Monique Mouton
B. 1984, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Lives and works in New York, New York.
Education
2014 MFA Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard College,
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2006 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver, BC
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016
More Near, Bridget Donahue, New York, NY
2014
Pieces, Fourteen30 Contemporary, Portland, Oregon
2012
Sides, Blanket Contemporary Art Inc., Vancouver, BC
2011
Pitch, Pamela, Los Angeles, California
2009
New Shapes, Blanket Contemporary Art Inc., Vancouver, BC
2007
Measure, Bodger’s and Kludger's Co-operative Art Parlour, Vancouver, BC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016
A Short Story, Field Contemporary, Vancouver B.C.
2015
White Columns Benefit Exhibition + Auction, White Columns, New York, NY
The Curve, Wallspace, New York, NY
Locally Sourced, Katzen Art Center, American University, Washington, D.C
Material Art Fair, Fourteen30 Contemporary, Mexico City, Mexico
Close Listening, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC
2014
ONE THING THEN ANOTHER, ACP (Artist Curated Projects) and 3 Days Awake, Los Angeles, California
Man began with the strangeness of his own humanity, Cleopatra's, Brooklyn, NY
If You Throw A Spider Out The Window, Does It Break?, Brennan & Griffin, New York, NY
Purple States and Cafe Dancer Pop-up, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
Close Listening, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
Persian Rose Chartreuse Muse Vancouver Grey, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2013
Snail Salon, Regina Rex, Queens, NY
The Thick of It, Mercer Union, Toronto, Ontario
Gallery Artists, Macaulay Fine Art, Vancouver, BC
2012
Romancing the Stone, Fourteen30 Contemporary, Portland, Oregon
2011
Rope of Sand, Soi Fischer, Toronto, Ontario
Some Paintings, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2009
Enacting Abstraction, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2008
Making Real, Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Michael Morris/Monique Mouton, CSA Space, Vancouver, BC
Working Title, Diaz Contemporary, Toronto, Ontario
2007
Let There Be Light, Blanket Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2006
Diminutive Disposition, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Perception and Depiction, Concourse Gallery, Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver, BC
2004
Strangers in a Strange Land, Butchershop Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Publications
2011
Monique Mouton, “Special Project”, Hunter and Cook Magazine (Summer), Issue 9
Selected Press
Howard Halle, “Critic’s Picks: Monique Mouton”, Time Out New York (February 3 - 9) 2016
Roberta Smith, “15 Group Shows Not to Miss,” The New York Times (January 30) 2015
Blake Gopnik, “Monique Mouton Paints Painting’s Death,” Artnet News (January 25)
2014
Monika Szewczyk, "Persian Rose Chartreuse Muse Vancouver Grey," Artforum International (Summer) 2014
Michael Turner, "A Look at Painting as A Journey in Vancouver," Canadian Art Magazine Online (April 19)
Leah Turner, “Talking with Paint,” Canadian Art Magazine (Spring) 2012
Aaron Peck, “Interview with Monique Mouton”, zero1 Magazine (October 26), Issue 5 2011
Elizabeth McIntosh, et al, “Painting Material Moments and the Fictions of Matter,” Hunter and Cook Magazine, Issue 2 (Winter) 2009
Gary Michael Dault, “Working Title at Diaz Contemporary,” The Globe and Mail (July 26) 2008
Leah Sandals, “Working in Abstractions,” NOW Magazine (July 31-- Aug 6), 52 2008
Eli Bornowsky, “Just Enough,” Pyramid Power, Vol. 1, Issue 4 (Winter 07/08)
Awards/Residencies
2012
Lead Artist, SoiFischer Thematic Residency Program, Toronto Island, Ontario
2010
The Banff Center, Figure in a Mountain Landscape with Silke Otto--Knapp, Banff, Alberta
2006
Mary Plum Blade Award for Painting, Vancouver, British Columbia
Lectures
2014
Close Listening, Panel Discussion moderated by Robert Enright, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
2013
Twilight Hour Lecture Series with Rachelle Sawatsky, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, British Columbia
2011
Twilight Hour Lecture Series, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, British Columbia
