Alyssa Monks

(American, born 1977)

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Alyssa Monks

Synthesis, 2015

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Alyssa Monks

Hiraeth, 2016

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Alyssa Monks

Warrior, 2019

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Alyssa Monks

Selective Perception, 2021

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Alyssa Monks

Origin, 2016

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Alyssa Monks

I Accept, 2021

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Alyssa Monks

The Shadow Self, 2021

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Alyssa Monks

It's All Under Control, 2021

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Alyssa Monks

Goodbye, 2021

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Alyssa Monks

I am U, 2021

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Alyssa Monks

Attune, 2022

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Alyssa Monks

Between Here and There, 2022

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Biography

Timeline

1998
Lorenzo de’Medici, Art Institute of Florence
1999
M.A.: B.A. cum laude, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, 1999
2001
M.F.A cum laude, Graduate School of Figurative Art, New York Academy of Art, NY, 2001
Travel Grant to Normandy, France at the Chateaux Balleroy: Forbes Foundation
2003 - 2006
Grant for Painting, Elizabeth Greensheilds Foundation, Quebec, Canada
2007
New York Academy of Art Summer Exhibition, First Prize, Juried Exhibition
2010 - present
Member, Board of Trustees, New York Academy of Art

Exhibitions

2016
Alyssa Monks exhibitions in 2016:
NEW PAINTINGS, Forum Gallery, NY (solo)
2015
Alyssa Monks exhibitions in 2015:
Figurative I, Gallery 1261, Denver, CO
Unfurl, Gallery 1261, Denver, CO
Making Faces, David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Body // Water, Carla Massoni Gallery, Chestertown, MD
The Artists Gaze, Sirona Gallery, Hallandale Beach, FL
Small Works, Sirona Gallery, Hallandale Beach, FL
2014
Alyssa Monks exhibitions in 2014:
Love It, Locket, Leave It, Island Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
Take Home a Nude, New York Academy of Art, Sotheby’s, NY
Small is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery, New York, NY
Contemporary Realism, Gallery 1261, Denver, CO
Contemprary Realism Biennial 2014, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
The Windows View, Eno Gallery, Hillsborough, NC
Re-presenting the Nude, Evoke Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Art Southampton, New York Academy of Art, Art Southampton Pavilion, NY
NYAA Summer Exhibition, Flowers Gallery, NY
Art Wynwood, Flowers Gallery, The Art Wynwood Pavilion, Miami, FL
Based on Actual Events, Jonathan Levine Gallery, New York, NY
2013
Alyssa Monks exhibitions in 2013:
Rolls Royce Icons of Art Series, The Walker Tower, NY (solo)
Presence, Blue Gallery, Kansas City, MO (solo)
Small Is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery, London, UK
Benetton Foundation's Imago Mundi at the Venice Biennale, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Italy
Summer Salon Show, Rarity Gallery, Greece
NYAA Summer Exhibition, Allegra LaViola Gallery, NY
Venice Biennale, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice, Italy
Rarity Summer Salon Show, Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
The Looking Glass, Refraction through the Female Gaze: Mirus Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Contemporary Realism, Gallery 1261, Denver, CO
Single Fare, RH Gallery, New York City, NY
Nudes, Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012
Alyssa Monks exhibitions in 2012:
Small Works, Sarah Bain Gallery, CA (solo)
Saturation, Jensen Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Take Home a Nude, New York Academy of Art, NY
NYAA 6th Annual Summer Exhibition, Flowers Gallery, NY
Nosebleed, Fuse Gallery, NY
Rarity Summer Salon Show, Rarity Gallery, Greece
Good for You, David Klein Gallery, MI
The Ones, New York Academy of Art, NY
Heads, Flowers Gallery, NY
Love is in the Air, The Cell, NY
From What I Remember/From What I Forget,: Principle Gallery, VA
2011
Alyssa Monks exhibitions in 2011:
ICONOMANCY, New York Academy of Art, NY
Take Home a Nude, New York Academy of Art, NY
Slideluck Potshow, Slideluck, NY
Dark Water, Copro Gallery, CA
Paintworks, Gowanus Ballroom, NY
Space Invaders, Rose Contemporary, ME
Gallery Selections, Hespe Gallery, CA
NYAA 5th Annual Summer Exhibition, Flowers Gallery, NY
Breach of Privacy, Carmichael Gallery, CA
Rarity Summer Salon Show, Rarity Gallery, Greece
Triple Threat, Island Weiss Gallery, NY
Naked, Jensen Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Forces of Nature, Brian Farrell’s Space at Chelsea Modern, NY
Single Fare 2, Please Swipe Again: Sloan Fine Art, NY
(I've Got a Secret), Forbes Galleries, NY
Songs, Fuse Gallery, NY
2010
Alyssa Monks exhibitions in 2010:
Fixation, David Klein Gallery, MI (solo)
Oil and Water, DFN Gallery, NY (solo)
Uncovered, Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barth's, French West Indies
Deck the Walls, New York Academy of Art, NY
Slideluck Potshow, Slideluck, NY
Compact:Impact, The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ
Take Home a Nude, New York Academy of Art, NY
Body, Mind & Hair, Rowan University Gallery, Glassboro, NJ
Fresh Figures & Abstraction, Scott White Contemporary Art, CA
Gallery Artists, DFN Gallery, NY
Remnants, Fuse Gallery, NY
Flashpoint: Alyssa Monks & Tom Birkner, The Noyes Museum, Stockton College, NJ
San Francisco Fine Art Fair, Scott White Contemporary Art, CA
Intimacy, Kunst Museum Ahlen, Germany
Between Realities, Principle Gallery, VA
2009
Alyssa Monks exhibitions in 2009:
New Paintings, Sarah Bain Gallery, CA (solo)New Paintings, DFN Gallery, NY (solo)
Water/Bodies, Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barths
Bods, Rethinking the Figure, Robert Kidd Gallery, MI
Baptized Catholic, Artbreak Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Portrait Invitational, Blue Gallery, MO
Take Home a Nude, New York Academy of Art, NY
Reconfigured and Relocated, DFN Gallery, NY
Summer Stars, Sarah Bain Gallery, CA
Reconfiguring the Body in American Art, 1820–2009, National Academy Museum of Fine Arts, NY
Abstract/Nature, DFN Gallery, NY
Personal Territory, David Klein Gallery, MI
Paper Beings, Hespe Gallery, CA
New York Academy 2nd Biennial Alumni Association Exhibition, Figureworks Gallery, NY
Small Is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery, NY
New Work by Gallery Artists, DFN Gallery, NY
2008
Alyssa Monks exhibitions in 2008:
Flesh Painting, Sarah Bain Gallery, CA (solo)
Dangerous Women, DFN Gallery, NY
Summer Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, NY
Take Home a Nude, New York Academy of Art, NY
2007
Alyssa Monks exhibitions in 2007:
New Paintings, DFN Gallery, NY (solo)
Next of Kin, Sarah Bain Gallery, CA (solo)Summer Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, NY
Wet, DFN Gallery, NY