Mona Monroe, b.in New York, NY, is an artist based in Wyoming and Portland, OR.
She received a BA with a major in printmaking from Goddard College in Plainfield, VT and also studied painting at the Moore College of Art & Design in Philadelphia, PA. Monroe has received artist residencies at the Jentel Foundation in Banner, WY, Hypathia-In-The Woods in Shelton, WA. and the Centrum Foundation in Pt. Townsend, WA. and was awarded an Honorable Mention in the 2021 Wyoming Arts Council Fellowships. She is a 2024 NYC Crit Club Canopy Program artist.
A profile of her, “Mapping the Self” appeared in the September/October 2022 issue of Artists Magazine. Her work is in private and public collections in the United States and internationally.
Education
Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA - major-painting
Goddard College, Plainfield VT - BA, major-printmaking
Solo (and Semi-solo) Exhibitions
2021 One Person Show, Tribe Artist Collective, Tetonia, ID.
2020 Three Person Show, Initial Point Gallery, Boise/Meridian, ID.
2020 “Invisible Threads”, One Person Show, Center for the Arts, Jackson, WY.
2018 “The Space Within”, One Person Show, Mystery Print Gallery, Pinedale, WY.
2017 “Empty Spaces”, One Person Show, Jackson, WY.
2014 “Vessels, Receptacles & Repositories” - One Person Show - Teton Valley Chamber of Commerce, Driggs, ID.
2012 “Objects from the Collection” - One Person Show - Pearl Street Bagels, Jackson, WY.
2000 “Altar Egos” - Two Person Show with Patricia Cheyne– Pacific University, OR.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
“Hungry Strangers”, The Canopy Studio, New York, NY.
“Chasing Ghosts 8: Piercing the Veil”, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR.
“The Experience of Being”, Soliloquy Fine Arts, Portland, OR.
“A Sense of Place - Regional Juried Exhibit”, Art Association of Jackson Hole, Jackson, WY.
“Club V, All Women’s Art Show”, Ford Gallery, Portland, OR.
“Tangible Cadence”, Soliloquy Fine Arts and The Writer’s Block, Portland, OR.
2023
"Tiny Vacant Spaces", Mystery Print Gallery, Pinedale, WY.
“Artworks Northwest Biennial”, Umpqua Valley Arts, Roseburg, OR.
“Club V, All Women’s Art Show”, Ford Gallery, Portland, OR.
“Annual Juried Show”, Combine Art Collective, Walla, Walla, WA.
“Fragments'“, Juried Show, Strata Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
2022
"Lucy Goes North", Mystery Print Gallery, Pinedale, WY.
"Rendevous, A Juried Exhibit of Wyoming Artists", Clay, Paper Scissors Gallery, Cheyenne, WY & Mystery Print Gallery, Pinedale, WY.
“Juried Art Show'“, Combine Art Collective, Walla, Walla, WA.
2021
“8th Annual Abstract Sanctuary”, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR.
2020
“This Toy’s Story”, Mystery Print Gallery, Pinedale, WY.
“Imagination: Inspiration and the Artist Book”, Laramie County Library, Cheyenne, WY.
“With Bated Breath”, Gallery 114, Portland, OR.
2019
“National Juried Exhibition”, Willard Center for the Arts, Idaho Falls, ID.
“6th Annual Abstract Sanctuary”, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR.
2018
"Rendevous, A Juried Exhibit of Wyoming Artists", Clay, Paper Scissors Gallery, Cheyenne, WY & Mystery Print Gallery, Pinedale, WY.
“5th Annual Living Mark Exhibition”, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR.
“Animal Shelter”, Mystery Print Gallery, Pinedale, WY.
“Small Works”, CORE New Art Space, Denver, CO.
2014
“The Decline of Western Art” – Teton Arts Council Gallery, Driggs, ID.
"Rendevous, A Juried Exhibit of Wyoming Artists", Clay, Paper Scissors Gallery, Cheyenne, WY & Mystery Print Gallery, Pinedale, WY.
2013
“Recycled, Re-purposed Art” – The City Gallery, Driggs, ID.
“The Drive Home”, Print Exchange Exhibit – Graphic Arts Workshop, San Francisco, CA, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York, NY.
2012
“Printmakers Mode” – Graffenberg Gallery, Victor, ID.
“Snow & Other Magical Events” - The City Gallery, Driggs ID.
2011
Salon Show – Lines Gallery, Jackson, WY.
“Renewal: Altered Book Exhibit” - Teton County Library, Jackson, WY.
2010
Artist Card Exhibition – Pacific University Library, OR.
“New Year’s Resolution”- Ciao Gallery, Jackson, WY.
2008
“Nest” - Horseradish Gallery, OR, Accolades Gallery, OR, Glen & Viola Walters Cultural Center, OR.
2006
Beaverton Arts Showcase 2006, OR.
“Waste Not”, Recycled Art Competition - Tazo Tea Benefit for Scrap & Disjecta, Portland, OR.
Women’s Art Speak - Center for Gender Equity, OR.
2003
“Secrets” - Ilfant Press, Philadelphia, PA
“The Book, Print, and Time” - Portland Book Arts Collective and Northwest Print Council
2000
“Traditional Materials, Transcendent Expressions” - Pacific University, OR.
“Metaphor and Icons” - Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts, OR.
1999
Beaverton Arts Showcase 99, OR.
“Art By and About Women” – Cawein Gallery, OR.
1998
“Art By and About Women” – Cawein Gallery, OR.
1997
“Art By and About Women” – Cawein Gallery, OR.
Faculty & Staff Exhibition – Pacific University, OR.
Awards, Residencies & Publications
2024 NYC Crit Club, The Canopy Program Artist
2024 Governor’s Capital Art Exhibition, Cheyenne, WY.
2022 “Mapping the Self”, artist profile September/October issue Artists Magazine
2022 Governor’s Capital Art Exhibition, Cheyenne, WY.
2022 Third Place, Combine Art Collective Juried Show, Walla Walla, WA.
2020 Honorable Mention, 2021 Visual Arts Fellowship, Wyoming Arts Council.
2020 Artist Residency, Centrum Foundation, Pt. Townsend, WA.
2020 Governor’s Capital Art Exhibition, Cheyenne, WY.
2018 Artist Residency, Hypathia-In-The-Woods, Shelton, WA.
2018 Governor’s Capital Art Exhibition, Cheyenne, WY.
2017 Governor’s Capital Art Exhibition, Cheyenne, WY.
2016 Jentel Artist Residency, Banner, WY.