Jonathan Monaghan

Jonathan Monaghan (born September 14, 1986 in Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York) is an American computer animator and artist.^[1] He received his BFA in computer graphics from the New York Institute of Technology.^[2] Monaghan then went on to receive a MFA from the University of Maryland.

Career

Monaghan's animations have been screened at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington D.C.^[3] and the International Film Festival Rotterdam^[4] A number of his exhibitions have been reviewed in the Washington Post.^[5]

In its November 2011 issue, DC Modern Luxury Magazine named Monaghan one of the "Top 10 young artists to collect".^[6]

3D printing

In June 2011, Monaghan was artist in residence at MakerBot Industries.^[7] in Brooklyn, New York and was selected by U.S. Department of State to speak on 3D printing.^[8]

Exhibitions

Solo

• "Escape Pod" bitforms gallery, New York
• "Robot Ninja" Market Gallery, Glasgow
• "Rainbow Narcosis" Artisphere, Washington D.C.
• "Sacrifice of the Mushroom Kings" Curator's Office, Washington D.C.
• "Life Tastes Good In Disco Heaven" Hamiltonian Gallery, Washington D.C. (October 2010)
• "Calling All Angels" Atopia, Oslo, Norway (December 2009)

Select screenings

• Boston Underground Film Festival, Boston MA
• Hirshhorn Museum - "Experimental Media Series" Washington D.C.
• Maryland Institute College of Art - "Experimental Media Series" Baltimore MD
• International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam Netherlands
• Sydney Underground Film Festival, Sydney Australia

Group exhibitions

• "NEWSFEED: Anonymity & Social Media in African Revolutions and Beyond" MoCADA, New York
• "AW Projects" SCOPE Art Show, New York
• "Animacall: Animation Project 2011" Contemporary Art Centre of Thessaloniki, Greece
• "Loving You Is Cherry Pie" 4Culture, Seattle WA
• "FILE Media Art" Centro Cultural Fiesp, São Paulo, Brazil
• "Show IV" MMX Gallery, Berlin, Germany
• "A Light at the End of the Tunnel" Scope Basel, Basel, Switzerland
• "X by Y: Digital Art in 2010" University of North Carolina, Pembroke NC
• "Vox V" Vox Populi, Philadelphia PA
• "Digital Stone: eForm" Today Art Museum, Beijing & Shanghai Doulun Museum of Modern Art

References

1. ↑ Jenkins, Mark (2013-07-22). "3-D printing can make everyone a designer". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2013-08-17. 
2. ↑ "Jonathan Monaghan - CV". Curatorsoffice.com. Retrieved 2013-08-17. 
3. ↑ "Washington Project for the Arts". Wpadc.org. Retrieved 2013-08-17. 
4. ↑ "Rotterdam 2009 Shorts Program". Filmfestivalrotterdam.com. Retrieved 2013-08-17. 
5. ↑ Jenkins, Mark (2012-01-26). "Jonathan Monaghan twists video games in exhibit at Curator’s Office". Washington Post. Retrieved 20 February 2012. 
6. ↑ "DC | Modern Luxury | Collect Call". Modern Luxury. 2011-11-26. Retrieved 2013-08-17. 
7. ↑ "New York Notables". Makerbot.com. Retrieved 2013-08-17. 
8. ↑ "2011 Events | Embassy of the United States Manama, Bahrain". Bahrain.usembassy.gov. 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2013-08-17. 

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jonathan Monaghan.

• Official website
• Jonathan Monaghan on Vimeo
• Jonathan Monaghan at the Internet Movie Database
• bitforms gallery, NYC

Interviews

• This Is What You Get When You Cross a Floating Island Mansion with a Pink Ball Sack Vice (magazine) Interview with Matthew Caron
• Jonathan Monaghan Melds Technology and Art Tech Cocktail Interview with Kira M. Newman
• Art Animates Life The Diamondback Interview with Leyla Korkut