Mona Lang Blog

2010 ABISKO ARTIST RESIDENCY

2010-03-21T15:21:00.000-07:00

I am proud and honored to have been selected to recieve the 2010 Abisko Artist Residency. The grant is given to one promising swedish artist per year, and it is funded by his Majesty the King of Sweden. The residency consists of a three week stay at the tourist station in the wild and beautiful Abisko, Lappland.

ICE

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Art Exhbit 'New Work" May 2009

2010-01-03T06:55:00.001-08:00

Exhibit view.

Exhibit 'New Work" May 2009

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Talismans-
(for the Bad, the Good and the Ugly- )
a piece consisting of 10 panels,6X6" acrylic on board

Princessiconostasis-
a piece consisting of 24 individual panels , 8X8", graphite, acrylic and collage

Left Behind

2009-12-03T15:24:00.000-08:00

Window installation at ACT Theatre
made of paintboards and sawhorses, fitted into a metalframe. By me and Derek Baylor.

Exhbit at Torre de Reloj, Mexico City November, 2008

2009-03-01T17:47:00.001-08:00

At the opening reception for my exhibit at Torre de Reloj in Mexico City.

From left: Lars Goran Larsson, minister from the Swedish Embassy,
Gabriela Cuevas, delegada from Delegacion Miguel Hidalgo, me, Rebecca de Alba, and my art dealer, Maresa Arevalo.

Installing with Alfonso.

Gothenburg in Winter

2009-01-15T11:39:00.001-08:00

A scarf for Mr. Hasselblad.

Exhibit in Mexico City

2008-12-07T17:17:00.000-08:00

I just closed my exhibit of paintings in Mexico City. It was a very fine looking show, with 23 paintings on two floors. Ten procent of the sales were donated to Fundacion Rebecca de Alba, for kids with cancer. There was a lot of press there, and it was a bit uncomfortable, but a few vodkas helped me loosen up, but thankfully not to much. I love the big handpainted sign they put up outside the gallery. More details on my blog
www.monawashere.blogspot.com

BUSY

2008-10-04T11:13:00.001-07:00

I have been extremely busy lately. Painting two theatre sets at the same time (process pictures on my blog ),
preparing,finishing shipping work to Mexico City for my show in November.And I am still not done. Sometimes the last minute work is the best. The picture is of the green color that was used to paint the fake grass that we had to cut by hand with tiny electric scissors, that plastic grass is tough...

inspirations for paintings

2008-08-31T15:24:00.000-07:00

ARTE GUENDA

2008-08-18T21:32:00.000-07:00

In 2004 I was invited to join Guenda, an artist collective based in Oaxaca, Mexico.The word Guenda means 'the soul of all things" in the Zapotec language.
The group consists of 10 base members,all women,working in a variety of media.Between us we speak five languages,and the members are spread out in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico City, Germany, Oregon and Seattle.We have exhibited our work in Yucatan, Juchitan,Newport, Mexico City, Oaxaca,Germany and Cuba.We also try to enrich our exhibits with workshops,cultural exchange,and we are always planning for more. In 2007 Guenda was invited to participate, representing Mexico, at a cultural festival in the city of Guantanamo, in Cuba.In august of 2009, Guenda will exhibit at the JosefaKate Gallery in Portland, Oregon.

BLOG

2008-07-04T03:32:00.001-07:00

I have a blog.
I will be posting, among other things, process pictures from my work as a scenic artist painting theatre sets.
monawashere.blogspot.com

IN GOTHENBURG

2008-06-26T13:55:00.000-07:00

This is a statue of Victor Hasselblad, the camera guy. His foundation gives out a big photo prize every year,and the winner also gets a big show at the Hasselblad Center, located in the Gothenburg Art Museum. This year the Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide got the award. She has an excellent photobook "Juchitan", with photos from Oaxaca. Last year, Nan Goldin filled the rooms, with an especially great and touching slideshow.

I am posting this because the last big format film photo lab in Seattle, Iveys, is closing on monday. Small buisnesses, as well as artists, are scrambling.