Jonathan Monaghan | |
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Born |
Rockaway Beach, Queens,
New York, U.S. | September 14, 1986
Education |
New York Institute of Technology University of Maryland |
Style | Video art |
Movement | Post-Internet |
Website | Jonathanmonaghan.com |
Jonathan Monaghan (born September 14, 1986 in Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York) is a contemporary visual artist who creates Post-Internet video art. [1] [2]
Monaghan received his B.F.A. in computer graphics from the New York Institute of Technology in 2008. [3] Monaghan then went on to receive a M.F.A. from the University of Maryland.
Monaghan's animations have been exhibited at the Sundance Film Festival [4] and the Palais de Tokyo. [5] Monaghan's work sits in numerous public and private collections such as The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
As he stated, "My first artistic interests were [...] video game designers and science fiction movies". [3] His work Sacrifice of the Mushroom Kings is an eight-minute video of cryptic reproductions of video games characters from Street Fighter, G.I. Joe and Super Mario Bros. [6] Many of his creations picture buttocks as gateways that connect his dystopian stories. [7]
Monaghan is represented by bitforms gallery in New York. [8]
Jonathan Monaghan | |
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Born |
Rockaway Beach, Queens,
New York, U.S. | September 14, 1986
Education |
New York Institute of Technology University of Maryland |
Style | Video art |
Movement | Post-Internet |
Website | Jonathanmonaghan.com |
Jonathan Monaghan (born September 14, 1986 in Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York) is a contemporary visual artist who creates Post-Internet video art. [1] [2]
Monaghan received his B.F.A. in computer graphics from the New York Institute of Technology in 2008. [3] Monaghan then went on to receive a M.F.A. from the University of Maryland.
Monaghan's animations have been exhibited at the Sundance Film Festival [4] and the Palais de Tokyo. [5] Monaghan's work sits in numerous public and private collections such as The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
As he stated, "My first artistic interests were [...] video game designers and science fiction movies". [3] His work Sacrifice of the Mushroom Kings is an eight-minute video of cryptic reproductions of video games characters from Street Fighter, G.I. Joe and Super Mario Bros. [6] Many of his creations picture buttocks as gateways that connect his dystopian stories. [7]
Monaghan is represented by bitforms gallery in New York. [8]