Monika Teal: USA
Monika Teal’s career as an artist began with her studies at the University of Minnesota and continued with the Seattle School of Visual Concepts and Western Carolina University. Teal has exhibited across the US as well as in European venues, such as Paris, Venice, and Como. She continues to pursue her career in Switzerland. Monika has received awards and honors on national levels and incorporates her experiences and relationships in a developed and conscious manner.
For Teal, art is a form of social material. Her intent is to address issues of awareness and understanding of our presence in the world. Her art is meant to mediate and guide our actions. She focuses on magic, innocence, and loss of innocence in our lives.
Her art comes from her personal life. It is grounded in her heritage and her past. As with many present-day artists, she is engaging in real-world issues. Teal attempts to breach the gap between life and art by raising an appreciation and awareness of our world.
For Teal, art is a form of social material. Her intent is to address issues of awareness and understanding of our presence in the world. Her art is meant to mediate and guide our actions. She focuses on magic, innocence, and loss of innocence in our lives.
Her art comes from her personal life. It is grounded in her heritage and her past. As with many present-day artists, she is engaging in real-world issues. Teal attempts to breach the gap between life and art by raising an appreciation and awareness of our world.
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FRONTOFBICYCLE EXHIBITIONS 2020 - 2022
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RESIDENCIES | FELLOWSHIPS | HONORS
2017 - Visarte, Switzerland 2015 - Women Environmental Artists Directory 2013 - Award for Cultural Challenge in the Arts by Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri 2006 - Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida 2006 - Joan Mitchell Foundation Award financial assistance grant through Atlantic Center for the Arts 2005 - TIPP International Residency Program, Tihany, Hungary 2004 - Hermitage Artists Residency, Manasota Key, Florida (May-June) 2003 - Biennale Internazionale Dell'Arte Contemporanea, The Florence Biennale, Italy 2002 - National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) Invitation for One-Month Residency and Exhibition at Galerie Oriente, Santiago de Cuba 2001 - Eastern Cuba Cultural Exchange. One-Month Residency. Global Tapestry 2000 - Vermont Studio Center. Johnson, Vermont-Residency 1997 - Seaside Institute. Seaside, Florida-Residency 1990/91 North Carolina Visual Arts Fellowship MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS 2011 - "Exhibiting Change" International Museum of Women, San Francisco, USA, online exhibition 2003 "North Carolina Artists" - Fayetteville Museum of Art 2002 - "Bacchus" - Muzeul National de Arta Cluj, Romania 2002 - "Bacchus" - Accademia d'Arte Moderna, Montecatini, Italia 1999 - "Border Biennial" - York County Museum of Art, South Carolina 1998 - "One Hundred Mile Radius" - Pensacola Museum of Art, Florida 1995 - "Weihnachtsausstellung" - Olten Art Museum, Switzerland 1990 - "Select Exhibition" - Asheville Art Museum, North Carolina 1990 - "Weihnachtsausstellung" - Solothurn Art Museum, Switzerland 1987 - "Fallen Sisters" - Solo Exhibition, Asheville Art Museum. North Carolina SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2018 - Monika Teal, Galerie Muster Meier, Bern, Switzerland 2014 - Galerie 9, Solothurn, Switzerland 2013 - Es War Einmal (Once Upon A Time). Au Salon Galerie, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland 2011 - "Landscapes" - Exhibition at Crandall Gallery, Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio 2010 - "Wolf"-Solo Exhibition, Chapelle Nouvelle Galerie, Magglingen, Switzerland 2010 - "Monika Teal" - Solo Exhibition, Freitagsgalerie, Solothurn, Switzerland 2009 - "Monika Teal" - Blowers Gallery, University of North Carolina, Asheville, North Carolina 2008 - "Animalistic" - Centrepoint Gallery, Basel, Switzerland 2006 - "Existing in a State of Innocence" - Schloss Hollligen, Bern, Switzerland 2005 - "Der Verlust der Unschuld" - Staedtli Gallerie, Wangen an der Aare, Switzerland 2003 - "Innocence Lost" - Marie-Terrel Gallery, Asheville, NC 2002 - "ENCUENTRO" - Galerie Oriente, Santiago de Cuba. (First American Woman painter invited by UNEAC [Union Nacional de Artistes y Escritores], to exhibit in Santiago, Cuba) 2001 - "New Paintings" - Weizenblatt Gallery, Mars Hill College, North Carolina 1999 - "All Together Now" - University of North Carolina at Pembroke 1998 - "Freaks and Geeks Sideshow" - Gallery Leontine, Florida 1997 - "Teal/Fulton Ross" - Fulton Burt Gallery. Sarasota, Florida 1996 - "Hierhin" - Saulenhalle des Landhauses Gallerie, Solothurn, Switzerland 1995 - "New Work" - Chelsea Gallery, Western Carolina University 1994 - "Teal" - Galerie Boulangerie, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland 1993 - "Heroes" - Frauenzentrum, Bern, Switzerland 1992 - "Neue Bilder" - Forum, ETC., Bern, Switzerland SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2020 - "Talking Walls" Basel Art Center, frontofbicycle Gallery, Basel, Switzerland 2018 - "Monika Teal, Petra Bürgisser, Beat Julius Müller, Alfred Trinkler," Schlösschen Vorder-Bleichenberg, Biberst, Switzerland 2017 "Birdland," Galerie Tom Blaess, Bern, Switzerland 2017 - "Reclaiming Earth" Jewett Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA 2016 - "The Artful Life." Asheville Area Arts Council. North Carolina, USA 2016 - Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris. Maison Etat Unis. Paris, France 2016 - "Invito A Tavola." Miniartextil. Belffroi, Montrouge/Paris. 2015 - "Jahresendausstellung 2015." SGBK, Galerie Postgasse/Kunstlerhaus, Bern, CH 2015 - "Invitation A Table," Gyf-sur-Yvette, Chateau du Val Fleury, France 2015 - "25 Jahre." Jubiläumsausstellung, Atelier Tom Blaess. Bern, CH 2015 - "Invito A Tavola," Miniartextil, Galerie San Francesco. Como, Italia 2014 - Basel Art Center, frontofbicycle Gallery, Basel, Switzerland 2014 - "Eros" Miniartextil, Venice, Italy and Montrouge/Paris, France 2014 - "Carte Blanche" Galerie Alte Kapelle, Kaufdorf, Bern, Switzerland 2014 - Galerie 9, Solothurn, Switzerland 2013 - "Art Toppling Tobacco," Traveling Exhibition, Australia 2013 - 22nd Mainzer Minipressen Messe, Mainz, Germany 2013 - Joli Moi de Mai, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland 2011 - "Kraft Und Schoenheit" - Chapelle Novel Galerie, Magglingen, Switzerland 2011 - "Absatzspitze" - GSBK Galerie, Basel, Switzerland 2010 - "Becoming The Animal" - Exhibition at Garage Gallery, San Diego, California 2010 - "What Matters Most" - Exhibition at Exit Art Underground Space, New York, New York 2009 - "Multiples" - 18th Grenchen Triennale, Grenchen & Bern, Switzerland 2009 - "Grafika Maxima" - Woodblock Print, Traveling Exhibit, Grenchen and Bern, Switzerland 2009 - "String of Pearls" - Upstairs Gallery, Tryon, North Carolina 2006 - "Operatic Laughing" - Curated John Torreano, Atlantic Center Gallery, New Smyrna Beach, Florida 2006 "Angels, Devils, Dogs and Cats" - Gallery Szinhely. Budapest, Hungary 2003 - "Summer Group Exhibition" Marie-Terrell Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina 2000-03 - "Through Women's Eyes, By Women's Hands" - The Women's Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 2002 "Landscapes" - Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, North Carolina 2002 - Instituto di Cultura Europeo, Italy 2001 - "Black and White" - Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, North Carolina 1999 - "VSC Work" - Red Mill Gallery, Johnson, Vermont 1999 - "Transplanted" - Sawtooth Gallery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1999 - "Figuratively Speaking" - Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, North Carolina 1998 - "Sense of Touch" - Upstairs Gallery, Tryon, North Carolina 1998 - "I Am Woman" - Art 1, Gastonia, North Carolina 1997 - "Two Times Two" - Fulton-Burt Gallery, Sarasota, Florida 1996 - "All Facets of Realism" - Blue Twenty-Two Galerie, Frienbach, Switzerland 1996 "Kuenstler Aus USA, Mexico, Norwegen, und Spanien," Galerie Belsola, Rheinfelden, Switzerland 1995 - "WertstART" - Begegnungszentrum Ausstellung, Solothurn, Switzerland 1995 - "Kandidatten Ausstellung" - Galerie Gesellschaft, Schweiz, GSMBK 1990 - "Fantasy or Reality?" - Trade Street Gallery, Tryon, North Carolina 1990 - "North Carolina Arts Council Artist Fellowship" - Knight Gallery, Spirit Square Center for the Arts, Charlotte, North Carolina 1990 - "30/30" Weizenblatt Gallery, Mars Hill College, North Carolina 1990 - "Womanspirit: Myth or Metaphor" - Women's Caucus for Art, Miami, Florida 1990 - "The Self As Other" - Westminster College Art Gallery, Westminster, Pennsylvania 1990 "The Self As Other" - Waterworks Visual Arts Center, Salisbury, North Carolina 1990 - "The Best In The West" - Western North Carolina Arts Center 1989 - "The Figure When It's Speaking" - World Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina 1989 - Brenau National Invitational Exhibition" - Gainesville, Georgia 1989 - "Henley Southeast Spectrum" - Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1989 - "Bank on the Arts" - Wilson Art Center Invitational, Wilson, North Carolina 1987 - "New Works" - Chelsea Gallery. Western Carolina University. North Carolina 1987 - "Northwest Art Expo" - Marianne Partlow Gallery, Olympia, Washington 1987 - "Henley Southeast Spectrum" - Southeastern United States Traveling, Purchase Award 1986 "Food and the Figure" - Marianne Partlow Gallery, Olympia, Washington 1986 - "Three Artist Exhibition" - Fremont Gallery, Seattle, Washington 1986 - "Self-Portraits" - Women's Cultural Center, Seattle, Washington SELECTED COLLECTIONS Asheville Art Museum,USA TSI Seattle, USA Appleton Papers, USA Toscano Firma, Switzerland Belk Gallery, WCU, NC, USA Villa Maria, Bern, Switzerland Credit Suisse, Switzerland Two Creeks Consulting, USA Henley Paper Company, USA Wachovia Bank, USA Idea Factory, San Francisco, USA Sojourner Institute, North Carolina, USA R. Phelps, Marin County Commission on Status of Women, California, USA Rudolfo Vaillant Garcia, Presidente Comite/UNEAC, Santiago de Cuba Guedel AG, Switzerland INSTRUCTOR | LECTURER University of North Carolina, Asheville, Art in Prisons Program-2002, 2003,2006, 2007, 2008 AB Technical College, Asheville, North Carolina -2008 University of North Carolina, Asheville. Adjunct & Continuing Ed.-1991, 1999, 2000, 2001 Western Carolina University, Adjunct, Art History-1991, 1998 University of Berne & Burgdorf Technikum, Switzerland. Guest Lecturer-1995 Begegnungszentrum. Painting/Drawing Instructor, Solothurn, Switzerland-1994 St. Andrews Presbyterian College, North Carolina's Governor's School. Guest Lecturer-1995 ART-RELATED EXPERIENCES In-Painter. Fine Art Restoration, Painting Restoration-1999-2000 Conservation Laboratories, Painting Restoration-2000-2003 Art Critic, Northwest Florida Daily News-1997-1998 Art Critic, Asheville Citizen Times-1990-1992 Founding Board Member, Global Tapestry, Eastern Cuba Cultural Exchange Art Critic, Hello Bern Magazine, Bern Switzerland Lectures at Burgdorf Technikum, Switzerland/ Richmond Community College,USA/ Buncombe County Community College,USA/ Inner Wheel, Rotary, Bern, Switzerland EDUCATION AND WORKING EXPERIENCE Studios, past and present, in Switzerland and Kansas City/ Seattle/ Asheville, Cuba, Tuscany,Italy Western Carolina University. MA, Painting Seattle New School of Visual Concepts non-degree program, 3 years Seattle Institute of Art (Burnley School of Art) non degree program 2 years University of Minnesota, BA Adjunct Professor of Art, University of NC, Asheville Adjunct Professor of Art, Western Carolina University |