MÓNICA FÉLIX


monica@monicafelix.com


1984, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Lives and works between New York City and Puerto Rico



Education

2020 MFA, Columbia University, New York

2007 Photography Certificate, Pratt Institute, New York

2006 BFA, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan



Solo Exhibitions

2020 Romance Tropical, Independently hosted Online Exhibition

2017 Retrovisor, Open Studio Project, San Juan

2014 Querida, Área, Caguas, Puerto Rico

2012 Reina, Museo de las Américas, San Juan



Group Exhibitions

2021 SOMA Summer Exhibition, SOMA Gallery, México City

        MFA Thesis Exhibition, Wallach Art Gallery, New York

2020 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 Biennale, San Juan


Grants and Residencies

2022 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Art Residency, Governor’s Island

2021 SOMA Summer Residency, México

2021 Junte: Críticas Grupales, Banasta Residencia, Online

2017 Jiwar Barcelona, Barcelona

2012 Lexus Artist Grant, Lexus Foundation for the Arts, San Juan


Selected Presentations and Courses

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


Bibliography

2020 Vázquez, Daniel. “Puerto Rico ante el lente del cambio,” Visión Doble, February 3

2017 Universidad de Puerto Rico, “Experiencias de migración en el arte puertorriqueño,” January 7

        Vázquez, Ralph. “Bestiario/Menagerie,” Cranium Corporation, January 5