Priscilla Monge
Priscilla Monge in the IVAM, 2015.

Priscilla Monge (born 1968) is a Costa Rican artist. She is one of the best-known female artists from Central America. ^{[1] [ failed verification ]}

Contents

• Early life and education
• Art career
• Exhibitions
• References

Early life and education

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]

Art career

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]

Exhibitions

• 2019 – "Victoria Cabezas and Priscilla Monge: Give Me What You Ask For" – Americas Society, New York. ^{[6] [7]}
• 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. ^[8]
• 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.

References