Mónica Félix
1984, Cayey, Puerto Rico
ACADEMIC EDUCATION
2020 M.F.A. School of Arts, Visual Arts, Columbia University - New York
2017 Certification, Photography and Digital Imaging, Pratt Institute - New York
2006 B.F.A. School of Communications, University of Puerto Rico - San Juan
YOGA EDUCATION
2019 Certified 200hr Hatha Vinyasa Yoga Teacher, Spirit Sadhana School - Barcelona
2018 Certified 500hr Hot Yoga Teacher, Pure Yoga Institute - Austin, TX
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Romance Tropical, View Online Exhibition
2017 Retrovisor, Open Studio Project, San Juan,
2014 Querida, Área, Caguas, Puerto Rico
2012 Reina, Museo de las Américas, San Juan
2010 Reina, CCPS Gallery, Pratt Institute, New York
2008 Verde París, USC Gallery, Santurce, Puerto Rico
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
SOMA Summer Exhibition, SOMA Gallery, México City
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Wallach Art Gallery, New York
2020
Minorly Magical, Backyard Ghost, Online Exhibition
Archivos, Visiones y Premoniciones, Taller Boricua, New York
2019
Islas imaginarias y el caso de Puerto Rico, CóMPLICES, Madrid
Aesthetically Functional Only, 1675 Broadway, New York
El sujeto develado, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Cayey
First Year Show, Wallach Art Gallery, New York
2017
Bestiario/Menagerie, Adobe Books Gallery, San Francisco
The Future is Female, The Storefront Project, New York
Debtfair/Whitney Biennial 2017, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Ida y Vuelta, Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, San Juan
Nasty Women Exhibition, The Knockdown Center, New York
2016
Interior Interruptions, ABC No Rio at Bullet Space Gallery, New York
2015
FRESCOS, Universidad Sagrado Corazón, San Juan
WOCA Triennial, Walter Otero Contemporary Gallery, San Juan
National Art Exhibition 2015, Museo de La Puntilla, San Juan
2014
Universos Paralelos, Hospedería Fonseca, Salamanca, Spain
Universos Paralelos, Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan
2013
Standing Outside the Closed Door, ABC No Rio at Bullet Space Gallery, New York
Impresiones, Relieves y Resonancias, Museo Dr. Pío López, Cayey
Collect Store Retrieve, ABC No Rio, New York
Lexus Grant for Artists, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan
National Art Exhibition 2013, Museo de La Puntilla, San Juan
2012
FotoVisura Pavilion, ArtLab 753, San Juan
2011
FotoMac, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, San Juan
Arte en el medio,Museo de la Puntilla, San Juan
2010
Serie Regional de Jugadores Pampers, Museo de la Puntilla, San Juan
Mobile Spaces, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2009
National Art Exhibition 2009, Museo de La Puntilla, San Juan
Alguien Tiene Que Decirlo, El Local Gallery, San Juan
Photography Biennial, San Juan
2006
Trends: Emerging Video Art, Taller Cé, San Juan
PERFORMANCES
2004
Café Teatro, Nuyorican Café, San Juan
2004
“La No Galería”, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan
AWARDS
2011
Artistic Recognition, Municipio de Cayey
GRANTS
2012
Lexus Artist Grant, Lexus Foundation for the Arts, San Juan
RESIDENCIES
2021
SOMA Summer, Veracruz MX
2017
Jiwar Barcelona, Barcelona ES
SELECTED GUEST LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS
2020
The Art of a Lost Film, Romance Tropical Exhibiton, Online
Romance Tropical, CLACS at NYU, Online
2018
Crisis Identity: A Conversation About Puerto Rico, Soho20 Gallery, New York
2017
Women in Migration, Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan
2011
Portrait: beyond the image is a story, Pratt Institute, New York
2010
Iluminación Fotográfica, Escuela de Artes Plásticas, San Juan,
2009
Art Globalization, Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, San Juan
PUBLICATIONS
2020
Lopez, Dessane “Outstanding MFA Work from Columbia,...”, Hyperallergic
Vázquez, Daniel “Puerto Rico ante el lente del cambio,” Visión Doble
2018
Félix, Mónica “Solar Power to the People” Village Voice
Whitford, Emma “Twerking Class Heroes” Village Voice
Jennifer Pozner, “New York to Trump: Grab Him by the Midterms” Village Voice
Ivelisse Rivera “A Puerto Rico Women’s Shelter Provides Post-Storm Lifeline” Village Voice
2016
Valeria Safronova “The Many Meanings of the Pantsuit” New York Times
Larissa Vázquez-Zapata “Warren James en MoMA” El Nuevo Día
2014
Laura Bravo “Universos Paralelos” Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca
Elizabeth Stamp “Private Clubs Around The World” Architectural Digest
2011
Frescos: 50 Puerto Rican Artists under 35, MUAAA
1984, Cayey, Puerto Rico
ACADEMIC EDUCATION
2020 M.F.A. School of Arts, Visual Arts, Columbia University - New York
2017 Certification, Photography and Digital Imaging, Pratt Institute - New York
2006 B.F.A. School of Communications, University of Puerto Rico - San Juan
YOGA EDUCATION
2019 Certified 200hr Hatha Vinyasa Yoga Teacher, Spirit Sadhana School - Barcelona
2018 Certified 500hr Hot Yoga Teacher, Pure Yoga Institute - Austin, TX
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Romance Tropical, View Online Exhibition
2017 Retrovisor, Open Studio Project, San Juan,
2014 Querida, Área, Caguas, Puerto Rico
2012 Reina, Museo de las Américas, San Juan
2010 Reina, CCPS Gallery, Pratt Institute, New York
2008 Verde París, USC Gallery, Santurce, Puerto Rico
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
SOMA Summer Exhibition, SOMA Gallery, México City
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Wallach Art Gallery, New York
2020
Minorly Magical, Backyard Ghost, Online Exhibition
Archivos, Visiones y Premoniciones, Taller Boricua, New York
2019
Islas imaginarias y el caso de Puerto Rico, CóMPLICES, Madrid
Aesthetically Functional Only, 1675 Broadway, New York
El sujeto develado, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Cayey
First Year Show, Wallach Art Gallery, New York
2017
Bestiario/Menagerie, Adobe Books Gallery, San Francisco
The Future is Female, The Storefront Project, New York
Debtfair/Whitney Biennial 2017, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Ida y Vuelta, Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, San Juan
Nasty Women Exhibition, The Knockdown Center, New York
2016
Interior Interruptions, ABC No Rio at Bullet Space Gallery, New York
2015
FRESCOS, Universidad Sagrado Corazón, San Juan
WOCA Triennial, Walter Otero Contemporary Gallery, San Juan
National Art Exhibition 2015, Museo de La Puntilla, San Juan
2014
Universos Paralelos, Hospedería Fonseca, Salamanca, Spain
Universos Paralelos, Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan
2013
Standing Outside the Closed Door, ABC No Rio at Bullet Space Gallery, New York
Impresiones, Relieves y Resonancias, Museo Dr. Pío López, Cayey
Collect Store Retrieve, ABC No Rio, New York
Lexus Grant for Artists, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan
National Art Exhibition 2013, Museo de La Puntilla, San Juan
2012
FotoVisura Pavilion, ArtLab 753, San Juan
2011
FotoMac, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, San Juan
Arte en el medio,Museo de la Puntilla, San Juan
2010
Serie Regional de Jugadores Pampers, Museo de la Puntilla, San Juan
Mobile Spaces, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2009
National Art Exhibition 2009, Museo de La Puntilla, San Juan
Alguien Tiene Que Decirlo, El Local Gallery, San Juan
Photography Biennial, San Juan
2006
Trends: Emerging Video Art, Taller Cé, San Juan
PERFORMANCES
2004
Café Teatro, Nuyorican Café, San Juan
2004
“La No Galería”, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan
AWARDS
2011
Artistic Recognition, Municipio de Cayey
GRANTS
2012
Lexus Artist Grant, Lexus Foundation for the Arts, San Juan
RESIDENCIES
2021
SOMA Summer, Veracruz MX
2017
Jiwar Barcelona, Barcelona ES
SELECTED GUEST LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS
2020
The Art of a Lost Film, Romance Tropical Exhibiton, Online
Romance Tropical, CLACS at NYU, Online
2018
Crisis Identity: A Conversation About Puerto Rico, Soho20 Gallery, New York
2017
Women in Migration, Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan
2011
Portrait: beyond the image is a story, Pratt Institute, New York
2010
Iluminación Fotográfica, Escuela de Artes Plásticas, San Juan,
2009
Art Globalization, Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, San Juan
PUBLICATIONS
2020
Lopez, Dessane “Outstanding MFA Work from Columbia,...”, Hyperallergic
Vázquez, Daniel “Puerto Rico ante el lente del cambio,” Visión Doble
2018
Félix, Mónica “Solar Power to the People” Village Voice
Whitford, Emma “Twerking Class Heroes” Village Voice
Jennifer Pozner, “New York to Trump: Grab Him by the Midterms” Village Voice
Ivelisse Rivera “A Puerto Rico Women’s Shelter Provides Post-Storm Lifeline” Village Voice
2016
Valeria Safronova “The Many Meanings of the Pantsuit” New York Times
Larissa Vázquez-Zapata “Warren James en MoMA” El Nuevo Día
2014
Laura Bravo “Universos Paralelos” Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca
Elizabeth Stamp “Private Clubs Around The World” Architectural Digest
2011
Frescos: 50 Puerto Rican Artists under 35, MUAAA