John Monti
Born Portland, Oregon
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 “Ovals & Clusters,,” Elizabeth Harris, Gallery, New York, NY (Sept.)
2019 “Hearts and Stems,” Studio 10, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY. Catalog
2016 “Beauties,” Grace Building. Lobby Installation, NYC
2008 “Fancy Project,” Project Room, Islip Museum, NY. Catalog
2007 “Synthetic Pleasures,” Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ
2006 “A Summer Elixir,” Fenn Gallery, CT
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
“Amatory Bodies,” Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
1997 Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY. Catalog
1996 "New Drawings," Inform Gallery, Kanazawa, Japan. Catalog
1993 "The Sculpture Court Project," Museum of Art, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY. Catalog
LedisFlam Gallery, New York, NY
Sculpture Center, New York, NY. Catalog
1992 "White Room Project," White Columns, New York, NY. Catalog
“Constructs, New Drawings,” Dansens Hus Gallery (The House of Dance Foundation),
Stockholm, Sweden
1990 Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
1989 Pence Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"John Monti: Four Drawings," Pence Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1988 Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, NY
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
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2017 “Out of the Box,” ille Arts Gallery, Amagansett, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 “Thisness,” Felician University, NJ, Scott Reed, Curator. Catalog
2018 “Human Nature,” Arts Brookefield, Grace Building Lobby, NYC, Tom Kotik, Curator
“Clash of the Titans,” 108AG Projects Mexico City, John Thompson Curator
2016 “Fish Tank,” LIU, Humanities Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Matt Freedman and Fintan Boyle Curators. Catalog
2015 "The Crayon Miscellany," OMI Fields Sculpture Park, Ghent, NY, Julie Ryan Curator
"This Color is for You," Blackburn 20/20 Gallery, Elizabeth Foundation, New York, NY, Bill Carroll Curator
2014 “Nature’s Knot,” Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY, organized by John Monti. Catalog
“Art in Nature,” Greenwood Gardens, Short Hills, NJ, Karen Wilkin Curator
“Process,” Denise Bibro Gallery, New York, NY
“Colored Formed,” Five Myles Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Jim Osman Curator Catalog
2013 “Lost or Not,” Art Helix, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY, Bonnie Rychlak and Peter Hopkins Curators. Catalog
“Spiral Bound: Notebooks by Artists from New York,” Organized by Romanov Grave.
Mooney Center Gallery, College of New Rochelle, NY, Oct 27-Nov 17
“Silhouette,” Elizabeth Foundation, New York, NY, Bill Carroll, Curator
2011 “Signs on the Road,” Winkleman Gallery, New York, NY organized by Workroom G
“Spiral Bound: Notebooks by Artists from New York and San Diego,” National University,
La Mesa, CA, Romanov Grave and Joan Dart, Curators
“Twin Twin,” Perogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Matt Freedman, Curator
2009 “Summer Group Exhibition,” Metaphor Gallery, NYC
Gallery Gravura Brasileira, January 8 –31, 2009, São Paulo, Brazil
Belas Artes University Gallery, March 17 – 28, 2009, São Paulo, Brazil
2008 “Site Specifics '08,” Islip Art Museum, NY, Karen Shaw, Curator. Catalog
“Color in 3D: Found, Applied & Readymade,” Westport Arts Center, CT. Saul Ostrow, Curator
2006 “People I Know,” Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
“No Lemons, No Melon,” David Krut Projects, New York, NY, Carrie Moyer & Shelia Pepe Curators
COLLECTIONS
American Telephone & Telegraph, New York, NY
The Anderson Collection, San Francisco, CA
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
The Children’s Hospital of Boston, MA
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
AWARDS / RESIDENCIES
2020 New York Foundation for the Arts, Fellowship Grant (sculpture + 1993 ,1989)
2016 Faculty Development Award, Pratt Institute (2013, 2003, 2008,1999)
2010 Yaddo, Resident Fellowship, Saratoga, NY
1996 The Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant
1995 New School for Social Research, Project Development Grant
1993 The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant
Karuizawa Drawing Biennial 1993 Purchase Prize, Wakita Museum, Japan
Sculpture Space, Residency, Utica, NY
1991 Triangle Artists' Workshop, Residency, Pine Plains, NY
1990 Yaddo, Resident Fellowship, Saratoga, NY
1988 The Rockefeller Foundation, Resident Fellowship, The Bellagio Study and Conference Center,
Bellagio, Italy
Yaddo, Resident Fellowship, Saratoga, NY
1987 Pollock Krasner Foundation, Fellowship Grant
The MacDowell Foundation, Resident Fellowship, Peterborough, NH
1986 National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artists Fellowship Grant
1984 Edward Albee Foundation, Resident Fellowship
1983 New York Artists in Residence Grant (NYS-AIR)
1982 Graduate Fellowship, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY (and '81)
1979 Lucille S. Welch Memorial Scholarship, Portland State University, OR
EDUCATION
1983 MFA, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1980 BS, (Painting), Portland State University, Portland, OR