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Monica Delgado

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Monica Delgado

Monica Delgado creates immersive, multi-dimensional explorations of paint’s physicality, often tricking the viewer into perceiving the medium as fabric, canvas, paper, or plastic. Her distinctive process involves layering acrylic paint, allowing it to dry in various forms such as drips, strips, or sheets. She crafts intricate lines with the paint, drips it from sticks or knives, and spreads it with putty tools and scrapers. Once dry, she manipulates the paint further, stacking, coiling, rolling, draping, or wrapping it around objects. Occasionally, she cuts the paint into small pieces and adheres them together.

 

Once a traditional painter with references to photography, Delgado moved away from conventional techniques. She became captivated by the cultural conversation around the "death of painting" and developed a desire to break free from the constraints and repetitive nature of working on canvas. This led her to push the boundaries of what painting could be, questioning the ways in which the medium could be used.

 

Delgado's work aims to evoke both delight and wonder, while also prompting a series of questions about the relationship between paint as both a medium and a subject. She challenges viewers to reconsider its connection to traditional supports—or the lack thereof—and contributes to the ongoing dialogue of revitalizing painting without predictability.

Born in Manila, Philippines in 1979, Monica Delgado brings a sculptural approach to working with acrylic paint. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts in Painting from the University of the Philippines, Diliman, graduating Cum Laude in 2003. Delgado has showcased her work in solo and group exhibitions across cities such as Manila, Singapore, Istanbul, New York, New Jersey, San Francisco, and Houston. She has also completed two residencies at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Monica currently lives and works in New York City.

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Monica Delgado

Lives and works in New York City

 

Education

2003 BFA, Painting, Cum Laude, University of the Philippines, Diliman

 

Solo Exhibitions

2020 Upcoming in Art Informal, Manila, Philippines Upcoming in Taksu Gallery, Singapore

2019 Delectably Stripped, Maybaum Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2019 Art Informal, Manila, Philippines

2018 Kogure Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2015 Used Paint, Finale Art File, Manila, Philippines

2007 Scratching the Surface, Finale Art File, Manila, Philippines

2002 Links, Finale Art File, Manila, Philippines

 

Two-Person and Three-Person Exhibits

2017 Painting in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing), Finale Art File, Manila, Philippines

2017 Form Out of Material.  Material Out of Form., Galleria Duemila, Manila, Philippines

 

Art Fairs

2020 ALT Philippines

2020 Art Miami Online, Maybaum Gallery

2019 Art Miami, Maybaum Gallery, Miami, FL

2019 Malaysia Art Expo, Kuala Lumpur

2019 Seattle Art Fai, Maybaum Gallery, Seattle, WA

2019 Art Market SF, Maybaum Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2019 Art Fair Philippines, Manila

2018 Art Miami, Maybaum Gallery, Miami, FL
2018 Malaysia Art Expo, Kuala Lumpur
2018 Governor’s Island Art Fair, New York
2018 Seattle Art Fair, Maybaum Gallery, Seattle, WA
2018 Superfine!, New York, NY
2018 Art Market, San Francisco, CA
2018 Art Fair Philippines, Manila, Philippines

 2018 Art Stage, Singapore

2017 Art Fair Philippines, Manila, Philippines

2017 Clio Art Fair, New York, NY

2016 Art Fair Philippines, Manila, Philippines

2013 Times Square Art Fair, Dacia Gallery, New York City 

 

Group Exhibitions

2020 “Imogen”, Modeka Creative Space, Manila

2019 “The Future is Female”, Taksu Gallery, Singapore

2018 Formal Dimension, Maybaum Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2018 Paper Rock Scissors, Plaxell Gallery, Long Island City, New York

2018 Conveyor, YNGSPC, Brooklyn, New York

2018 Re:formation, Gallery Madison Park, New York

2018 The Abstract Show, Taksu Gallery, Singapore

2017 I Hope So, PG Art Gallery, Istanbul

2017 Geoform, Jan Kossen Contemporary Art Gallery, New York City

2017 C3: Collage Show, Underground Gallery, Manila, Philippines

2015 We Saw Things that Others Didn't, Taksu Gallery, Singapore

2015 If Aristotle Can't Be Your Teacher Then You Have To Teach Yourself, Galleria Duemila, Manila, Philippines

2015 The Mix, NooSphere Arts, New York City 

2015 Whispering Eye, NooSphere Arts, New York City

2014 Oxheart/Destination Moon, Lightspace Studios, Brooklyn, NY

2010 Art on the Avenue at Winter Street Studios, Houston, TX

2010 Asian Pacific Heritage Show, Art Institute, Houston, TX

2006 It's Your Deal, Winter Street Studios, Houston, TX

2006 Art on the Avenue 2006 at Winter Street Studios, Houston, TX

2005 Cinco, Bering & James Gallery, Houston, Texas

2005 Asian Pacific Heritage Show, Art Institute of Houston

2005 Texas 10, Ana Julia Aguado Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

2005 Two by Two, Bering & James Gallery, Houston, TX

2004 The $100 Box, Bering & James Gallery, Houston, TX

2004 ConsulARTE, Arte las Americas Galeria, Houston, TX

2003 Picture This, Art Center, Megamall, Manila, Philippines

2003 2003 Thesis, College of Fine Arts, Quezon City, Philippines

2002 Unfinished Overworked, Crowded House, Quezon City, Philippines

1999 Maskara, MSG Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines

1999 3 Generations of Art, Art Center, Megamall, Manila Philippines

1998 Fits, Third Space Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines

 

Permanent Collections

2018 Sloan Kettering, Commack, New York

2017 Andaz Hotel, Singapore

2016 Conrad Hotel, Manila Philippines

 

Publications

2018 ARTnet, 9 Artists to Watch at the Governors Island Art Fair

2018 Town and Country, 13 Art Fair Works by Emerging Artists You Need to Know

2018 Ocula, Between Art Fair and Bayan-ale: Art Fair Philippines and the 1st Manila Biennale

2017 Philippine Inquirer, Painting without brushes

2017 Philippine Star, No Temporary Artists

2017 Art Zealous, 14 Standout Artists at Clio Art Fair

2017 Hyperallergic, Clio Art Fair Adds October Edition...

2016 Studio Visit, Volume 31, pages 46 - 47

2016 Open15 Publication, Front Art Space, New York City

 

Residencies

2015 School of Visual Arts Summer Residency in Painting and Mixed Media, New York City

2014 School of Visual Arts Summer Residency in Painting and Mixed Media, New York City

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