rory monaghan

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    • home
    • paintings
      • recent work, 2021-present
      • changelings, 2020
      • river paintings 2017-2019
    • essays on the work
    • about
    • contact
  • home
  • paintings
  • essays on the work
  • about
  • contact

about:

 artist statement:      



My work draws inspiration from rivers.
    The forms are transient and unruly.  A painting or sculpture may change directions unexpectedly. Surrounding material is swept into them- rusty cans, broken toys, detritus from wherever. 

    I allow the work to have freedom to move and morph into its most natural iteration. 

    Discarded scraps find their way into a painting which then gets swept into a sculpture.

    The current never stops. The form never ends.  A point of arrival is the next point of departure.
     I struggle my best to get there.

bio:

       Born in Denver, Colorado in 1952, I have lived and worked in Chicago since 1977.  I am self taught.

shows:

Solo Shows

Eventually 


Group Shows   

2022-   In Good Company, Mana Contemporary,          

                 Chicago, IL

2019-   Mana Decentralized,  Mana Contemporary,

               Jersey City, NJ

2019-  Thing, Cosmetic Solutions, Red Hook, Brooklyn,       

               NY

2018-  All the Best Artists Are My Friends, 

              Mana Contemporary,  Jersey City, NJ 

2017-  Unapologetic Drawing, Ralph Arnold Gallery,    

               Chicago

2014-  Brucennial 2, New York City

2012-  Brucennial 3, New York City

2011-  Smithumenta II, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City

2009-   Light and Time, Plum Gallery, Charleston, SC

2010-   A Grand Opening, 675 Hudson St, New York, NY

2008-   E Pluribus, Plum Gallery, Charleston, SC

2005-   Coming Through, Refuge Center, Skokie, Il


other sites:

White Columns Artist Registry,  registry.whitecolumns.org

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