Alyssa MonksSpirit Songs

Alyssa Monks is blurring the line between abstraction and realism by layering different spaces and moments in her paintings. She flipped background and foreground using semi-transparent filters of glass, vinyl, steam, and water over shallow spaces in her 10-year long water series. Today, she is imposing a transparent landscape of infinite space over evocative subjects.

The tension in her paintings is sustained by the composition and also by the surface quality itself. Each brushstroke is thickly applied oil paint, like a fossil recording every gesture and decision, expressing the energetic and empathic experience of the handmade object. “I strive to create a moment in a painting where the viewer can see or feel themselves, identify with the subject, even be the subject, connect with it as though it is about them, personally.”

Monks’s paintings have been the subject of numerous solo and group exhibitions including “Intimacy” at the Kunst Museum in Ahlen, Germany and “Reconfiguring the Body in American Art, 1820–2009” at the National Academy Museum of Fine Arts, New York. Her work is represented in public and private collections, including the Savannah College of Arts, the Somerset Art Association, Fullerton College, the Seavest Collection and the collections of Eric Fischl, Howard Tullman, Gerrity Lansing, Danielle Steele, Alec Baldwin, and Luciano Benetton. In 2015, Alyssa gave a talk at the TEDx even at Indiana University discussing her recent work, which is featured on TED.com. Recently, she was named the 16th most influential women artist alive today by Graphic Design Degree Hub.

Born 1977 in New Jersey, Alyssa began oil painting as a child. She studied at The New School in New York and Montclair State University and earned her B.A. from Boston College in 1999. During this time she studied painting at Lorenzo de’ Medici in Florence. She went on to earn her M.F.A from the New York Academy of Art, Graduate School of Figurative Art in 2001. She completed an artist in residency at Fullerton College in 2006 and has lectured and taught at universities and institutions nationwide. She continues to offer workshops and lectures regularly.

Alyssa has been awarded the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant for Painting three times and serves as a member of the New York Academy of Art’s Board of Trustees.

Alyssa MonksSpirit Songs

Become AyM 01Oil on linen

51.625” x 81.625” Framed

Hiraeth AyM 02Oil on linen57.75” x 57.75” Framed

Deference AyM 03Oil on linen

68” x 58” Framed

Avail AyM 04Oil on linen67.75” x 57.5” Framed

Stay AyM 05Oil on linen

41.5” x 41.5” Framed

Dawn AyM 06OIl on panel12” x 12” x 2”

Dew AyM 07Oil on linen

56” x 56” x 1.5”

FoamOil on panel AyM 0816” x 12” x 1”

GritOil on linen AyM 09

32” x 48” x 1.5”

Hope Rosalyce AyM 10Oil on linen 48” x 72”

Pink Horizon AyM 11Oil on panel

10” x 10” x 2”

Revisit AyM 12Oil on linen32” x 32” x 1.5”

Set AyM 13Oil on linen

32” x 32” x 1.5”

Spring AyM 14Oil on linen66” x 56” x 1.5”

Synthesis AyM 15Oil on linen

56” x 84”

Tess AyM 16Oil on linen66” x 56”

ALYSSA MONKSBorn 1977 New Jersey

SOLO EXHIBITIONS2016 Resolution: Forum Gallery, NY2015 New York Fashion Week Event, Nexxus New York Salon2013 Rolls Royce Icons of Art Series: The Walker Tower, NY Presence: Blue Gallery, Kansas City, MO2012 Small Works: Sarah Bain Gallery, CA2010 Fixation: David Klein Gallery, MI Oil and Water: DFN Gallery, NY2009 Steam: Sarah Bain Gallery, CA New Paintings: DFN Gallery, NY2008 Flesh Painting: Sarah Bain Gallery, CA 2007 New Paintings: DFN Gallery, NY Next of Kin: Sarah Bain Gallery, CA 2006 Below the Surface: Sarah Bain Gallery, CA Dissolve: DFN Gallery, NY2005 New Paintings: Sarah Bain Gallery, CA 2004 New Paintings: Sarah Bain Gallery, CA 2003 New Paintings: Sarah Bain Gallery, CA2002 Surfacing: Sarah Bain Gallery, CA,

GROUP EXHIBITIONS2018 Art Market, San Fransisco: Forum Gallery, The Spectrum of Women: Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID Peers & Influences: The Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus, GA Art on Paper: Forum Gallery, NY Artists by Artists: Forum Gallery, NY The New Baroque: Booth Gallery, NY2017 Seeing With Our Own Eyes: Forum Gallery Expo Chicago: Forum Gallery Seattle Art Fair: Forum Gallery NYAA Summer Exhibition: Flowers Gallery Group Show: Pontone Gallery, London Art Market, San Fransisco: Forum Gallery

2017 Forum Gallery Celebrates 55 Years of Modern and Contemporary Art: Forum Gallery Art on Paper, NYC: Forum Gallery Contemporary Old Masters: Louisiana Art & Science Museum2016 American Views: Forum Gallery, Visionary Artists of the 21st Century: Forum Gallery Take Home a Nude: New York Academy of Art, Sotheby’s, NY Expo Chicago: Forum Gallery Water Bodies: Southampton Art Center and NYAA, Southampton, NY Masters of American Realism: Sag Harbor Whaling Museum, Sag Harbor, NY The New York Academy of Art: Robert Lang Gallery at The Vendue Hotel Art on Paper, NYC: Forum Gallery Hour by Hour: Q Art Salon, Santa Ana, CA2015 Expo Chicago, Chicago Art Fair: Forum Gallery, Chicago, IL Miami Project: Forum Gallery Nature Unbound: Forum Gallery Art Market San Francisco: Forum Gallery Take Home a Nude: New York Academy of Art, Sotheby’s, NY Figurative I: Gallery 1261, Denver CO Unfurl: Gallery 1261, Denver, CO Making Faces: David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI Body // Water: Carla Massoni Gallery, Chestertown, MD The Artists Gaze: Sirona Gallery, Hallandale Beach, FL Art Palm Beach: Sirona Gallery, Palm Beach County Convention Center, West Palm Beach, FL Small Works: Sirona Gallery, Hallandale Beach, FL2014 Love It, Locket, Leave It: Island Weiss Gallery, NY, Take Home a Nude: New York Academy of Art, Sotheby’s, NY Art Miami: David Klein Gallery, The Art Miami Pavilion, Miami, FL Small is Beautiful: Flowers Gallery, NY Contemporary Realism: Gallery 1261, Denver, CO CRB: Contemprary Realism Biennial 2014: Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN The Windows View: Eno Gallery, Hillsborough, NC

2014 Re-presenting the Nude: Evoke Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Art Southampton: New York Academy of Art, Art Southampton Pavilion, NY NYAA Summer Exhibition: Flowers Gallery, NY Art Wynwood: Flowers Gallery, The Art Wynwood Pavilion, Miami, FL The Armory Show: David Klein Gallery, Pier 92 and 94, NY Based on Actual Events: Jonathan Levine Gallery, NY2013 Small Is Beautiful: Flowers Gallery, London, UK, Benetton Foundation’s Imago Mundi at the Venice Biennale: Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Italy Summer Salon Show: Rarity Gallery, Greece Art Southampton: Art Southampton Pavilion, NY NYAA Summer Exhibition: Allegra LaViola Gallery, NY Venice Biennale: Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice, Italy Rarity Summer Salon Show: Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece The Looking Glass: Refraction through the Female Gaze: Mirus Gallery, San Francisco, CA Contemporary Realism: Gallery 1261, Denver, CO Single Fare: RH Gallery, New York City, NY Nudes: Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, CA2012 Saturation: Jensen Gallery, Sydney, Australia Take Home a Nude: New York Academy of Art, NY NYAA 6th Annual Summer Exhibition: Flowers Gallery, NY Nosebleed: Fuse Gallery, NY Rarity Summer Salon Show: Rarity Gallery, Greece Good for You: David Klein Gallery, MI The Ones: New York Academy of Art, NY Heads: Flowers Gallery, NY Love is in the Air: The Cell, NY From What I Remember/From What I Forget: Principle Gallery, VA LA Art Show – Modern & Contemporary: Sarah Bain Gallery, CA2011 Art Miami: David Klein Gallery, FL, ICONOMANCY: New York Academy of Art, NY Take Home a Nude: New York Academy of Art, NY Slideluck Potshow: Slideluck, NY

2011 Dark Water: Copro Gallery, CA Paintworks: Gowanus Ballroom, NY Space Invaders: Rose Contemporary, ME Gallery Selections: Hespe Gallery, CA NYAA 5th Annual Summer Exhibition: Flowers Gallery, NY Breach of Privacy: Carmichael Gallery, CA Rarity Summer Salon Show: Rarity Gallery, Greece Triple Threat: Island Weiss Gallery, NY Naked: Jensen Gallery, Sydney, Australia Forces of Nature: Brian Farrell’s Space at Chelsea Modern, NY San Francisco Fine Art Fair: Hespe Gallery, CA Art Chicago: Hespe Gallery, IL Single Fare 2: Please Swipe Again: Sloan Fine Art, NY The Armory Show – Modern: David Klein Gallery, NY Songs: Fuse Gallery, NY (I’ve Got a Secret): Forbes Galleries, NY LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA2010 Uncovered: Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barth’s, French West Indies, Deck the Walls: New York Academy of Art, NY Slideluck Potshow: Slideluck, NY Compact:Impact: The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ Take Home a Nude: New York Academy of Art, NY Body, Mind & Hair: Rowan University Gallery, Glassboro, NJ Fresh Figures & Abstraction: Scott White Contemporary Art, CA, Gallery Artists: DFN Gallery, NY Remnants: Fuse Gallery, NY Flashpoint: Alyssa Monks & Tom Birkner: The Noyes Museum, Stockton College, NJ San Francisco Fine Art Fair: Scott White Contemporary Art, CA, Intimacy: Kunst Museum Ahlen, Germany Art Miami: David Klein Gallery, FL The Armory Show: David Klein Gallery, NY Between Realities: Principle Gallery, VA2009 Water/Bodies: Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barths Bods, Rethinking the Figure: Robert Kidd Gallery, MI

2009 Baptized Catholic: Artbreak Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Portrait Invitational: Blue Gallery, MO Take Home a Nude: New York Academy of Art, NY Reconfigured and Relocated: DFN Gallery, NY Summer Stars: Sarah Bain Gallery, CA Reconfiguring the Body in American Art, 1820–2009: National Academy Museum of Fine Arts, NY Art Hamptons: DFN Gallery, NY Abstract/Nature: DFN Gallery, NY Personal Territory: David Klein Gallery, MI Paper Beings: Hespe Gallery, CA New York Academy 2nd Biennial Alumni Association Exhibition: Figureworks Gallery, NY Small Is Beautiful: Flowers Gallery, NY New Work by Gallery Artists: DFN Gallery, NY Art Chicago: David Klein Gallery & Hespe Gallery2008 Dangerous Women: DFN Gallery, NY Summer Exhibition: New York Academy of Art, NY Take Home a Nude: New York Academy of Art, NY2007 Summer Exhibition: New York Academy of Art, NY Wet: DFN Gallery, NY2006 Alumni Association Exhibition NYAA, Figureworks Gallery, Brooklyn Small Works Show: Sarah Bain Gallery, Anaheim Bridge Art Fair: DFN Gallery, Miami Beach Art London: Hespe Gallery, London Group Exhibition: DFN Gallery, NY Take Home a Nude: New York Academy of Art, NY An Assessment of Contemporary Figuration: David Klein Gallery, MI Salon 2006: New York Academy of Art, NY2005 10th Anniversary Show: DFN Gallery, NY 7th Annual Realism Invitational: Jenkins Johnson Gallery, CA Still life: Sarah Bain Gallery, CA Figures: J. Cacciola Gallery, NJ Take Home A Nude: New York Academy of Art, NY2002 Interiors: Sarah Bain Gallery, CA

2001 8x10: Sarah Bain Gallery, CA Take Home A Nude: New York Academy of Art, NY Diploma Project Exhibition: New York Academy of Art, NY Separate Visions: Sarah Bain Gallery, CA Paint the Town Red: Rene Lezard, NY NYAA Student Exhibition: New York Academy of Art, NY2000 From Plaster To Master: New York Academy of Art, NY Tristan and America Exhibition, NY Credit Suisse Exhibition, NY MFA Exhibition: Times Square Gallery/Hunter College

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