| Priscilla Monge |
Priscilla Monge (born 1968) is a Costa Rican artist. She is one of the best-known female artists from Central America.[1]
She was born in San José and studied art at the University of Costa Rica. In 1994, she settled in Belgium, staying there four years; there, she met the artist Wim Delvoye who had a strong influence on her development as an artist. Now, she lives and works in San José.[2]
Monge expresses herself through video art, installation art and photography.[2] Her work often blends fragility and violence and is open to a multitude of interpretations. Because on the surface, all seems calm, the terror which lurks below the surface is more disturbing. Her work often deals with feminist issues.[3]
Her work was included in the Venice Biennale in 2001 and again in 2013;[4] she was also a participant in the Havana Biennial in 1997[2] and in the Liverpool Biennial in 2008.[3]
Her work is included in the collection of the Tate Museum.[5]
2019 – "Victoria Cabezas and Priscilla Monge: Give Me What You Ask For" – Americas Society, New York.
2013 – 55th Venice Biennial, Costa Rica Pavilion, Ca´Bonvicini, Venice.
2010 – Bienal de Pontevedra. “Utrópicos: Centroamérica y Caribe”. Comisario Santiago Olmo. Pontevedra, Spain.
2007 – "Global Feminisms" – Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York.
2006 – Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art 2006. Liverpool, UK.
2005 – "Points of View" – Photography in El Museo del Barrio's permanent collection. El Museo del Barrio, New York.
2004 – I Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo de Sevilla – BIACS. Fundación Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo de Sevilla, Spain.
2003 – OPEN e v+ a 2003 – ev+a. Limerick Biennial, Limerick, Ireland.
2001 – 49th Venice Biennial / Biennale di Venecia, Venice.
2000 – 24° Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
1999 – "Pervirtiendo el Minimalismo". Museo Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, España.
1997 – Bienal de La Habana, Havana, Cuba.