Artist Biography
Victoria Monaco is an Italian-Canadian multidisciplary artist with a focus on animation, illustration, new media, performance, and poetry. Her work acts as a confession of her process of becoming intimate with the human psysche, the world of dreams, and womanhood. She explores these themes in her research based art practice with focal points on the philosophical and the psychological aspects of their nature. She examines herself through this lens in an attempt to detach from her experiences to freely express them and to experiment with which mediums and materials are most compatible with those expressions. She studied Integrated Media and Experimental Animation at OCAD University (BFA). Victoria Monaco is based in Canada with her partner Lingsheng Sun.
Artist Statement
I am a multidisciplinary artist with a need to experiment with which mediums and materials are most compatible with what I want to express in my artworks. I wish for freedom of artistic expression to allow my art to reach its forms and colours in a natural way regardless of how unnatural my way of making the work may be. I create from a desire for self-discovery to understand the human psyche, the world of dreams, and my experiences with a hope to destroy my limitations. I think understanding myself will bring me closer to understanding people and the world. I feel pleasure in the process of understanding the self, human beings, and the world especially from the philosophical, the psychological, and art practice based perspectives.
Artist CV
Education
- OCAD University, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), Experimental Animation, Toronto, Canada, 2025
Exhibitions
- Don't Touch The Girls, Ghost Group, Group Exhibition, Toronto, Canada, 2024
Screenings
- Delia’s Worlds, Fascination, Hamilton, Canada, 2023
- I Just Want to Have a Bath, Fascination, Hamilton, Canada, 2023
- Neptunian Self, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, 2024
Artist Talks
- OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, 2023
Juries
- APEX Art International Exhibitions Competition, New York City, United States, 2023
Grants, Scholarships, Awards
- Ontario eSports Scholarship, Toronto, Canada, 2024
Memberships, Affiliations, Representation
- Artist Member of the Dark Art Movement, London, United Kingdom, 2024 - Present
- Art Represented by Macabre Gallery, London, United Kingdom, 2024 - Present
Experience
- Student Monitor, Integrated Media Studios, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, 2021 - 2022
- Volunteer, TAIS (Toronto Animated Image Society), Toronto, Canada, 2023
