(updated Wed 1 January 2020)
Monica Seggos
Transdisciplinary Art
Monica Seggos is an artist who focuses on building narrative
environments. Each environment is a synthesization of multiple mediums with the
primary objective of forming a coherent whole that contains several layers of
meaning for maximum impact.
The environments are full scale, self-contained assemblages
that have a distinctive concept. For
each project, she researches the concept, develops a narrative, translates it
into a visual metaphor and introduces disruptive elements into a tableau.
Building environments allows Seggos to fully develop all
aspects of the narrative and enables her to aggregate various mediums under one
umbrella. She incorporates variations of sculpture, assemblage, mixed media,
painting, photography, costume, video, wordplay, poetry, found objects,
Olfactory Art, Post-Internet Art and Body Adornment within the mise-en-scène. The
juxtaposition of contrary elements creates an engaging, immersive cabinet of
curiosity.
A performance component based in social practice is
developed for the environment as an interactive element for the viewer. The viewer is just as important to the work
as is the tableau-in fact, integral, inseparable. The works are not
complete until the viewer participates in their existence.
Seggos also engages in a separate Performance Art practice,
which includes interfacing with a metaphor in the form of a sculptural element
Seggos' work is self as well as culturally reflective in an
emotionally responsive and experiential way, dealing with the human experience,
space and time, environment, memories, the metaphysical, transformation,
automediality and relationship. She thrives on challenging herself to transcend
her self-imposed limitations in order to experience being fully engaged in her
process-body, mind, heart and soul.
Seggos (New York, NY, 1965) is
based in Los Angeles. She studied at The Savannah College of Art and
Design (2016).
ARTIST STATEMENT
my works are explorations.
self-portraits. expressive of personal transformation and my inner
spirit, fears, dreams and passions. they are metaphors for my life and my
relationship to nature, beauty and the universe. my emotions, thoughts
and feelings are transmuted through my work, which manifests a deeper, more
heartfelt, level of consciousness.
it is alchemy.
my intention: an invocation of sensory
response, preferably intense and profound
CV
Solo Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
The Broken Heart Repair Shop, Version 2: Love Is All There Is, Satellite Art Show, Miami, Art Basel Miami Beach, 2018
The Broken Heart Repair Shop, Version 1: The Doctor’s Office, Venice, CA, May 2018
Self-Voyeur, StARTup Art Fair Los Angeles, Venice, CA, 2018
The Broken Heart Repair Shop, Version 1: The Doctor’s Office, Venice, CA, May 2018
Self-Voyeur, StARTup Art Fair Los Angeles, Venice, CA, 2018
The Broken Heart Repair Shop, Version 1: The Doctor’s Office, Leiminspace, LA, 2017
The Broken Heart Repair Shop, Version 1: The Doctor’s Office, Savannah,
GA, 2016 (June)
The Broken Heart Repair Shop, Version 1: The Doctor’s Office, Savannah, GA, 2016 (May)
The Broken Heart Repair Shop, Version 1: The Doctor’s Office, Savannah, GA, 2016 (May)
Ebb Tide, Byram
Shubert Library, Greenwich, CT, 2014
tu me manques, Olivier
Cave 3, SCAD Lacoste, Lacoste, France, 2014
Heart Attack, Fahm
Hall, Savannah, GA, 2013
a
Tisket, a Tasket, a Trinket, and a Casket,
MA Final Exhibition, Fahm Hall,
Savannah, GA, 2013
Projects
Walking Through Liminality #1, Tintagel, Cornwall, UK, 2019
Savannah, GA, 2013
Projects
Walking Through Liminality #1, Tintagel, Cornwall, UK, 2019
Group Exhibitions
2020
Eternal Sky, pskaufman gallery, Los Angeles, CA, January 2020
2016
Eternal Sky, pskaufman gallery, Los Angeles, CA, January 2020
2016
Modern Love, juried, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, GA
Tattoo Festival Exhibition, juried, The Butcher Gallery, Savannah, GA
Tattoo Festival Exhibition, juried, The Butcher Gallery, Savannah, GA
2014
Eco
Art Installation, SCAD Lacoste, Lacoste, France
Eco
Art Video Installation, SCAD Lacoste, Lacoste, France
Small Works, juried, Gutstein
Gallery, SCAD, Savannah, GA
2013
Live to Deliver, Fahm
Hall, Savannah, GA
Current, Fahm
Hall, Savannah, GA
Vegetable, A Cotton Lamb Story,
juried, Sicky Nar Nar, Savannah,GA
SCAD Jewelry and Objects, juried, SCAD
Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
SCAD
Jewelry and Objects, juried,
Fahm Hall, Savannah, GA
Performance
Meat Hunger, pskaufman, Los Angeles, CA, March 2020
The Alchemist, Startup Art Fair, San Francisco, CA, April 2018
Meat Hunger, pskaufman, Los Angeles, CA, March 2020
The Alchemist, Startup Art Fair, San Francisco, CA, April 2018
Flaming Heart, Fahm
Hall, Savannah, GA, 2013
The Alchemist, Fahm
Hall Gallery, Savannah, GA, 2013
Renaissance
Angel, tableau vivant, Telfair
Academy, Savannah, GA, 2013
Curatorial Projects
2013
Current, Fahm Hall, Savannah, GA
2014
Eco Art Installation, SCAD
Lacoste, Lacoste, France
Awards
2015-16
Dean’s
Fellow, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2014
Artist-in-Residence, SCAD Lacoste, France (Spring)
2014-15
Dean’s
Fellow, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2013-14 Dean’s Fellow, Savannah College of
Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2012-13
Dean’s
Fellow, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2009
Artist-in-Residence, The Jumeirah Essex Hotel, NY, NY
Bibliography
Hager, Holly. "Ask the Collector with Holly Hager: Collecting 101-Performance Art."
Art Zealous. 20 December 2018. Web.
Campodonico, Christina. "Monica Seggos Brings Her Broken Heart Repair Shop to the Hager, Holly. "Ask the Collector with Holly Hager: Collecting 101-Performance Art."
Art Zealous. 20 December 2018. Web.
Venice Art Crawl." The Argonaut. 9 May 2018. Web.