Monika Plioplyte Monika Plioplyte

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plioplyte.monika@gmail.com
B. 1989 Kaunas, Lithuania
Lives and works in Chicago, Illinois


EDUCATION

2019     MFA / Print Media  The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2012     BFA / Printmaking  Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA


SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2022    See, Shade, Shape, solo, Fine Arts Center Gallery, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
2021    
Opening of the Knot, solo, Boundary Space, Chicago, IL 
2021    Gravity of the Unsubstantiated, two-person exhibition with Michelle Grabner, Rare     
            Visions, Boulder, CO. Curated by Alex Stark


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024    (forthcoming) Bridging Cultures: 20th Century Lithuanian-American Artists in Chicago, Balzekas Museum of                    Lithuanian Culture, Chicago, IL 
2023    The Remaining, Mourn, Northern Illinois Art Museum, DeKalb, IL 
2022    Home Grown, Unpacked Mobile Gallery, MDW Fair, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL
            Justify My Love, Oh!klahomo, MDF Fair, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL
            Heaven Gallery Benefit, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
            Abstract Acres, Fennville, MI
            Impact: Artists in Support of Refugees from Ukraine, Artsy.com x Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, online
2021    Dream, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
            Same, But Different, IUNorthwest School of the Arts, Gary, IN
            Painting, Musa Collective, online exhibition
            Visual Notebook, Viral Ecologies No.2, digital publication
            MassArt Auction, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2020    Portraits: Identity and Expression, Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
            Continuous Span, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2019    MFA SAIC Shows 2019, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
            Voices Embodied, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
            Our Intimates, The LeRoy Neiman Center, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2018    The Dust of the World Washed by the Droplets of Dew, organized by SAIC and Tokyo University of the Arts (Geidai), Sanshu-Idutsuyashiki, Hiketa, Higashikagawa, Japan
            GIFC, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2017    Collage, AREA Gallery, Boston, MA
            Stand Up, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA
2016    No Heads, Colo Colo Gallery, New Bedford, MA
            Oh Sheet! Works on Paper, The Beehive, Boston, MA
            The 2nd annual Fay Chandler Emerging Artist Exhibition, Boston City Hall, Boston, MA
            Never Nothing, Outpost 186 Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2015    80th Regional Exhibition of Art and Craft, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
2014    The Introduction, Student Life Gallery, MassArt, Boston, MA
            Fresh Meat, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA
            Proof of Purchase, Samson Gallery, Boston, MA


AWARDS, HONORS & FELLOWSHIPS

2023    Harris Barron Fellowship, MassArt Alumni Relations, Boston, MA
            Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, Johnson, VT
2022    DECASE Individual Artists Program Grant, Chicago, IL
2020    Artist Relief Grant, United States Artists Org. 
2019    Professional Development Track Grant, Illinois Arts Council Agency, IL
2018    SAIC x Tokyo University of the Arts Travel Scholarship, SAIC, Chicago, IL ( travel to Japan)
            Lithuanian Foundation Scholarship
            Daniel D Van Degrift Scholarship, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2017    John W. Kurtich Foundation Travel Grant, SAIC, Chicago, IL (travel to India)
            Incentive Scholarship,
SAIC, Chicago, IL
            Lithuanian Foundation Scholarship
2016    The Blanche E. Colman Award, Boston, MA
2012    Genevieve McMillan – Reba Stewart Travel Fellowship, MassArt, Boston, MA (travel to Lithuania)
            Morton Godine Fellowship, MassArt, Boston, MA
2011    Juror's’ Commendation Award, North American Print Biennial (Juried by Jim Dine), Danforth Museum of Art, MA


RESIDENCIES

2023     Vermont Studio Center, Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, Johnson, VT
             Haystack Residency,
 Harris Barron Fellowship, Deer Isle, ME
2022     Studios at MASS MoCA, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA 
2021     The Center Program, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL 
2020     Conversations in Practice Program, Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists' Residency, Saugatuck, MI
2019     Bridge Program, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL


ARTIST TALKS & PANELS

2023   
 Alice Shaddle conversation at the HPAC, panel discussion, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
             Artist Talk, Printmaking and Painting Departments at Massachusetts College of Art and Design,
             Boston, MA 
             Artist Talk, Print Media Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
             Artist Talk, Department of Arts Administration, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2022     
Artist Talk, Fine Arts Center Gallery, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
             Professional Practices Panel, Printmaking and Painting Departments, Massachusetts College of Art and
             Design, Boston, MA
2021     Genevieve McMillan – Reba Stewart Traveling Fellowship, Juror, MassArt, Boston, MA
             Professional Practices Panel, Printmaking and Painting Department, Massachusetts College of Art and
             Design, Boston, MA
2020     
Artist Talk, Printmaking and Painting Departments at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA 
2019     Artist Talk, Print Media Department at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL


SELECTED TEXT/ PRESS/ MEDIA

[EN]    Monika Plioplyte Cyclic Pagan Patterns and Universes, by Michael Costello, COMP Magazine, Dec. 21st 2022
[EN]    Top 10 for Visual Art in Chicago: Big shows, big messages in the first months of 2022, by Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, Jan. 6th 2022
[EN]    Hyde Park Art Exhibit Examines How to Build a Better World, NBC 5 Chicago, Dec. 15th 2021
[EN]    Hyde Park Art Center presents biennial exhibition ‘Dream,’ part of Center Program, by Raymond Ward, The Chicago Crusader, Dec. 9th 2021
[EN]    Visual Notebook, Viral Ecologies, Issue No. 2, Mar. 2021
[EN]    Under The Bridge Magazine, Printmaking issue, Jan. 2021
[EN]    60wrd/Min COVID Edition: Alex Chitty, Monika Plioplyte, Barbara Diener, Dasul Kim. by Lori Waxman, Newcity Art, Nov. 19th 2020
[EN]    Monika Plioplyte by Lori Waxman, 60 WRD/MIN ART CRITIC, Nov. 9th 2020
[LT]     Ieskokime, tobulekime ir nenustokime augti, by Loreta Stephens. “Draugas” Lithuanian Worldwide Newspaper. Dec. 19th 2019
[EN]    2019 Exhibition Catalog, Department of Print Media SAIC, Dec. 2019
[EN]    SPOTLIGHT Magazine, Issue #7, June 2018
[EN]    Here to create: Iron Wolf Press by Courtney Moy. Big, Red and Shiny blog. April 5th, 2016
[EN]    Fresh Meat: passion for creative output fuels new printshop by Susanna Jackson, Boston Dig. Sep. 27th, 2014
[LT]     Lietuves dailininkes mene - savu simboliu sistema, by Loreta Stephens. “Draugas” Lithuanian Worldwide. Newspaper. Aug.18th, 2014