artist bio

Born in Venice in 1965.

Since 1986 she’s been living, studying and working between Berlin, Los Angeles and in Vienna, letting her language open to many different contaminations.The art of Monica Bonvicini explores the relationships among space, gender and power, using different media as drawing, video, installation, photography.A pivotal aspect of Bonvicini’s work is her formal and expressive research in the field of environment sculpture: through a reflection on the gender issues, often mixed up with sharp humor, her work concentrate on the problem of building, both from the architectonic and from the social point of view.Bonvicini’s work is internationally recognized as one of the most interesting and original contribute to the art of the last years.

She won important prizes as the Preis der Nationalgalerie fuer junge Kunst of the Hamburger Bahnhof Berlin (2005) and the Leone d’Oro at the 48 Biennale di Venezia (1999).She was visiting professor at the Pasadena Art center (1998/1999) and she teaches at the Academy of Fine Arts of Vienna.

Monica Bonvicini’s work was shown in prestigious private and public spaces: Bonniers Konsthall Stockholm, Sculpture Center New York, Triennale Bovisa, Milano (2007); 27th Sao Paulo Biennial, Galerie fόr Zeitgenφssiche Kunst Leipzig, Kunstraum Innsbruck (2006); Biennale d’Arte Contemporanea di Goeteborg, 51 Biennale di Venezia, Castello di Rivoli (2005); Migros Museum Zurigo, Sprengel Museum Hannover (2004); Secession Vienna, Museum of Modern Art Oxford, 8 Biennale di Istanbul, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Torino (2003); Palais de Tokio Parigi, Hamburg Kunstverein, Kunsthaus Zurigo (2002); Le Magasin Grenoble, List Visual Arts Center Cambridge (2001); Salzburger Kunstverein Salisburgo, Kunsthaus Glarus (2000); GAM Torino, De Appel Amsterdam, PS1 New York (1999).

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