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




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