Jonathan Monaghan

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Jonathan Monaghan
Born (1986-09-14) September 14, 1986 (age 38)
Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York, U.S.
Education New York Institute of Technology
University of Maryland
Style Video art
Movement Post-Internet
Website Jonathanmonaghan.com

Jonathan Monaghan (born September 14, 1986 in Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York) is a contemporary visual artist who creates Post-Internet video art. [1] [2]

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Biography

Monaghan received his B.F.A. in computer graphics from the New York Institute of Technology in 2008. [3] Monaghan then went on to receive a M.F.A. from the University of Maryland.

Work

Monaghan's animations have been exhibited at the Sundance Film Festival [4] and the Palais de Tokyo. [5] Monaghan's work sits in numerous public and private collections such as The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

As he stated, "My first artistic interests were [...] video game designers and science fiction movies". [3] His work Sacrifice of the Mushroom Kings is an eight-minute video of cryptic reproductions of video games characters from Street Fighter, G.I. Joe and Super Mario Bros. [6]

According to Token Supremacy: The Art of Finance, the Finance of Art, and the Great Crypto Crash of 2022, by Zachary Small, Monaghan created what is arguably the first NFT in 2013, when he processed the editions of his digital artwork 'Mothership' through the first iteration of a bitcoin blockchain registration framework called Keidom, later ascribe. [7]


Monaghan is represented by bitforms gallery in New York. [8]

Exhibitions

Solo

Select screenings

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ Kopf, Suzy (2021-06-18). "Jonathan Monaghan, 2021 Sondheim Finalist". BmoreArt. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  3. 1 2 "Alumni Profile: Jonathan Monaghan". New York Tech. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  4. ↑ "Sundance Institute Celebrates New Frontier 10th Anniversary at 2016 Festival". Sundance Institute. Retrieved 2015-12-05.
  5. ↑ "Summer exhibitions at Palais de Tokyo". e-flux. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  6. ↑ Jenkins, Mark (2012-01-26). "Jonathan Monaghan twists video games in exhibit at Curator's Office". Washington Post . Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  7. ↑ Small, Zachary (2024). Token Supremacy. Knopf. ISBN   9780593536759.
  8. ↑ "bitforms gallery" . Retrieved 2015-05-10.
  9. ↑ "Jonathan Monaghan's Alien Invasion: A Surrealist SCiFi World, in Dazzling CGI". Artsy. 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  10. ↑ "Postcard From Paris – Jonathan Monaghan's Gotham". Artblog. 2016-09-23. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  11. ↑ Jones, Alex A. (2017-12-13). "JONATHAN MONAGHAN: The Disco Beast". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  12. ↑ "Art Exhibits, Art Magazine, Contemporary Art, Art Blogs, Art Artists". ArteFuse. 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  13. ↑ "Intersections: Jonathan Monaghan". Phillips Collection. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  14. ↑ Rule, Doug (2022-11-25). "Jonathan Monaghan at The Phillips Collection". Metro Weekly. Retrieved 2024-07-07.


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