Monica Ikegwu (b.1998, Maryland)
Education
(2020 - 2022) New York Academy of Art. MFA. Painting
(2016 - 2020) Maryland Institute College of Art. BFA. Painting
Solo Exhibitions
2019 - Band of Vices "We've Always Been Here" (Los Angeles, CA)
Two person Exhibitions
2021 - Band of Vices Art Gallery “GAZE” (w/ Thomas Mitchell) (Los Angeles, CA)
2018 - Ida B's Table “Sunflower Seeds”(w/ Katelyn Brown) (Baltimore, MD)
Group Exhibitions
2023 - Baltimore Museum of Art “The Culture: Hip Hop & Contemporary Art in the 21st
Century” (Baltimore, Maryland)
2023 - Harlem Fine Art Show (New York, New York)
2022 - Context Art Fair Miami (Miami, FL)
2022 - Band of Vices “They Might Be Giants” (Los Angeles, CA)
2022 - Banneker Douglass Museum “The Radical Voice of Blackness Speaks of
Resistance and Joy” (Annapolis, MD)
2022 - Galerie Myrtis “The Beautiful and the Damned” (Baltimore, MD)
2022 - LeeAhn Gallery "Color of the Times" (Daegu, KR)
2022 - Phillips Auction House “Arrangements in Black” (New York, NY)
2022 - Venice Biennale “Afro Futurist Manifesto: Blackness Reimagined” (Venice, IT)
2022 - Urban Zen “To Each, Her Own” (New York, NY)
2022 - Museum of Science and Industry “Black Creativity” (Chicago, IL)
2022 - New York Academy of Art “Eye to Eye” (New York, NY)
2021 - LED Baltimore Art Board (Baltimore, MD)
2021 - UTA Artist Space “Literary Muse” (Beverly Hills, CA)
2021 - Urban Zen “Truth About Me” (New York, NY)
2021 - New York Academy of Art “Parallels and Peripheries” (New York, NY)
2020 - Prizm Art Fair "Noir, Noir: Meditations in African Cinema and its influence on Visual Art" (Virtual Exhibition)
2020 - Bethesda Painting Awards Exhibition (Bethesda, MD)
2020 - Alternate ROOTS “In the Hallway” (Virtual Salon Exhibition)
2020 - Maryland Institute College of Art “Thesis Exhibition” (Virtual Exhibition)
2020 - Band of Vices Art Gallery “Masterpiece” (Los Angeles, CA)
2020 - UTA Artist Space “Renaissance: Noir” (Beverly Hills, CA)
2020 - CFHILL “Black Voices - Black Microcosm” (Stockholm, SE)
2020 - Baltimore City Hall “1 Corinthians 12:14” (Baltimore, MD)
2020 - Goucher College "Anatomy of Living Color" (Baltimore, MD)
2020 - Foley Gallery "Our Earthly Figures" (New York, NY)
2019 - The Creative Alliance "We Are One" (Baltimore, MD)
2019 - Itsliquid Group "Anima Mundi - Visions" (Venice, Italy)
2019 - Baltimore City Hall "B_19" (Baltimore, MD)
2019 - Open Space Gallery “All the Feels” (Baltimore, MD)
2018 - Ida B’s Table “The Full Gamut” (Baltimore, MD)
2018 - XL Catlin Art Prize Traveling Exhibition
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Linda Warren Projects Art Gallery (Chicago, IL)
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New York Academy of Art (New York, NY)
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San Francisco Art Institute (San Francisco, CA)
2018 - Band of Vices Art Gallery “& Introducing” (Los Angeles, CA)
2018 - Baltimore Polytechnic Institute “BPI Gallery” (Baltimore, MD)
2018 - Reginald F. Lewis Museum “Reflections of Baltimore: Painting” (Baltimore, MD)
Awards
2022 - Bennett Art Prize, Finalist
2022 - Portrait Society of America: Future Generation Competition, Honorable Mention
2020 - Bethesda Painting Awards, Young Artist Award winner
2020 - Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant recipient
2018 - XL Catlin Art Prize 1st place winner
2017 - Young Arts Finalist
2016 - Scholastics Silver Medal Portfolio Winner
2016 - Young Arts Merit Winner
2016 - ACT-SO Gold Medal Winner
2015 - ACT-SO Bronze Medal Winner
Publications
2022 - Voyage Baltimore. Jan. 10, 2022, Rising Stars: Meet Monica Ikegwu,
https://voyagebaltimore.com/interview/rising-stars-meet-monica-ikegwu-of-balti
more/
2021 - Tomorrow's Talent (Boooooom), Page 82-83, Volume II
2021 - Voice of Artists (Artit), Page 48, Issue 14
2021 - New American Paintings, Page 80-83, Volume 25, Issue 3
2021 - Fine Art Connoisseur, Page 55, April 2021 Issue
2020 - Bmore Art, Kopf, Suzy. Jan. 6, 2020, Art AND: Monica Ikegwu,
https://bmoreart.com/2020/01/art-and-monica-ikegwu.html
2020 - Artpremium Magazine, Page 132, Winter 2020 issue
2019 - Spotlight Magazine, Page 35, Issue 17, December
2019 - Create! Magazine, Pages 152-153, Issue 14, March/April
2018 - XL Catlin Art Prize Catalogue, 2 page spread, November
2017 - The Adroit Journal, Cover, Issue 19, January
2015 - Catalyst newspaper, Cover, Vol.22 Issue 1, November
2015 - Catalyst newspaper, Cover, Vol.21 Issue 2, March