"
Museum of Art, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY |
| 1993 |
"On Paper," TZ' Art & Co. Gallery,
New York, NY |
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"The Second Dimension: Twentieth Century
Sculptors' Drawings," The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY |
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"Karuizawa Drawing Biennale 1993,"
Wakita Museum of Art, Karuizawa, Japan |
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"Drawings from 55 Ferris Street,"
Jessica Berwind Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (traveled to Wynn
Kramarsky Gallery, New York, NY) |
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"55 Ferris Street III," Brooklyn,
NY selected by Frederieke Taylor |
| 1992 |
"Contemporary Wood Sculpture," The
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY |
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"Update 1992," White Columns, New
York, NY |
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Awards
| 2003 |
Faculty Development Award, Pratt
Institute (and 1999) |
| 1996 |
The Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant |
| 1995 |
New School for Social Research, Project Development
Grant |
| 1993 |
The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant |
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New York Foundation for the Arts, Fellowship
Grant (sculpture) |
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Karuizawa Drawing Biennial 1993 Purchase Prize,
Wakita Museum, Japan |
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Sculpture Space, Residency, Utica, NY |
| 1991 |
Triangle Artists' Workshop, Residency, Pine
Plains, NY |
| 1990 |
Yaddo, Resident Fellowship, Saratoga, NY |
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Collections
- American Telephone & Telegraph, New York,
NY
- The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
- The Eli Broad Family Foundation, Santa Monica,
CA
- The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
- The Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University,
NY
- Chase Manhattan Bank, NA, New York, NY
- Exxon Corporation, New York, NY
- Honolulu Advertiser Collection, Irvine, CA
- The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
- The McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
- The Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Museum
of Art, Utica, NY
- Perkins-Coie Corporation, Seattle, WA
- Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
- Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
- The Prudential, New York, NY
- Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, University of Alabama,
Tuscaloosa
- Taco Bell Corporation, Irvine, CA
- The Wakita Museum of Art, Karuizawa, Japan
- Wake Forest University, Fine Arts Gallery, Winston-Salem,
NC
- Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Dillard Collection,
Greensboro, NC
- Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
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Bibliography
| 2005 |
Boyce, Roger. “John Monti
at Elizabeth Harris,” Art In America, January, 2005. p.
125. ill. |
| 2004 |
Johnson, Ken. "Is Sculpture Too Free for
Its Own Good," The New York Times, May 7, 2004, ill. |
| 2000 |
Johnson, Ken. "Luscious," The New
York Times, January 14, 2000. |
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“Review,” The New York Times,
May 12, 2000 |
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Lombardi,D. Dominick. “1999 Biennial
Exhibition of Public Art,” Sculpture, March 2000. pp.
70-71. ill. |
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Princenthal, Nancy. “John Monti at Elizabeth
Harris,” Art In America, October, 2000. p. 166. ill. |
| 1999 |
Dreisphoon, Douglas. "Highlights from
the Dillard Collection of Art on Paper," Weatherspoon Art
Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro. 1999. Catalogue.
ill. |
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Zimmer, William. “Outdoor Sculpture With
a Festive Air,” The New York Times, July 25, 1999 |
| 1998 |
Glueck, Grace. “Review,” The New
York Times, January 2, 1998 |
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Koplos, Janet. “John Monti at Elizabeth
Harris,” Art in America, March, 1998. p.102. ill. |
| 1997 |
Block, Holly. “Suspended Instants,”
Art in General, New York. 1997. Catalogue. ill. |
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Goodman, Jonathan. “John Monti,”
Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York.1997. Catalogue. ill. |
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Harnish, Anne. “Commissions,” Sculpture,
May-June, 1997. Volume 16, Number 5, p. 17, ill. |
| 1996 |
Gear, Josephine. ”Changing Places,”
Review, November 1, 1996. p. 18 |
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Harris, Karen L. "MMC Gallery: Exhibitions
1995-1996," Marymount Manhattan College Gallery, New York,
NY. 1996. Catalogue. ill. |
| 1995 |
Murray, Mary. "Sculpture Space: Celebrating
20 Years," Museum of Art, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute,
Utica, NY. 1995. Catalogue. ill. |
| 1994 |
Harnish, Anne. "Commissions," Sculpture,
September-October, 1994. p. 36. ill. |
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Murray, Mary. "John Monti, The Sculpture
Court Project," Museum of Art, Munson-Williams- Proctor
Institute, Utica, NY. 1994. Brochure. ill. |
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Nadelman, Cynthia. "Recent Drawings by
Sculptors: A Common Language," Drawing, Vol. XVI, No. 2,
July-August 1994. pp. 25-28. ill. |
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Wolfe, Townsend. "National Drawing Invitational,"
The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR. 1994. Catalogue.
ill. |
| 1993 |
Gear, Josephine. "John Monti," Sculpture
Center, New York. 1993. Catalogue. ill. |
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Johnson, Ken. "John Monti at the Sculpture
Center," Art in America, October, 1993. pp. 134-135. ill. |
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Melrod, George. "Review," Sculpture,
July/August 1993. p.56. |
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Shunsuke, Kijima. "Karuizawa Drawing Biennial
1993," Karuizawa, Japan. 1993. Catalogue. ill. |
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Taylor, Frederieke S. "55 Ferris Street
III," Brooklyn, NY. 1993. Catalogue. ill. |
| 1992 |
Arning, Bill. "White Columns Update 1992,"
White Columns, New York. Catalogue. ill. |
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Dunning, Jennifer. "Stories Told in Movement
and Talk," The New York Times, January 21, 1992. (set design) |
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Jowitt, Deborah. "The Singing Body,"
The Village Voice, February 4, 1992. (set design) |
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Visiting Artist/Critic/Juror/Panelist
| 2006 |
Rhode Island School of Design,
RI |
| 2005 |
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT |
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West Virginia Division of Culture, Juror, “Design,
Sculpture & Installation” for the WV Fellowship Grant
Program |
| 2004 |
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2003 |
2003 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT |
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University of Pennsylvania Academy, PA |
| 2002 |
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Detroit, MI |
| 2001 |
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT |
| 2000 |
University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Falk
Visiting Artist |
| 1999 |
University of Pennsylvania Academy, PA |
| 1998 |
Public Art Fund, New York, NY, (selection
committee member for “In the Public Realm”) |
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Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT |
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Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH |
| 1996 |
School for the Visual Arts, New York, NY |
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Rhode Island School of Design, RI |
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"Conversations with the Artists,"
Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ (panel with Lawrence Fane,
Niki Ketchman, Monroe Denton, Charlotta Kotik. Buzz McCall as
moderator) |
| 1994 |
Barnard College, New York, NY |
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Sculpture Center at Roosevelt Island, New York,
NY (juror of sculpture competition) |
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Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY |
| 1993 |
The Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Museum
of Art, Utica, NY |
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The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA |
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Portland State University, Portland, OR |
| 1992 |
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY |
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The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH |
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The University of Akron, School of Art, Akron,
OH |
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New York Institute of Technology, New York,
NY |
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City College of New York, NY |
| 1991 |
New York University, New York, NY |
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Teaching/Proffessional
2001-Present
Professor of Fine Arts
Department of Fine Arts, Sculpture
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, New York
1997-Present
Sculpture Coordinator
Department of Fine Arts
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
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