Contact
monicatolia89@gmail.com
CV
Monica Tolia
Born 1989 in USA
Lives and works in London, UK
EDUCATION
MFA Fine Art | 2016 - 2018
Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK
BA in Business Management | 2010 - 2013
Webster University, Vienna, Austria
EXHIBITIONS/PERFORMANCES
2021
Have you eaten yet?, Deptford X Festival Commission | London, UK
2020
Ruderal Consciousness, hARTslane Gallery | London, UK
Return to the Body, Chalton Gallery | London, UK
2019
Conditions, Unit 50/51 Whitgift Centre | Croydon, UK
Performance: 'Ambient Reproduction' in Mass Hysteria presents: 'What'soverthefence cherries' | London, UK
Art Night 2019, Chalton Gallery | London, UK
Friday Lates: Art Schooled, V&A Museum | London, UK
Anamorphic Waves, Ugly Duck | London, UK
Performance: 'BioSonics' in UKYA City Takeover Festival, Nottingham Contemporary | Nottingham, UK
Diaspora Disco, Eastern Margins & Phantom Limb presents: Lunar New Year, The Yard | London, UK
Contingent Behaviours, Gossamer Fog | London, UK
2018
Open Studios, Conditions | Croydon, UK
Goldsmiths MFA Fine Art Degree Show 2018, Goldsmiths, University of London | London, UK
Diffracta, Total Refreshment Centre | London, UK
Sonic Topologies, The Glove that Fits | London, UK
Sofia Underground Performance Art Festival: "what now/now what", Sofia Arsenal-Museum for Contemporary Art | Sofia, BG
Edited Arts presents: Radiophonic Festival, The Cause | London, UK
2017
MFA Open Studios, Deptford X Fringe Festival | London, UK
Goldsmiths MFA Interim Exhibition, Goldsmiths College | London, UK
NOFUTURE, Out of the Brew Gallery | London, UK
event curated by the Centre for Cultural Studies (CCS) as part of the Against the Slow Cancellation of
the Future Conference, 15-16 June 2017 at Goldsmiths, University of London
We're All Involved in this Mess, EnclaveLab | London, UK
AWARDS & GRANTS
2021 | Trinity Laban Ignite Award
2020 | Arts Council England Emergency Support Grant for Artists
2019 | Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grant
2019 | Santander Universities Prototyping Fund Grant
2018 | a-n Biennial Bursary Award - Berlin
2016 | Studio grant, Metàfora International Workshop, Barcelona, Spain
RESIDENCIES
2020 | Deptford X: How to be together again, London, UK
2019 | Pavilion Dance Southwest, with Robert Bridger, Bournemouth, UK
2018 | Desktop Choreography, RECLAIM Digital Movement Research Residency, curated by Robert Bridger, London, UK
2018 | UK Young Artists Cornish Weekender, residency at Porthmeor Studios, St. Ives, UK
TALKS & PRESENTATIONS
2019 | Panelist 'Digital & the Body' in 'Performance Design in the Digital Age' Symposium, V&A Museum, London UK
2018 | RIXC Open Fields 2018: Global Control, International Conference on Art, Science, Technologies & Humanities, National Library of Latvia, Riga, LV
2018 | 'Art and Automation' stream, London Conference in Critical Thought 2018, University of Westminster, London, UK
2018 | AVBODY: Symposium on the Audiovisual Body, The Research Centre for Performance Practices at University of Huddersfield, UK
2018 | Visiting Tutor on BA Fine Art: Critical Practice, University of Brighton
2015 | Curator of artist-led space, Project VIA Barcelona, press: https://zoowithoutanimals.com/hers-his-yours-theirs/
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
Contextual Essay by Mimi Chu, Deptford X. July 2021.
'Future Present' - Monica Tolia Interview, Chrom Art Magazine. April 2019.
Ten Artists to Watch: MA & MFA Shows 2018, Elephant Magazine. 24 July 2018
Interview: Goldsmiths MFA 2018 'art in the spotlight'. June 2018.
Born 1989 in USA
Lives and works in London, UK
EDUCATION
MFA Fine Art | 2016 - 2018
Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK
BA in Business Management | 2010 - 2013
Webster University, Vienna, Austria
EXHIBITIONS/PERFORMANCES
2021
Have you eaten yet?, Deptford X Festival Commission | London, UK
2020
Ruderal Consciousness, hARTslane Gallery | London, UK
Return to the Body, Chalton Gallery | London, UK
2019
Conditions, Unit 50/51 Whitgift Centre | Croydon, UK
Performance: 'Ambient Reproduction' in Mass Hysteria presents: 'What'soverthefence cherries' | London, UK
Art Night 2019, Chalton Gallery | London, UK
Friday Lates: Art Schooled, V&A Museum | London, UK
Anamorphic Waves, Ugly Duck | London, UK
Performance: 'BioSonics' in UKYA City Takeover Festival, Nottingham Contemporary | Nottingham, UK
Diaspora Disco, Eastern Margins & Phantom Limb presents: Lunar New Year, The Yard | London, UK
Contingent Behaviours, Gossamer Fog | London, UK
2018
Open Studios, Conditions | Croydon, UK
Goldsmiths MFA Fine Art Degree Show 2018, Goldsmiths, University of London | London, UK
Diffracta, Total Refreshment Centre | London, UK
Sonic Topologies, The Glove that Fits | London, UK
Sofia Underground Performance Art Festival: "what now/now what", Sofia Arsenal-Museum for Contemporary Art | Sofia, BG
Edited Arts presents: Radiophonic Festival, The Cause | London, UK
2017
MFA Open Studios, Deptford X Fringe Festival | London, UK
Goldsmiths MFA Interim Exhibition, Goldsmiths College | London, UK
NOFUTURE, Out of the Brew Gallery | London, UK
event curated by the Centre for Cultural Studies (CCS) as part of the Against the Slow Cancellation of
the Future Conference, 15-16 June 2017 at Goldsmiths, University of London
We're All Involved in this Mess, EnclaveLab | London, UK
AWARDS & GRANTS
2021 | Trinity Laban Ignite Award
2020 | Arts Council England Emergency Support Grant for Artists
2019 | Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grant
2019 | Santander Universities Prototyping Fund Grant
2018 | a-n Biennial Bursary Award - Berlin
2016 | Studio grant, Metàfora International Workshop, Barcelona, Spain
RESIDENCIES
2020 | Deptford X: How to be together again, London, UK
2019 | Pavilion Dance Southwest, with Robert Bridger, Bournemouth, UK
2018 | Desktop Choreography, RECLAIM Digital Movement Research Residency, curated by Robert Bridger, London, UK
2018 | UK Young Artists Cornish Weekender, residency at Porthmeor Studios, St. Ives, UK
TALKS & PRESENTATIONS
2019 | Panelist 'Digital & the Body' in 'Performance Design in the Digital Age' Symposium, V&A Museum, London UK
2018 | RIXC Open Fields 2018: Global Control, International Conference on Art, Science, Technologies & Humanities, National Library of Latvia, Riga, LV
2018 | 'Art and Automation' stream, London Conference in Critical Thought 2018, University of Westminster, London, UK
2018 | AVBODY: Symposium on the Audiovisual Body, The Research Centre for Performance Practices at University of Huddersfield, UK
2018 | Visiting Tutor on BA Fine Art: Critical Practice, University of Brighton
2015 | Curator of artist-led space, Project VIA Barcelona, press: https://zoowithoutanimals.com/hers-his-yours-theirs/
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
Contextual Essay by Mimi Chu, Deptford X. July 2021.
'Future Present' - Monica Tolia Interview, Chrom Art Magazine. April 2019.
Ten Artists to Watch: MA & MFA Shows 2018, Elephant Magazine. 24 July 2018
Interview: Goldsmiths MFA 2018 'art in the spotlight'. June 2018.