CHRIS MONA
I am deeply and equally in love with American pop culture and the natural world. I also love the collisions of the two, and how they reverberate all around us. The layered images that I unleash are at once humorous, quotidian, oddly beautiful, and pleasingly discomforting. I work consistently in painting, printmaking, drawing, and digital media.

BIOGRAPHY
Chris Mona was born in Washington, DC in 1961, graduating from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Arts in 1983, and from Pratt Institute with a Master of Fine Arts in 1985. Mona completed the Aluminum Plate Lithography Workshop at Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM, under the direction of Rodney Hamon. On a recent sabbatical from Anne Arundel Community College (AACC) Mona researched egg tempera painting and metalpoint drawing. Mona is a full professor of art at AACC, Arnold, MD, where he directs its printmaking studio, Aqua Regia Press. Mona has received grants from Artists Space, NY, NY, and the Maryland State Arts Council. His work is in public collections, including Homestead National Monument, Beatrice, Nebraska; The Rooms Art Gallery of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada; College of Notre Dame, Baltimore, MD; Columbia College, Chicago, Ill; and Franklin Furnace Archive, NY, NY. Recent national juried shows include “28th Parkside National Print Exhibition,” U. Wisconsin Parkside; “Ink Press Repeat” Wm. Patterson University, NJ; and “Contested Spaces,” Harnett Museum of Art, U. of Richmond. Solo exhibitions include “Millennial Dreams and Dramas,” Creative Alliance, Baltimore; “Out of this World,” Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower, Baltimore; and most recently “in the time of not yet,” with collaborations with Helen Frederick, Rice Gallery, McDaniel College, Westminster, MD