Monique Prieto
Monique Prieto (born 1962) is an American artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Her work consists primarily of abstract paintings which use shape and color symbolically to represent complex ideas and narratives, though she has also worked at printmaking as well as computer-assisted painting. Prieto received her B.F.A from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1987 and California Institute of the Arts in 1992, and her M.F.A from California Institute of the Arts in 1994.
Monique Prieto
- Name
- Monique Prieto
- Born
- 1962
- Birthplace
- Inglewood, California, United States
- Spouse
- Michael Webster (1993 -)
- Known for
- Painting, Printmaking
- Education
- UCLA (BFA, 1987) CalArts (BFA, 1992; MFA, 1993)
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- painter
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Biography
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During that summer she attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. She sees Ellsworth Kelly and Andy Warhol as influences. Prieto has been exhibiting since 1987, and has had 12 solo shows in Los Angeles as of 2011, in addition to shows in Paris, London, and New York, among others.
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Monique Prieto, recorded as a painter, was born in 1962 in Los Angeles (Los Angeles county). The birth is recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Getty Union List of Artist Names.
Monique Prieto studied at University of California, Los Angeles and California Institute of the Arts. Works named in the authority record are Made to Order and Rock Steady. Work by Monique Prieto is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Cleveland Museum of Art and Buffalo AKG Art Museum.
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• Name — Monique Prieto • Born — 1962 • Birthplace — Inglewood, California, United States • Spouse — Michael Webster (1993 -) • Known for — Painting, Printmaking • Education — UCLA (BFA, 1987) CalArts (BFA, 1992; MFA, 1993)
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Prieto has been married to composer Michael Webster since 1993 and they have three children. They reside in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.
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- 1.Pagel, David (Summer 2000). "Artists in Conversation: Monique Prieto". Bomb_(magazine) 72. Accessed 7 October 2014
- 2.Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter (November 11, 2001). "She's Not Telling All". LA Times. Accessed 7 October 2014.
- 3."Artist Page: Monique Prieto - Biography". Cheim & Read. Accessed 7 October 2014.
- 4.Pagel, David (October 2011). "Art review: Monique Prieto, 'Time Enough' at ACME". LA Times. Accessed 7 October 2014
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