Like many artists, I can’t recall a time I didn’t make art. I take pleasure in the adventure of the process, and paint as a way to spend time with topics that capture my attention; the human predicament and the challenges of living in this world.
My work bears witness to these subjects. Recurring themes are loss, resilience, conflict, and fragility. Through the lens of hurricanes then snow, avalanches, now floods, plane crashes, disasters both natural and of our own making, I explore our vulnerability and that of the natural world we inhabit.
Bio
Monica Whalley received her M.F.A. from the New York Academy of Art, and was awarded the HRH Prince of Wales Scholarship to Normandy, France. Before that she did an MSc. Biomedical Communications at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Over the years she has participated in various group shows, most notably the BP Portrait Award at National Portrait Gallery, London, UK, and the 2021 London Art Biennale, and recently with NYAA Summer Exhibition Forum Gallery, NYC, and AANYAA Powerhouse Arts, Brooklyn.
She is the grateful recipient of the Toronto Arts Council Visual Artist grant for 2023-2024.
She was born in the USA, and lives with her family in Toronto, Canada.
Juried Exhibitions
2021 London Art Biennale Chelsea Old Town HallKing’s Rd, London SW3 5EZ, UK
2006 BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery London, England
Selected Exhibitions
2024 AANYAA Power Dynamics, Powerhouse Arts, Brooklyn 322 Third Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215
2024 NYAA Forum Gallery, NYC 475 Park Avenue at 57th Street, New York, NY 1002
2015 Picturing The Unprintable, Flux Factory NYC 39-31 29th Street Long Island City, NY 11101
2007 New York Academy of Art Summer Exhibition 111 Franklin St, New York, NY 10013, United States