Born in 1986.
Lives and works in New York City, United States. 
Website : www.jonmonaghan.com


SOLO SHOWS

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2022      "Move The Way You Want", The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.

               "Opulence", Kalyon Kültür, Istanbul, Turkey

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2021      "Power Trip", Galerie 22,48 m², Paris, France

               "Den of Wolves, bitforms gallery, New York, NY

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2020      "A Trace Left by the Future", Anna Nova Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia

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2019      "A Trace Left by the Future", University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA, USA

               "A Trace Left by the Future", VisArts Center, Rockville, MD, USA

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2018      "Synthetic Mythologies", Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design, Denver, CO, USA
               "Police State Disco", George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA

2017      "After Fabergé", The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD, USA
               "Disco Beast", Bitforms gallery, New York, NY, USA

2016      "Mothership", Georgetwon University Spagnuolo Art Gallery, Washington D.C, USA
               "Gotham", 22,48 m² Gallery, Paris, FR
               "Global Visions: Jonathan Monaghan" curator Kelly Gordon, Hacienda La Trinidad
               "Parque Cultural & Backroom Caracas", Caracas, Venezuela

2015      "Architecture of Fantasy", Zuecca Project Space, Venice, Italy
               "Escape Pod", bitforms gallery, New York, USA

2014      "East Gallery: Dauphin 007", Angel Gallery, Toronto, Canada
               "Alien Fanfare", Curator's Office, Washington D.C., USA
               "Hot House Video Series: Jonathan Monaghan", Washington Project for the Arts, Capitol Skyline Hotel,

                Washington D.C., USA

2013      "Robot Ninja", Market Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland

2010      "Life Tastes Good In Disco Heaven", Hamiltonian Gallery, Washington D.C., USA

2009      "Calling All Angels", Atopia, Oslo, Norway


GROUP SHOWS

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2022      "Ancient Futures: All Belongs to Time", curated by Lalin Akalan, Istanbul Archaeology Museum, Istanbul, Turkey

               "Non-Fungible Castle", curated by Jake Al-Haffar, Lobkowicz Palace at Prague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic

               "Glitches, GIFs and Game Engines", curated by Krista Hoefle, South Bend Museum of Art, Sound Bend, IN

               "Digital Extravaganza", curated by Anastasia Garnova, Theatre of Digital Art, Dubai, UAE

               "Pančevo Art Biennale: refinerymonastery", curated by Maja Ćirić, Pančevo, Serbia

               "I’m Not A Robot", curated by Edward Gallagher, Galloire Gallery, Dubai, UAE

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2021      "NFTism : No Fear in Trying, curated by Kenny Schachter, Uniet London, London, UK

               "B3 Biennale of the Moving Image, Frankfurt, Germany

               "The Janet and Walter Sondheim" Artscape Prize finaliste exhibition, The Walter Art Museum, Baltimore, MD

               "Encounter #04", Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna, Austria

               "Animals", curated by Angela Gonnella, Galleria Muratcentoventidue Artecontemporanea, Bari, Italie

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2020      "CASA DOLCE CASA", commissariat de Rosario Caltabiano, Galerie 22,48m2, Paris, France 

               "#cute. Islands of Happiness?", commissariat de Dr. Birgit Richard, NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, Germany

               "Transatlantico", commissariat d'Edoardo Monti, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NY

               "Currency", commissariat de Gordon Duggan and Sarah Joyce, New Media Gallery, Vancouver, BC

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2019       "Artificial Intelligence and Intercultural Dialogue" curating by Dmitry Ozerkov et Victoria Kondrashova, The State                                  Hermitage Museum, St. Pétersburg, Russia

               "BCC:", curated by Lauren Marsden, Vivid Projects, Birmingham, UK

               "Primitivo" curated by Asher Remy-Toledo, Casa Hoffmann, Bogota, Colombia

               "Castles in the Sky: Fantasy Architecture in Contemporary Art", Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables, USA

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2018      "Castles in the Sky : Fantasy Architecture in Contemporary Art", Lehman College Art Gallery, New York, NY, USA
               "CHILDHOOD : Another banana day for the dream-fish", curated by Sandra Adam-Couralet and Yoann Gourmel,

                Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
               "Duty Free", curated by Bob Bicknell-Knight, Chelsea College of Arts, London, UK
               "FADING AWAY", curated by Céline Flécheux, Galerie 22,48 m², Paris, FR
               "GRI-GRI", curated by Stéphanie Vidal, Galerie 22,48 m², Paris, FR

2017       "State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now" curated by Chad Alligood 
                 The Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

2016      "the real-fake.org.2.0" curated by Rachel Clarke, Claudia Hart, and Pat Reynolds BronxArtSpace, New York, USA
               "Geographically Indeterminate Fantasies" curated by Art F City GRIN, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
               "Fixed/Fluxed", Burlington City Arts, Burlington, Vermont, USA
               "Foggy Bottom Outdoor Sculpture Biennial: Turf & Terrain", curator Danielle O’Steen, Foggy Bottom, Washington D.C., USA
               "New Frontiers", curator Shari Frilot, Sundance Film Festival, Park City, Utah, USA
               "State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now" curator Chad Alligood 
                Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
               "This one is smaller than this one." curator Paulina Bębecka, Postmasters, New York, USA
               "SUSPENDED", curator Rosario Caltabiano, galerie 22,48 m², Paris, FR
               "King of the Forest; Adventures in Bioperversity", curator Megan Rook-Koepsel, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, USA

2015      "On Demand 3", curators Carolyn H. Drake and Suzanne Wallinga, tegenboschvanvreden, Amsterdam, Netherlands
               "The Real Thing" , National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
               "+/-", Hartford Art School, Joseloff and Slipe galleries, University of Hartford, CT, USA
               "Gilding The Lily", AREA 405, Baltimore, MD, USA
               "Myth and Mutations" curateur Chris Romero, Reverse Space, New York, NY, USA  

2014      "IN/Out Source", Art Museum of Nanjing, University of the Arts, Nanjing, China
               "IM Material Artefacts", National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Technology, New York, USA

2013      "PostPictures", bitforms gallery, New York, NY, USA
               "Child’s Play"curator Mindy Solomon, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL, USA
               "artNOW DC", Kohl Gallery, Washington College, Chestertown, MD, USA


SELECTED SCREENINGS
 

2022      "Stuttgarter Filmwinter Festival for Expanded Media", Stuttgart, Germany

 

2020      "Pause, Play: Selected Works by Jonathan Monaghan", curated by Taras Matla, University of Maryland Art Gallery, Online

   

2019      "too good to be true", curated by MEER, _plek, Ghent, Belgium

2018      "Extra/Ordinary", curated by Ceren and Irmak Arkman, Contemporary Istanbul: Plugin, Istanbul, Turkey
               "Dystopian Disco", Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, Hatwick, UK
               "In the Midst of the Inferno", presented by Arlington Arts, David M. Brown
               "Planetarium, Arlington, VA2017 :  "I SEE International Video Art Festival", Berlinische Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2016      "Posts From the Future" European Media Art, Festival Osnabrück, Germany

2015      "PAF 2015, "Jonathan Monaghan: Animated Worlds”, Olomouc, Czech Republic
               "LOOP Barcelona", Barcelona, Spain
               "Black Box 2.0", curator J. Fryett and A. Couillaud, Seattle, United States
               "Cardiff Contemporary", The Beuys Pavilion, curator EMP Projects, Cardiff, UK
               "roBOT Festival 07", commission, "Spore Baroque", curator Sarah Corona, Bologna, Italy
               "Moving Image Istanbul", présenté par Curator’s Office, Haliç Congress Centre, Istanbul, Turkey
               "FACT, "SciFi Shorts" curator The Royal Standard & Outcasting, Liverpool, Royaume-Uni
               "Hyperculture" Rencontres Internationales, Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, France

2013      "Moving Image London", presented by Curator’s Office, OXO, Tower, London, United Kingdom
               "(De)constructing Space" Screen City, curator Daniel Arriado & Mirjam Struppek, Stavanger, Norway
               "I See" curated by Clemens Wilhelm & Constantin Hartenstein, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, China
               "oh Internetz!" Glitch Festival, Run Computer Run, curated by Nora O’ Murchú, Dublin, Ireland
               "Market Gallery Off Site Shorts", Glasgow Film Festival, Glasgow, Scotland 

 

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

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2021       Janet and Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize, Finalist, Baltimore, MD

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2019       Palazzo Monti, Artist in Residence, Brescia, Italy

                VisArts Studio Fellowship, VisArts, Rockville, MD

2017       Millay Colony for the Arts, Artist in Residence, New York

2015       Trawick Prize, First Place, Bethesda, MD, Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, Artist in Residence, Trondheim, Norway

2014       DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, Artist Fellowship Program, Washington D.C., United States

2013       Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Emergency Grant, NY, United States

2011       Yaddo, Artist in Residence, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States
                MakerBot Industries, Artist in Residence, New York, NY, United States
                Seven Below Arts Initiative, Burlington City Arts, Artist in Residence, Burlington, VT, United States

2009       So Hamiltonian Fellowship, Hamiltonian Artists, Washington D.C., United States
                Experimental Media Prize, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington D.C., United States

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

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2016      "Gotham", catalogue d'exposition, Editions galerie 22,48 m²

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2014      "Gam[ing] Issue" & Magazine Volume , Tel Aviv, Israel, December

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2014      "Museums in the New Mediascape,", Ashgate. Surrey, United Kingdom

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2013      "Jonathan Monaghan: embezzling the (un)real" ,Catalogue. Text by Sarah Corona and Jeremy Couillard, Curator’s Office,                      Washington D.C. October 2013 

 

EDUCATION

2011       University of Maryland, MFA
2008       New York Institute of Yechnology, BFA