Matthew Monahan (born 1972) is an American contemporary artist based in

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. He works in a variety of artistic disciplines that incorporate mixed media and found objects such as "foam, folded and crumbled construction paper," glass vitrines, and drywall. His work references art history and literature, recalling the works of modernists such as Constantin Brancusi and

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. His sculptures and installations often combine modernists references with figurative "fragments of ancient, mainly Greco-Roman statues." Monahan graduated from

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in 1994 with a BFA and the

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from 1994 to 1996. Monahan has been a prominent member of a new generation of artists in Los Angeles "that includes Aaron Curry, Thomas Houseago, Elliott Hundley, and Lara Schnitger among its cohort." In 2007, M useum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles mounted a solo exhibit of the artist's work accompanied by a catalog titled, ''Matthew Monahan: Five Years, Ten Years, Maybe Never.'' The

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in Dallas, Texas acquired six of the artist's sculptures in 2022, which were shown in a solo exhibition titled, ''Matthew Monahan: Recent Acquisitions,'' in May, 2023''.'' Monahan has shown his sculptures at other various galleries, collections, and museums, including the Chinese European Art Center in

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, Bureau Stedelijk in

, The National Center for Art in

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, the

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and the

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, and

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, The Stedelijk Museum and the

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, all in the

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