Monica Bonvicini is considered part of a generation of artists that expanded on the critical practices of the 1960s and 1970s to conceive of space and architecture as a material that could engage with discourses of power and politics, defining art as an active form of 'critique'.
11 Facts About Monica Bonvicini
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Monica Bonvicini was awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale in 1999 and the Preis der Nationalgalerie from the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin in 2005.
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Monica Bonvicini was appointed Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 2012.
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In 1998, Monica Bonvicini was featured in the 1st Berlin Biennale, and in 1999 in the 48th Venice Biennial curated by Harald Szeemann.
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Since then Monica Bonvicini has participated in more than 20 international contemporary art biennials, including the Santa Fe Biennial, Gwangju Biennale, the first New Orleans Biennial, the Berlin Biennale, the Venice Biennale, the Istanbul Biennial, and the Busan Biennale.
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Monica Bonvicini has been a scholar for many years, starting as a guest professor at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, in 1998.
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In 2022, Monica Bonvicini obtained German citizenship and was elected as a member of the Akademie der Kunste in Berlin, in the Visual Arts section.
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Commonly described as working site-specifically, Monica Bonvicini creates discursive displays that relate to an exhibiting venue and its operational context.
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In 2005, Monica Bonvicini was awarded the Preis der Nationalgalerie for her work Never Again.
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Monica Bonvicini's work stands in the plaza of the Copper Box Arena, and is the largest standalone artwork within the Olympic Park.
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In 2006, Monica Bonvicini began the ongoing series Hurricanes and Other Catastrophes, characterised by large-format drawings executed in black-and-white tempura paint.