Vitae Monica Bonvicini

Monica Bonvicini, born in 1965 in Venice, Italy, lives and works in Berlin. Since 2003 she holds a professorship for Sculpture and Performative Art at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Vienna.

Monica Bonvicini is one of the most influential artists of her generation. The art of Monica Bonvicini investigates the relationships between space, gender and power. Utilizing different media, including drawing, collage, video and sculpture, her individual artworks are also steps in the process toward creating large-scale installations. The most interesting formal aspect of Bonvicini's work is her expressive formal exploration of environmental sculpture. Her critique of minimalism focuses on the incorporation of its forms in the bourgeois aesthetic of everyday structures. Through a reflection on gender issues, often reinforced by biting humour, her work addresses the problem of "building", both architectural and social.

She is winner of several prizes including the Golden Lion for the best Pavillon, Biennale di Venezia (1999) and the Preis der Nationalgalerie für Junge Kunst, Berlin (2005). In the past she has been creating stage designs for theatre productions as well as site specific public art.

Upcoming projects for 2010 includes a solo show at Max Hetzler Gallery, Berlin and at the Fridericianum, Kassel. A public art piece will be shown at Emscherkunst.2010 in the European Capital of Culture Ruhr 2010.

Her work is included in distinguished collections and has been shown at prestigious institutions including the Berlin Biennale für zeitgenössische Kunst (1998, 2004); Venice Biennial, Venice (1999, 2005, 2009); Magasin, Grenoble (2001); Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Shanghai Biennial, Shanghai Art Museum; Kunstmuseum Aarhus (2002, 2009); New Museum, New York ; Museum of Modern Art, Oxford; Secession, Wien (2003); Migros Museum, Zürich; SprengelMuseum, Hannover (2004), Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (2005); Kunstraum, Innsbruck; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Sao Paolo Biennale, Brazil (2006); Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm; Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY (2007), Prospect.1 Biennial, New Orleans; Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich; MARCO Museum, Vigo (2008); Lenbachhaus, Munich; Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel; MUSEION, Bolzano, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago (2009).

Monica Bonvicini is represented by Max Hetzler Gallery, Berlin.