Born and raised in Middlebury, VT, Monica Church has lived in New York’s Hudson Valley for over three decades. She is an abstract artist working in painting, collage and printmaking. She also curates exhibitions. Imploding Meaning: Tale-less Tales About Absolutely Nothing and Everything in Between, is an exhibition that she was both curator and participating artist that was on view at Vassar College’s Palmer Gallery in January - March 2023.

Church’s collages are in many publications including on the cover of the summer 2023 Issue 11 of Cut Me Up magazine. This collage was also part of the 2023 exhibition Souvenir at the Albany County International Airport. Her recent works can be found in Cut Me Up Magazine (Issues 10 & 11); Wilder Roam 001 On The Road; 2023 The Vassar Review: Interiors & Intimacies; I Like Your Work Podcast’s Winter Exhibition Catalog , A Ball Court, Crocodiles: and in The Extra Mule, No. 2. During the 2023 Kolaj Fest in New Orleans, Louisiana, Church presented her 1992 series of collages made while living in Hanoi, Vietnam at the symposium, “Exploring & Healing Place” at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Her sketch book practice was featured on the blog, Spaces for Thinking . Church has won two Arts Mid-Hudson Individual Artist Fellowships— one for photography and one for painting. Other awards include The Billboard Gallery (https://billboardgallery.vassarspaces.net/monica-church/) the Silvermine Guild Arts Center’s Steven Madwed Prize for Photography and The Rosenthal Foundation Best in Show Award; and a Carolyn Grant from Vassar College. In addition, she was a 2023 recipient of the month long Ora Schneider Regional Residency Grant at Women’s Studio Workshop in Rosendale, New York. It was her second residency at Women’s Studio Workshop, the first was for 6 weeks in 2004.

Church has had numerous solo shows including at Garrison Art Center, Vassar College’s Palmer Gallery; Womenswork.ART; Dutchess Community College Gallery; Chapman Friedman Gallery, Louisville, KY; University of Kentucky’s Center for Contemporary Art; LoRiver Arts Gallery and Go North, both in Beacon, NY. Blue Leaf Gallery featured her work at the Dublin Art Fair and the Edinburgh Art Fair.

Her artwork is included in both private and institutional collections including, Binney and Smith, Easton PA; Manugistics Ltd, Rockville, MD; Community Bank, Lexington KY; Copper Canyon Press, Port Townsend WA; The University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington KY; Vassar College Libraries Archives and Special Collections, Southern Vermont Art Center and Women’s Studio Workshop, among others.

Church studied printmaking at Rhode Island School of Design, n.d., and has a B.A. in Visual Arts from Bennington College and an M.F.A. in Painting from The University of Kentucky.

She is represented by Burton Marinkovich Fine Art in Washington DC.

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Monica d. Church, From the Studio 1995-2010

EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts, 1993, The University of Kentucky, Lexington KY

Bachelor of Arts, 1987, Bennington College, Bennington VT

n.d. Rhode Island School of Design, 1982- 2/1985, Providence, RI

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022 Womenswork.ART, Poughkeepsie NY

field x field

The Billboard Gallery, Vassar Spaces, Poughkeepsie NY

Shadow of Snopes Boxing sign on the Trolly Barn

2018 The Great Studio, Poughkeepsie NY

WooHoo! Graffiti in Vietnam: Photos by Monica d. Church

2014 James W. Palmer ’90 Gallery, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie NY

24,000 Nautical Miles: Photos from a Circumnavigation

2013 The Gallery at The State University of New York Administration Building, Albany NY

Selections: From the Studio, Monica d. Church, 1995-2000

2012 Washington Art Gallery, Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie NY

Monica d. Church: From the Studio, 1995-2010 (catalog)

2010 James Palmer Art Gallery, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie NY

Walk on By…Photographs by Monica d. Church

2009 Humanities Institute of Ireland, University College, Dublin, Ireland

Along the Flyway: An installation by Monica d. Church

2008 Chapman Friedman Gallery, Louisville KY

Duiblinn (Black Pool): Paintings by Monica d. Church

2007 Go North: A Space for Contemporary Art, Beacon NY

Fly Away Little Bird

2006 James Palmer Art Gallery, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie NY

Double Entente

2004 Chapman Friedman Gallery, Louisville KY

Paintings by Monica d. Church

LoRiver Arts Gallery, Beacon NY

Inside the Hula-Hoop, Paintings by Monica d. Church

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023 -American Patchwork, Canvas + Clothier, Poughkeepsie NY

-Souvenir, Concourse A Gallery, Albany International Airport, Albany NY

-Square Dance, Plug Gallery, Kansas City MO

-Amuse-Bouche, LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans LA

-Perspective Redefined, The Painting Center, NYC NY

-Imploding Meaning, (Curator) Palmer Gallery, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie NY

-Putting it Together, The Lockwood Gallery, Kingston NY

-25th Anniversary Postcards from the Edge, Visual AIDS, Ortuzar Projects, NYC, NY

2022 -The Material,The Thing: Hudson Valley Artists 2022, Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz NY

-Artificial Eye: 44th Annual Photo Regional, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy NY

-HOLIDAY, LabSpace, Hillsdale NY

2021 -More Than a Sketchbook: The Diary of an Artist, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy NY

-Collective Form, MFA Gallery, Smiley Bldg, SUNY, New Paltz

-Her Power Global Female Contemporary Art Virtual Exhibition

-Here- There, McKenna Gallery, SUNY, New Paltz

-The 2021 Politics of the Kitchen Exhibition, Lenscratch: Fine Art Photography Daily

-The 2021 Artist Intervenes Exhibition, Lenscratch: Fine Art Photography Daily

-The 2020 Favorite Photo Exhibition, Lenscratch: Fine Art Photography Daily

2020 -Guest Artist, Queen City Gallery 15, Poughkeepsie NY

-Come Together, Right Now! Special Exhibition Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk VA

-Anonymity, The Postcard Collective, Fall 2020 Exchange, postcardcollective.org

-Ten, The Postcard Collective, Summer 2020 Exchange, postcardcollective.org

-On your mark, get set…,The Postcard Collective, Summer 2020 Exchange, postcardcollective.org

-Existence: International Feminist Online Exhibition 2020

2019 -That one time…,The Postcard Collective, Fall 2019 Exchange, postcardcollective.org

-Evanescent Paper, Arts Mid-Hudson Gallery, Poughkeepsie NY

-NEIGHBORS Church + Hemmerle, Cocoon Theatre, Cunneen-Hackett Art Gallery

2018 -2018 Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region, University Art Museum, University at Albany, SUNY

2017 -The World After January 20, 2017: Contemporary Artists and Poets, (Co-curator) Palmer Gallery, Vassar College

-Is Photography Enough? SPE’s Juried Exhibition, 118 Elliot St., Brattleboro VT

-Collective Charm: works by Artist/Entrepreneurs, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy NY

-Migration, Exile, & Refuge: Stories from the Hudson Valley, Glebe House, Poughkeepsie NY

-Fence Select, (Juror: Michael Oatman), The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy NY

2015 -To the Lover of Small Things, Gallerie22, Peekskill NY

-Art About Water (Curated by Gerardo Castro), Newburgh NY

-Alumni Exhibit, Bolivar Gallery, University of Kentucky School of Art & Visual Studies, Lexington KY

-Pulling Prints: Monoprints, Drypoint & Chine Colle, Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie NY

2013 -Return Volley Benefit Art Auction (Curated by Erin Parish) VAPA, Bennington College

2012 -Conflict, Destruction, Renewal: Contemporary Artists on War, James Palmer Gallery, Vassar College

2010 -Windows on Main Street, Beacon NY

-Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY

2009 -Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region, University Art Museum, SUNY at Albany NY

2008 -Faculty Artwork, Washington Art Gallery, Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie NY

-Blue Leaf Gallery Booth, Edinburgh Art Fair, Edinburgh Scotland

-Blue Leaf Gallery Booth, Dublin Art Fair, Royal Dublin Society, Dublin Ireland

-Printed Matter, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh NY

2007 -Treat, Talbot Gallery, Dublin Ireland

-New Communities Expo, Royal Dublin Society, Dublin, Ireland

-10 X 10 X 10, The Village of Ellenville, Ellenville NY

-Indwelling: Living in a Female Body, The Cooper Union, New York NY

-Costado este de La Casa Amarilla, DARDO, San José Costa Rica

2006 -Four Points of View: Figuration in Printmaking (Catalog), Galería National, San José, Costa Rica

-Four Points of View: Figuration in Printmaking, Washington Art Gallery, DCC, Poughkeepsie NY

-Sixty Square Inches: 15th Biennial North American Small Print Competition, Perdue University IN

-19th National Parkside Small Print Exhibit, U of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha WI

-RISD Biennial NYC 2006 (Juror: Robert Storr), Exit Art New York NY

-Generations 5, A.I.R. Gallery, New York NY

-JC Penny Launch and Art Exhibition, Chelsea Art Museum

2005 -Finale: A 21st Century Salon, LoRiver Arts, Beacon NY

-Photoaustin VI: lens based works by women photographers, IDEA, Austin TX

-8th International Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL

-56th Art of the Northeast USA, (Juror: Elizabeth Smith), Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan CT

-The Way to my Heart: A Valentine’s Erotic Obsessions, Spire Studios, Beacon NY

-Bulletproof II, Spire Studios, Beacon NY

2004 -55th Art of the Northeast, (Juror: MauriceTuchman) Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan CT

-Sirens: an installation by Kyung Sook Schoenman & Monica Church, LoRiver Arts, Beacon NY

AWARDS, GRANTS, RESIDENCIES

2024 Berlinage, Berlin Collage Residency, Berlin, Germany

2023 Ora Schneider Regional Residency Grant, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale NY

2015 Best in Show, To the Lover of Small Things, Gallerie22, Peekskill NY

2009 Strategic Opportunity Stipend, NYFA & NYCA

2007-08 Residency, Talbot Studios, Dublin, Ireland

2006 Dutchess County Art’s Council Individual Artist Fellowship, Digital Art

2006 Strategic Opportunity Stipend, NYFA & NYCA

2005 The Stephen Madwed Memorial Prize for Photography/Digital Art, 55th Art of the Northeast USA, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan CT

2005 Fellowship Grant, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale NY

2005 Special Opportunity Stipend, NYFA & NYCA

Residency, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale NY

2004 The Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Best in Show Award, 55th Art of the Northeast USA, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan CT

2004 Special Opportunity Stipend, NYFA & NYCA

2003 The Carolyn Grant ’36 Endowment, Vassar College

2002 Dutchess County Art’s Council Individual Artist Fellowship, Painting

COLLECTIONS

Binney and Smith, Easton PA

Community Bank, Lexington KY

Copper Canyon Press, Port Townsend WA

Department of Radiation Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington KY

La Galeria Nacional del Centro Costarricense de Ciencia y Cultura, San Jose, Costa Rica

Manugistics, Rockville MD

Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester VT

Swift Hall, Department of History, Vassar College

The University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington KY

The College Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie NY

Vassar College Libraries Archives and Special Collections, Poughkeepsie NY

Western Kentucky University Art Department, Bowling Green KY

Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale NY

Private collections in the United States, Ireland & Costa Rica

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