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Jonathan Monaghan (born September 14, 1986 in
Rockaway Beach, Queens ,
New York ) is a contemporary visual artist who creates
Post-Internet
video art .
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Monaghan received his B.F.A. in computer graphics from the
New York Institute of Technology in 2008.
[3] Monaghan then went on to receive a M.F.A. from the
University of Maryland .
Monaghan's animations have been exhibited at the
Sundance Film Festival
[4] and the
Palais de Tokyo .
[5] Monaghan's work sits in numerous public and private collections such as The
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and The
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art .
As he stated, "My first artistic interests were [...] video game designers and science fiction movies".
[3] His work Sacrifice of the Mushroom Kings is an eight-minute video of cryptic reproductions of video games characters from Street Fighter, G.I. Joe and Super Mario Bros.
[6] Many of his creations picture buttocks as gateways that connect his dystopian stories.
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Monaghan is represented by
bitforms gallery in New York.
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2014: Alien Fanfare (alien invasion), Studio 1469, Washington D.C.
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"After Fabergé"
The Walters Art Museum , Baltimore
2016: Gotham (photographic dream cities), Galerie 22,48m², Paris
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2017: Disco Beast (symbol of unicorns),
bitforms gallery , New York
[11]
"Escape Pod"
bitforms gallery , New York
"Robot Ninja" Market Gallery, Glasgow
2021: Den of Wolves (aesthetics of power),
bitforms gallery , New York
[12]
2022: Move the Way you Want (technology over ecology),
The Phillips Collection , Washington D.C.
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^ Jenkins, Mark (2013-07-22).
"3-D printing can make everyone a designer" . The Washington Post . Retrieved 2013-08-17 .
^ Kopf, Suzy (2021-06-18).
"Jonathan Monaghan, 2021 Sondheim Finalist" . BmoreArt . Retrieved 2021-07-08 .
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"Alumni Profile: Jonathan Monaghan" . New York Tech . Retrieved 2024-07-07 .
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"Sundance Institute Celebrates New Frontier 10th Anniversary at 2016 Festival" . Sundance Institute. Retrieved 2015-12-05 .
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"Summer exhibitions at Palais de Tokyo" . e-flux. Retrieved 2018-07-08 .
^ Jenkins, Mark (2012-01-26).
"Jonathan Monaghan twists video games in exhibit at Curator's Office" .
Washington Post . Retrieved 20 February 2012 .
^ Dawson, Jessica (2015-04-15).
"Ass you Like It: Jonathan Monaghan's Playful Videos Go Deep" .
Village Voice . Archived from
the original on 2015-06-15. Retrieved 5 October 2015 .
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"bitforms gallery" . Retrieved 2015-05-10 .
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"Jonathan Monaghan's Alien Invasion: A Surrealist SCiFi World, in Dazzling CGI" . Artsy . 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2024-07-07 .
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"Postcard From Paris – Jonathan Monaghan's Gotham" . Artblog . 2016-09-23. Retrieved 2024-07-07 .
^ Jones, Alex A. (2017-12-13).
"JONATHAN MONAGHAN: The Disco Beast" . The Brooklyn Rail . Retrieved 2024-07-07 .
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"Art Exhibits, Art Magazine, Contemporary Art, Art Blogs, Art Artists" . ArteFuse . 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2024-07-07 .
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"Intersections: Jonathan Monaghan" . Phillips Collection. Retrieved 2022-09-09 .
^ Rule, Doug (2022-11-25).
"Jonathan Monaghan at The Phillips Collection" . Metro Weekly . Retrieved 2024-07-07 .