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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
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
SELECTED 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
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 (forthcoming) Northern Illinois Art Museum, DeKalb, IL. Curated by Millicent Kennedy
(forthcoming) Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Chicago, IL
2022 Home Grown, curated by Unpacked Mobile Gallery, MDW Fair, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL
Justify My Love, curated by Oh!klahomo, MDF Fair, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL
Heaven Gallery Benefit 22, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
Abstract Acres, Fennville, MI. Organized by Abstract Lunch
Impact: Artists in Support of Refugees from Ukraine, Artsy.com x Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL
2021 Dream, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL. Curated by Asha Iman Veal
Same, But Different, IUNorthwest School of the Arts, Gary, IN. Curated by Lauren Pacheco
Painting, Musa Collective, online exhibition. Curated by Lavaughan Jenkins
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 Weeping-Environment, MAMŰ Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
MFA SAIC Shows 2019, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
Voices Embodied, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL. Curated by Alex Stark
Our Intimates, The LeRoy Neiman Center, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2018 The Dust of the World, Washed by Droplets of Dew, organized by SAIC and Tokyo Geidai,
Sanshu-Idutsuyashiki, Hiketa, Higashikagawa, Japan
GIFC, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2017 Collage, AREA Gallery, Boston, MA
Stand Up, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA. Curated by Silvi Naci
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
2023 (forthcoming) Northern Illinois Art Museum, DeKalb, IL. Curated by Millicent Kennedy
(forthcoming) Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Chicago, IL
2022 Home Grown, curated by Unpacked Mobile Gallery, MDW Fair, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL
Justify My Love, curated by Oh!klahomo, MDF Fair, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL
Heaven Gallery Benefit 22, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
Abstract Acres, Fennville, MI. Organized by Abstract Lunch
Impact: Artists in Support of Refugees from Ukraine, Artsy.com x Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL
2021 Dream, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL. Curated by Asha Iman Veal
Same, But Different, IUNorthwest School of the Arts, Gary, IN. Curated by Lauren Pacheco
Painting, Musa Collective, online exhibition. Curated by Lavaughan Jenkins
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 Weeping-Environment, MAMŰ Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
MFA SAIC Shows 2019, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
Voices Embodied, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL. Curated by Alex Stark
Our Intimates, The LeRoy Neiman Center, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2018 The Dust of the World, Washed by Droplets of Dew, organized by SAIC and Tokyo Geidai,
Sanshu-Idutsuyashiki, Hiketa, Higashikagawa, Japan
GIFC, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2017 Collage, AREA Gallery, Boston, MA
Stand Up, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA. Curated by Silvi Naci
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
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 Lithuanian Foundation Scholarship
Daniel D Van Degrift Scholarship, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2017 John W. Kurtich Foundation Travel Grant
Incentive Scholarship, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Lithuanian Foundation Scholarship
2016 The Blanche E. Colman Award
2012 Genevieve McMillan – Reba Stewart Traveling Fellowship
Morton Godine Fellowship, MassArt, Boston, MA
2011 Juror's’ Commendation Award, North American Print Biennial (Juried by Jim Dine), Danforth Museum of Art, MA
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 Lithuanian Foundation Scholarship
Daniel D Van Degrift Scholarship, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2017 John W. Kurtich Foundation Travel Grant
Incentive Scholarship, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Lithuanian Foundation Scholarship
2016 The Blanche E. Colman Award
2012 Genevieve McMillan – Reba Stewart Traveling Fellowship
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
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
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, 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] Top 10 for Visual Art in Chicago: Big shows, big messages in the first months of 2022, by Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, January 6th, 2022
[EN] Hyde Park Art Exhibit Examines How to Build a Better World, NBC 5 Chicago, December 15th, 2021
[EN] Hyde Park Art Center presents biennial exhibition ‘Dream,’ part of Center Program, by Raymond Ward, The Chicago Crusader, December 9th, 2021
[EN] Visual Notebook, Viral Ecologies, Issue No. 2, March, 2021
[EN] Under The Bridge Magazine, Printmaking issue, January, 2021
[EN] 60wrd/Min COVID Edition: Alex Chitty, Monika Plioplyte, Barbara Diener, Dasul Kim. by Lori Waxman, Newcity Art, 19 Nov. 2020
[EN] Monika Plioplyte by Lori Waxman, 60 WRD/MIN ART CRITIC, 9 Nov. 2020
[LT] Ieskokime, tobulekime ir nenustokime augti, by Loreta Stephens. “Draugas” Lithuanian Worldwide Newspaper. Dec.19, 2019
[EN] 2019 Exhibition Catalog, Department of Print Media SAIC, December, 2019
[EN] SPOTLIGHT Magazine, Issue #7, June, 2018
[EN] Here to create: Iron Wolf Press by Courtney Moy. Big, Red and Shiny blog. April 5, 2016
[EN] Fresh Meat: passion for creative output fuels new printshop by Susanna Jackson, Boston Dig. September 27, 2014
[LT] Lietuves dailininkes mene - savu simboliu sistema, by Loreta Stephens. “Draugas” Lithuanian Worldwide. Newspaper. Aug.18, 2014