MONICA CANILAO
Oakland, California
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C.V.

EDUCATION-
2005 BFA Illustration California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA

SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS-

(solo *)

2024  Nov 7 - MCXT show, Monsters of the Underworld, New Orleans, LA

2023/4.  Sept 28- May 1, 2024 DIVINATION// MCXT retrospective, Chandran Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2023   June 8 – Dawn State// MCXT retrospective, Haight Street Art Center, San Francisco, CA

2022   Oct- March- ReflectioNNN, The MAH Museum, Santa Cruz, CA

2022   Sept- Venetian Water Carnival// Common Grounds, Santa Cruz MAH Museum, Santa Cruz, CA

2022   Feb 16-20- Spring Break MCXT booth show, Los Angeles, CA

2021  *Dec 22 – Jan 3rd – Piecing, 836 M Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2019 Sucka Free// MCXT , Adobe Books, San Francisco, CA

2018  Oct 4- March 24, 2019 Infinite Other, MCXT collab museum show with Xara Thustra,

           The Mah Museum, Santa Cruz, CA

2018   July 27- MCXT solo show, Muddguts Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2017   Sept- MCXT show and art residency/ show, Bed Stuy Art Residency, Brooklyn, NY

2016   Feb 19- Witch Wife, collab show with Swoon, Chandran Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2016   Infinite// Intimate, collaborative show with Lauren Napolitano, Red Truck Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2014  Nov 21 - Mimicry with Outi Pieski, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery,  Wandsworth, London

2014   *Born From Ruins, Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles, CA

2011   Little Old One, Collaborative show with Bunnie Reiss, Lopo Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2011   The More We Wander, Collaborative show with Kyle Ranson, Kretz, Malmo Sweden

2011  * Jan 10th- April 10th, solo exhibition at Lyon-Martin Clinic, San Francisco, CA

2011  * May 6 – What's Lost Is Safe, Sky High Gallery. Milwaukee, WI

2010  * Feb 6 through April- Window front Installation, Femina Potens. San Francisco, CA

2010  * April 30 - We Are Dust, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NYC

2008   March 25 – Feral with Swoon, The Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2008   Aug 1 – One Long Funeral Song with Kyle RansonSpace 1026. Philadelphia, PA

2007   July 27 – Tones of Earth and Bone, with The Polariod KidPaper Boat Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

2006  * Sept 25 – Solo Show, Homemade Cafe, Oakland, CA

2006  * Dec 2 – The Dispossessed, Needles and Pens, San Francisco, CA

2005  * Feb 23 - This Is Home, Isabel Percy West Gallery, Oakland, CA

2004   Nov 10 - Congratulations with Jamie Nelson, Burning Tree Cafe, Oakland, CA

 

GROUP  EXHIBITIONS-

 2024

June 5 - Hospitality house auction, St. Josephs Art Foundation, SF, CA

April 6 - ‘A thirst for Stars’, Commissioned public art piece for Adobe, Warriors, Chase Center, SF, CA

 

2023

Aug 5 - What Remains, Schlomer Haus Gallery, San Francisco, CA

June 8 – Dawn State// MCXT retrospective, Haight Street Art Center, San Francisco, CA

June 14 – Headgear 11, Five and Diamond, San Francisco, California

April 21 – Art boat entryway installation for SF Art Market, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA

 

2022

Sept-Oct – Beyond Binary, SF State, San Francisco, CA

 

2021

June 26 – Ginga, Chandran Gallery, San Francisco, CA

May 6 – The Intricate Intimate, Allouche Gallery, New York, New York

Jan 24 - How about that, Hey check This Out Gallery, New York, New York

 

2019

Oct 19 – Primary Wurld, Swim Gallery, San Francisco, CA

May 1 – Dirty Paradise 3, Joseph Wales, Margate, London UK

April 13 – Aug 11 Queer California: Untold Stories, MCXT entryway mural, OMCA, Oakland, CA

April 8 - A Woman's Place: Celebrating Women Artists, curated by SF MoMA,  Asana, San Francisco, CA

April 6 – Together, KP Projects, Los Angeles, CA

March 7- Art on Paper Fair// with Cinders Gallery, New York, NY

 

 

2018 

Nov 3 – Pave, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA

Sept 17- Openings: queer group show, Lair Fera, Brooklyn, NY

May 26 – Still Lifes & Real life, Swim Gallery, San Francisco , CA

May 18 – Ruffles, ritual & Repair, The Wedding Cake House/ Dirt Palace, Providence, RI

June 8 - Maiden Form, Edling Gallery, New York, NY

July 27- MCXT solo show, Muddguts Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

 

2017

May 9- Cuatro Espiritu, Art residency/ exhibition, Residentia Gorila/ Tulum Art Club, Tulum, Mexico

May 29- June 13- Future tongue / Sanctuary show. Little Toyko Arts Complex, Los Angeles, CA 

June 3 – Twenty One group show, Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles, CA

Nov 10- Illegal group show, The Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA

 

2016

July 30- The Detroiter, Heron Arts, San Francisco, CA

May 21- Swimming in the playground, Upper play ground, San Francisco, CA

May 5th - Art Leadhers/ womens group show , Joseph Gross Gallery. NYC

 

 

2015

Nov 7- Strange girls never die. CO exhibitions, Minneapolis, MN

Oct 14- Predator/ Prey group show. Honeycomb gallery. Buenos Aries

Sept 3- 'LAX/LHR' , stolen space gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Sept 2- 4%ers, gallery women's show, Fecal Face Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Sept 17- 27 murals in the market, Detroit eastern market 

August-  Headgear., Five & diamond, San Francisco, CA

July 10-  Alchemy Show (Work, installation and curating), interstate Gallery, Detroit, MI

April 28th - SF art market with Chandran Gallery. San Francisco, CA

 

2014

April 14- Resonance Group installation show, Headscapes, Long Island City, NY

July 31- The Provocateurs, Art Alliance & Obey, Block 37, Chicago, IL 

July 14 - Time will tell , imago mundo New Orleans, LA

July 10- cinders 10 year: decade of Decadence, Dossier Outpost. New York, NY

June 6th- Chaos/pattern show, Cinders Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

 

2013

Dec 5-8- Rare Sea: Miami art Basel Installation w/ Juxtapoz and Chandran Gallery, shore club. Miami, FL

Dec 20- A massive swelling. Muddguts. Brooklyn, NY

Nov 1- Troublesome Houses, Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, KT

Oct 18 – Featured works, Slick art Fair with Wunderkammern, Paris, France

Oct 3- The Provocateurs, Subliminal Gallery, Austin, Texas

July 12 – Dirty Fingers, In: Surgo Gallery, Berlin, Germany

May 25 – Dirty Fingers print show, Cinders/ 26-15 Jackson, Long Island City, NY

 

 

2012

April 3 – Happy Medium, Nancy victor Gallery, London , England

April 11 – The Folding of a Known World- Collaborative show with Swoon & Dennis Mcnett, Patricia Armocida Gallery, Milano, Italy

April 28 - Small, 19 Karen Contemporary Art space, Gold Coast, Australia

May 18 – Streetopia, The Luggage Store & Tenderloin National Forest, San Francisco, CA

June 7- Art Now: A Survey of Urban Contemporary Art, Art Now NY, Chelsea, NY

August-  The Suspension of Disbelief, Wunderkammern Gallery. Rome, Italy

 

 

2011

March 4 – Good Folks, Show & Tell Gallery, Toronto, Canada

April 23 – Ressurection, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

April 30 – Sugar Mountain Festival, Forum theater, Melbourne, Australia

Oct 15 - Paper quilt, with Alexis Mackenzie, The Berkeley Art Center. Berkeley, CA

Oct 28 - White Picket Fence installation. San Francisco, CA

 

 

2010

March 6 – Bestiary: ‘Back to the Wild’, Femina Potens. San Francisco, CA

April 10 – SUBject/ subJECT, Subliminal Projects, collaborative work with Swoon. Los Angeles, CA

May 22 – The Get Together, Installation at the Marin Headlands, Marin, CA

June 14 – 18, ‘Art Forts’, San Francisco Day School. San Francisco, CA

July 1 – We haven’t felt this way in years II, Heist Gallery, San Francisco, CA

August 6 – Decade with No Name: Best of the East Bay, Jack London Square. Oakland, CA

August 14 – Hello Sweden, Kretz. Malmo, Sweden

Nov 16 – Wallpaper, Art & Design Barcelona Gallery. Barcelona, Spain

Nov 27 – The Bridge is Over, Lopo. San Francisco, CA

Dec 11 – Wreck the Walls, Subliminal Projects. Los Angeles, CA

Dec 11 – Golden State, RVCA. San Francisco, CA

 

2009


Feb 28 – Our Starry Universe, collaborative show with Hardland + Hartland, Art of this. Minneapolis, MN

March 5-8th - Benefit Exhibition for Swimming Cities of SerenissimaFountain Art Fair. NY, NY

March 14- Benefit auction #2 for Swimming CitiesSecret Project Robot. Brooklyn , NY

March 28- Deeper Visions II, Shelter Surf Shop, Long Beach, CA

Sept 11 - Hot & Cold Zine release and exhibition, Baer Ridgeway, SF

Oct 8 – CCA 2009 Illustration Dept Faculty & Alumni ShowCCAC. San Francisco, CA

Oct 15 – Distance Don't Matter, Show with Swoon + others, Space Gallery, Portland, Maine

Nov 6 – Gen nMACLA, San Jose, CA

Nov 14 – Juxtapoz 15th Anniversary show, Factory Palace Arts, LA, CA

Nov 20 – PANKABESTIA: Punk Beasts of the Swimming Cities of SerenissimaAnnonymous Gallery. New York, NY

Dec 2 –  Featured with Anonymous Gallery, Scope Art Fair. Miami, FL

 

2008

Feb 2 - Group Exchange show, 96 Gillespi, London, England

March 7 – Balls OutGrass Hut, Portland, OR

April 5 – Hope Springs Eternal, Needles & Pens. San Francisco, CA

May 9 – CombineBLVD Gallery. Seattle, WA

Aug 9 – There: New art from OaklandDi Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA

Sept 4 – All Cut UpRoebling Hall. New York, NY

Oct 2 – Locals OnlyRVCA. San Francisco, California

Oct 11 – Art Makes Eye Contact, Secret Project Robot. Brooklyn, New York

Nov 29 – Bobby Hutton Memorial BenefitThe Luggage Store Gallery. San Francisco, CA

Dec 5 – Spirit animals/ Animal spirit, Sweet hickory. Bloomington, Indiana

 

2007

Feb 1 – IllustriousCompound Gallery, Portland, OR

March 9 – Femmes ForcesAi Gallery, Chicago, IL

April 15 – Less is More111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA

May 11 – Pistolitas de AzucarGalleria De La Raza, San Francisco, CA

May 21 – Ethsix Magazine Launch, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

June 8 – Porch ShowCinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

July 19 - Mauled by Tigers Benefit art show, Chicago, IL

July 5 - Benefit show for The Autopsy, Melbourne, Australia

Aug 2 - Fecal Face Art Party, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Sept 28 - Downy Bird Art Kingdom Book Release and exhibition, Onsix Gallery, SF, CA

Oct 4 - Ethsix Magazine release and exhibition, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Oct 25 – Heap with Swoon + David EllisBlack Rat Press, London, England

Oct 19 - Jan 13 – Convergence: CCAC Alumni, Oakland Airport, Oakland, CA

Nov 17 – PachangaGaleria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA

 

2006

Feb 9- Sold Out, White Walls Gallery. San Francisco, CA

Feb 10- Interwoven, Onsix Gallery. San Francisco, CA

Feb 15- Osaka Print Exchange, Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA

June 2 - Ethsix Magazine Launch & Art Exhibition, AR Space. San Francisco, CA


July 6 – Well Hung, White Walls Gallery, San Francisco, CA

July 20 – The Sleeping Habits of Strangers, Cell Space, San Francisco, CA


Aug 2 – Best of The Bay Show, Onsix Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Oct 19 – Oakland: West Side Story, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, SF, CA

Dec 1 – The Girls Room, Jen Beckman Gallery, New York, NY

Dec 14 – Dirty Hands, Cinders Gallery. Brooklyn, NY

Dec 16 – Gratitude Nights, Benefit, 111 Townsend, San Francisco, CA

Dec 29 - Destroy Everything, Stuhltrager Gallery, Brooklyn, Ny

 

2005

Jan 7 - Sacred Geometry, Onsix Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Jan 28 - Interwoven, Onsix Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Feb 9 - Group Show, Chow, San Francisco, CA

Feb 16 - Ocean Crossing: Osaka Print Exchange, Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA

Feb 16 - Ghosts and Monsters, Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA

March 18 - Bucky Printers, Boontling Gallery, Oakland, CA

April 23 - Group Show, Kyle's, Berkeley, CA

May 14 - Every Dog Has It's Day, Red Ink Studios, San Francisco, CA

July 15 - Underground, Counter Pulse, San Francisco, CA

July 16 - None The Less, Needles and Pens, San Francisco, CA

July 22 - Comfort, Mission 17 Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Sept 9 - Labyrinth, Red Ink Studios/ Onsix Gallery, San Francisco

 

2004

Oct 30 - Seven Deadly Sins, Onsix Gallery, San Francisco, CA 


 

2003


Oct 17 - The Bent ShowLobot Gallery, Oakland, CA

Nov 20 - Group Show, Needles and Pens, San Francisco, CA



 

CURATED 

2021 – May 6 – The Intricate Intimate, co curated w/ Swoon & BLK Palate, Allouche Gallery, New York

2015  July 10-  Alchemy Show (Work, installation and curating), interstate Gallery, Detroit, MI

2012  Iron to Gold/ Ashes to Hope: Art auction to benefit future Detroit Installation Art Museum,     

           Chandran Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2006  Oct 13 – We Will All Be Well : A Benefit, Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA

 

 

 MURALS-

2024 – Gaza + Black panther MCXT + Break Free mural. 12th and Webster, Oakland, California

2024 – Commissioned piece for Adobe + Golden State Warriors + Chase Center, San Francisco, CA
2022 – May - Trans Elders mural. S.A.F.E. House Arts, San Francisco, CA

2022 – Nov – MCXT // Babelab Beauty Botanica building front Mural, Oakland, CA

2022 – Oct – MCXT // All Souls, Mural, St Coffee, New Orleans, LA

2022 – June – MCXT // Poppy drip mural wall, Private commission, Los Angeles, CA

2021 – July – Black Trans Lives Matter street mural, San Francisco, CA

2021 – Jan – MCXT// Deer mural + install  for private client, San Francisco, CA

2020 – July – MCXT// Mural for Bell Highschool, Los Angeles, CA

2020 - July – MCXT// Black lives matter mural, Landale, Los Angeles, CA

2020 -  Jan – MCXT// custom built Main entryway mural for CZI, Redwood City, CA

2019 – Sept – MCXT// Civic Park Community Center Mural, Walnut Creek, CA

April 13 – Aug 11 Queer California: Untold Stories, MCXT entryway mural, OMCA, Oakland, CA

2019 – June – Entryway mural for Crescent Care Clinic, New Orleans, LA

2019 – June – Collaborative mural with Hussman/ Tschaeni & MCXT, Oakland, CA

2019 – May – MCXT// mural for Sparks / Google io, Shoreline Ampatheater, Mountian View, CA

2019 - Feb - Night of Ideas x 836M/ Mural with Lauren Napolitano, SF Public Library, SF, CA

2018 - Dec - Flower baby mural, 836M, San Francisco, CA

2018 – July – Chicken Hut Mural with Xara Thustra, Brooklyn, N

2018 – Feb – MCXT// Sycamore Ally Queer mural, San Francisco, CA

2017 – Sept – MCXT// Lair Fera storefront Mural with Xara Thustra, Brooklyn, NY

2017 – June - Queer Trans spaces Mural with Xara Thustra, The Stud, San Francisco, CA

2017 - April - Tree of life Mural with Xara Thustra, Elena Stonaker, Ektor Garcia, Villas Tulum, Mexico

2015 – Oct - Swimming Cities Mural for Blank Canvas/ Converse, Pop Allston, Boston, MA

2015 – Sept 17- 27 - Murals in The Market, Inner State Gallery, Detroit, MI

2015 – July - Ice Cream shop mural w Ouizi, Livernois, Detroit

2014- july 11-19 -Painted desert project with Doodles, Navajo Nations Reservation, Arizona

2014 – Aug 3-10, Djerba Hood project. Tunisia, Africa

2008 - Sept 7 - Mural with David Ellis- unveiling, Deitch Projects. Long Island City, NYC

2005 - Sept 17 - Mission Art Walk: 14th Street Mural Project, Needles and Pens, SF

 

PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS/ PERFORMANCE/ COSTUME/ PROJECTS –

2024  Aug 4 -12 – TRY + Circo Zero set design and performance for ImPulsTanz, Vienna, Austria

2024  June Park as Lover, Costuming for Annie Sprinkle, Manheim + Dusseldorf, Germany

2024 June 22 RAN Float design + costumes for pride parade for Rainforest Action Network, Cincinnati, OH

2024  March shoot/ collab medium format with Michael Garlington, Petaluma, California

2023  Aug  BUGA Garden showl/ costuming for Annie Sprinkle, Mannheim, Germany

2023 April Limited edition Tote Bag design for SF Art Market, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA

2023   Oni Ocan, Honey ritual performer + costuming, headpiece, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA

2023  Street Joy with Circo Zero, made protest flag series, San Francisco, CA

2022   Sept- Venetian Water Carnival// Common Grounds, Santa Cruz Mah Museum, Santa Cruz, CA

2022  Aug 2 – Wedding to Fire / Annie Sprinkle , all costuming plus performance & Film, Sagehen, CA

2021  Nov 5-20, TRY: queer performance, set design & costuming, The Lab + Z Space, San Francisco, CA

2020  July 4 – ALL BLM flag MCXT collab with Emory Douglas + event, Tribune Tower, Oakland, CA

2016 – 2019 Beyond Trend Fashion show with Creative Growth, Oakland, CA

2017 -May 29 - June 13- Future tongue/ Sanctuary show. Little Toyko Arts Complex, Los Angeles, CA 

2014- july 11-19 -Painted desert project with Doodles, Navajo Nations reservation, Arizona

2014 – Rare Sea/ underwater installation with Swoon for Miami Art Basel, Loews Pool, Miami, FL

2013 – Dec 5- Chandran/ Juxtapoz Beach house installation/ exhibition, Shore Club, Miami, FL

2013 -  Feb 14 - June 7- Paper Works with The Oakland Airport @ The Oakland Airport, Oakland, CA

2013 – May 26- Hold The Fort/ Home Mender Installation, Historic Fort Wayne, Detroit, MI

2012-  May 7 Home Mender, Public Art Project with the DC Art’s Commission, Anacostia, DC

2011 - Nov 24 - Hotel Reconstruction Art/ Reconstruction/Video project, Columbia, MO

2011 - Oct 23 - Passport, SF Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2011 – Aug 12-14 – Art Installation, Outside Lands Festival, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA

2010 - Oct 12- Nov 2 – Juxtapoz/ The Treasure Nest Powerhouse Art House Project. Detroit, MI

2010 - May 22 – The Get Together, Installation at the Marin Headlands, Marin, CA

2009 – Swimming Cities of Serenissima: Junk raft project (crew, artist, performer), Venice, italy

2008 – Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea: Junk Raft Project (crew, artist, performer), Hudson River, NYC 

2008 - Oct 23 –ContainAnonymous Gallery. New York, New York

 

PUBLICATIONS-

  (BOOKS)

2022  Art and Ecology, Pyramyd Editions, by Valérie Belmokhtar  

2019 Spider Love Songs and Other Stories by Nancy Au, Book cover art

2018 MCXT collaborative monographic book with Xara Thustra, published by Muddguts, 104 pages

2016 Ancient Relics Book, artist feature

2015 Djerbahood: Open-air Museum of Streetart, by Mehdi Ben Cheikh, Gallery Itinerrance

2014 Paper Birds// Lost Faces, (Monographic Book), published by Chandran Gallery

2012  Raw + Material = Art: found, scavenged & upcycled, by Tristan Manco, London: Thames & Hudson, p. 8, 12, 13, 56-65

2011  TENWORDSANDONESHOT: Volume 1, self published by Kevin Krumnikl, I / I / X, P.

2009  Our Starry Universe, (self published) Monica Canilao, Hardland/ Heartland, Art of this Gallery, MM Nine Lives, 46 pages

2009  Hot & Cold Issue #1, (handmade pages, hand bound) edition of 150, P.

2008  This Is Home (monographic art book), Monica Canilao, Rojo Books: Barcelona, Sintonison, 240 pages

2008  Hope Springs Eternal, catalogue for Needles & Pens show in London, (handmade/ hand assembled by the artists), 50 pages/ edition of 200, P. 4-8

2008  Signs of the Apocalypse/ Rapture, by David Castillo, Front Forty Press, P.

2008  Ethsix: Seeing the Un-scene- Volume 3, Group published, P.21

2007  Downy Bird Art Kingdom Contemporary West Coast Art, by Matthew Bowers, M.L. Granlund, P. 9-12

2006  Ethsix: Invisible City- Volume 1, Group published,  P.25

 

  (IN PRINT MAGAZINE/ NEWSPAPER FEATURES)

2022 Dapper Dan Magazine, Issue 24/ Shoot + art + photos for Brontez Purnell

2022  Art Jewelry Forum, Artist Feature by Rebekah Frank

2022  Metalsmith Magazine, Artist feature by Rebekah Frank

2019  A Living History, Cordella Magazine article, Artist feature, Issue 12- Distances

2019  Femmescapes Vol. 5, August Issue, Artist feature 

2019  SF Fight Magazine, April Issue, MCXT art Feature

2018  Bust magazine, Oct/ Nov issue, Art feature

2016  Bust Magazine, Sept issue, Fashion style feature

2016  Carolina Quarterly, Cover plus 16 page Artist feature, Summer issue

2011  The Glass Onion: Salvage Issue # 97, October 28, (Feature) P. 3-4 & Cover

2011  San Francisco Chronicle- Section C1, (Outside Lands installation shot), August 13,

2011  East Bay Express: Best of the East Bay, July 20-26, P. 20 & Cover

2011  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel- CUE/ Art City section 4E, ‘Wizard of Odds and Ends’ June 19

2011  Detroit Metro Times- (cover story) The Rapture, P. 16-18, 20, 22, 24

2011  Juxtapoz, February issue #121, (Project feature) P.38, 52-55, 132-3

2011  Bitch magazine, Summer Issue #51, P. 23

2010  YESYESYES magazine, December- Issue #1, (Feature) P. 49-54

2010  Apartamento magazine- issue #06 autumn/winter, (Feature) P. 186-193

2009  King Brown Mag, April- Issue 5, (Feature) P. 24-31

2008  Juxtapoz, October issue #93, (feature) P. 80-93

2008  ARTXX: Women In The Arts, Summer/Fall- Issue #1, (Feature) P. 52-59

2007  Juxtapoz, October Issue #81, P. 22

2007  Trace Music Uncommon, Dec/ Jan- issue #70, P.46

 

(ONLINE ARTICLES/ VIDEO INTERVIEWS)

2023 July 25 Visiting art talk with The Alternative Art School

2021 Dec 16 Piecing, artist talk with Apexer + Monica Canilao

2019  A Living History, Cordella Magazine article, Artist interview + feature, Issue 12- Distances

2019  Cicada Wheels, Artist interview, Jan 2

2019. Never say Die, short film by Colin Day

2016  Co-working Witch Wives, East Bay Express, article feature, Feb 17

2016  Swoon + Monica Canilao: Witch Wife, Hi Fructose Magazine, March 1 by Caro

2015 With Scars Come Strength, The What’s Underneath Project- Style like you Interview

2014 Building Detroit Part 2 - Monica, Dabls and Dmytro - Art in the Streets - MOCAtv

2014  Mimicry: Monica Canilao & Outi Pieski, Wall Street International Magazine, Nov 13

2014  Born From Ruins, White Hot Magazine, Artist Feature, by Lyle Zimskind

2012  Dream world, Hi fructose Magazine, May 13, by Nastia Voynovskaya

2012  Studio Visit with MC, Hi fructose Magazine, July 5, by Ken Harman

2011  In The Make, Studio visit & Feature with Monica Canilao, Nov

2011  Little Old One, Hi Fructose Magazine, Nov 16, by Nastia Voynovskaya

2011  What’s lost is Safe, Hi fructose Magazine, May 11, 2011

2010  We Are Dust, Hi Fructose Magazine, April 24, by Ken Harman

2016  Artist Feature, Fecal Face, Oct 11

 

ILLUSTRATION-

2023  - MCXT// Artwork for SFJAZZ Festival 2023-24 season , San Francisco, CA

2021 – Amplifier art public art commission designs/ poster work

2021 – Ritual of Perspective, Podcast design and artwork

2020 Peculiar Places: A Queer/Crip History of White Rural Nonconformity (cover) Ryan Lee Cartwright, 

University of Chicago Press, cover art

2019- ‘Spider Love Song and Other Stories’, by Nancy Au (Book cover), Acre Books

2012 - None of This Is Real, by Miranda Mellis, (cover illustration), Sidebrow Books,

2012 - Bowerbirds, “The Clearing” LP (Record Art), Dead Oceans, released May 3, 2012

2012 - Bowerbirds, “In The Yard” 7” (Record Art), Dead Oceans, released April 21, 2012

2011 - Japanther, “Beets, limes and Rice” (Record art), Recess Records, released October 18, 2011

2010 - “Haiti’s Eternal Weight” (Illustration), New York Times, July 8, 2010. Page A25

 

VIDEO/ FILM-

2024  I Love Boosters (Movie) , by Boots Riley- 50 + art works, costuming and fiber works featured in the film

2024 Playing with Fire - Annie Sprinkle Feature length film , featured, plus all main costuming & set

2023 Oni Ocan – Costume and performer in Film by Courtney Morris

2022 ReflectioNNN performance film

2017  Swoon: fearless, highlighted artist and speaker

2015  Bring Water, Set Build/ Costume/ Actor, Independent Film -Dir. Dustin Wright

2012  Orion, Costume Designer/ Production Designer, Independent film - Dir. Asiel Norton, Traction media

2011  (released 2013) Dear Valued Guests (highlighted artist), documentary art film by Jarred Alterman & Paul Sturtz, Columbia, MI

2008  (released 2013) Flood Tide (artist filmed on Swimming Cities), a feature length art film by Tod Chandler

2011  Morning Routine, art/ set decoration, film short by Noah Pritzker

2011  Empire Me (artist filmed on Swimming Cities), a film by Paul Poet

 

 

AWARDS-

2021   Top finalist for Artadia (MCXT),

2013   The Fleishacker Foundation Eureka Fellowship, San Francisco, CA

2011   Best Artist, The East Bay Express, July issue. San Francisco Bay Area, CA

 

 

ARTS EDUCATOR-

2008 – 2014 - San Francisco Day School, artist in Residence:

Founding artist of community recycling art camps, Art Forts & Art Boats & the after school costume & sewing class

 

WORKSHOPS & LECTURES-

2021   Dec 22, artist talk with Apexer, 836M, San Francisco, CA

2020   Feb 24-25, Jewelry making workshop with Creative Growth Artists, Oakland, CA

2013   July 25, Collage demo & lecture, KALA, Berkeley, CA

2011   Oct 15 - Nov 5 - Four Part workshop with Girls Inc. in conjunction with the Schwitters Exhibition,      

            Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA

2010   Femina Potens, Headdress, costume & merkin making workshop, San Francisco, CA

2009   Sonoma State Visiting Artist Lecture, Sonoma, CA

2009   East Oakland High School of The Arts, mural painting workshop

2008   Southern Exposure, Workshop and lecture at the Luggage Store Gallery for Feral

 

 

ART RESIDENCIES-

2021   Dec open studio + residency + solo exhibition, 836M , San Francisco, CA

2018   July residency with Xara Thustra, Bed Stuy Art Residency, Brooklyn, NY

2017   Sept residency with Xara Thustra, Bed Stuy Art Residency, Brooklyn, NY

2017   April - May Residency & Exhibition w/ Xara Thustra, Elena Stonaker, Ektor Garcia, Residentia Goriila, Tulum, Mexico

2014   Painted Desert Project with Doodles, Navajo Nations Reservation, AZ

2011   residency with Kyle Ranson, Neon, Malmo, Sweden