TWO Leaves Editions

04/17/2018

Victory over the sun opens April 25th - https://mailchi.mp/0807102a2ebb/victory-over-the-sun-opens-april-25th

11/21/2017

tonight 6:30 pm ARTIST @ TOUR PROSPECT AVE STATION

tonight 6:30 pm ARTIST @ TOUR PROSPECT AVE STATION -

11/02/2017

today is a special day, more info tomorrow

today is a special day, more info tomorrow
I wanted to create a sense of presence...

09/29/2017

THE WELL | EL POZO DE AGUAONLINE WORKSHOP WITH MONIKA BRAVO

Are you ready to see things from a different perspective?
WORKSHOP |THE WELL With Monika Bravo
sign up for individual online workshops|
Quieres aprender a ver las cosas desde otra perspectiva?
TALLER ENLINEA | EL POZO DE AGUA con Monika Bravo
inscribete a los talleres individuales

Here is the short story for you, besides creating my artwork (a major MTA Arts & Design subway commission is opening in few weeks, stay tuned) I am offering an online innovative method based on my own methodology and practices, a workshop composed of three sessions where I pass on to you the ancient...

07/25/2017

Tesserae abre en Flora Ars Natura, Jueves 27 julio

Tesserae abre en Flora Ars Natura, Jueves 27 julio

El jueves 27 de julio FLORA ars+natura abrirá al público la exposición Tesserae de la artista Monika Bravo. A las 5:00 p.m la artista y José Roca tendrán una conversación abierta al público en la que abordarán los procesos de trabajo de la artista y a las 6:00 p.m se inaugura la exposición.

04/29/2017

Johannes Vogt Gallery

link to the PDF of Florencia SanMartin's beautiful text about Monika Bravo's earlier work.

Amazing article about Monika Bravo's work by Florencia San Martin in the latest Art Nexus issue

03/30/2017

#Thefields #onlineexhibition #launching #studioofendlessideas

#Thefields #onlineexhibition #launching #studioofendlessideas

hello, friends! I am super excited because I am finally launching Studio of endless ideas, an online artistic community that I have been incubating for a while.   As a start, I organized The fields, an online drawing exhibition, where  I have asked fellow friends and colleagues to participate.

02/22/2017

Monika Bravo "Tesserae" | Final Week | Closing Reception

Monika Bravo "Tesserae" | Final Week | Closing Reception

Please RSVP to Eliott Ipolito at [email protected] or at 212.226.6966 Doors open 6 pm, refreshments will be servedJohannes Vogt Gallery | 55 Chrystie Street, Suite 202 | New York, NY 10002 Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Sunday 11 am - 6 pm and by appointment

02/06/2017

Robin Cembalest in conversation with Monika Bravo & Jean Shin | Friday, February 10, 2017, 6:30 PM

hello, peeps. on Friday at 6 pm, at #johannesvogtgallery, we will be having a conversation between Jean Shin, Robin Cembalest and me, we will be talking about my upcoming MTA arts design Commission and Jean Shin's recent celebrated 63rd street commission on the new Second ave subway line and the process entailed. please pass by! 6:30 pm

PAINTING WITH MOSAICS  ROBIN CEMBALEST IN CONVERSATION WITH: MONIKA BRAVO & JEAN SHIN FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2017, 6:30PM

02/06/2017

Johannes Vogt Gallery

Thank you, Kristine Roome for reviewing my show at Johannes Vogt curated by Octavio Zaya!

Kristine Roome reviews Monika's solo show for Artefuse

01/18/2017

super excited for the opening of my newest animations at Johannes Vogt gallery in NYC tonight
TESSERAE, curated by Octavio Zaya
show on view until Feb 26, 2017
photos: marijuliano

do pass by

Curator's Statement

Arising from her ongoing research on color and rhythm, Monika Bravo’s new works place us in an abyss pulsing with vibrating waves of energy, where readability and meaning remain elusive. After Bergson’s understanding of time and his concept of duration --which differentiates between the time that we measure in intervals and the time of our experience--Bravo aims for an interconnected sense of unity between space and time through an understanding of our mind´s cognitive structure, which gives to formless reality both shape and meaning. Thus, the visual layers and cycles that dwell between those states of abstraction and their corresponding materiality are what Bravo´s work reveals to us and what we are supposed to experience through it.

Throughout her new installation, in the form of a mosaic of ideas, Bravo shows the gathering and editing of images through stitching, weaving, and compositing. Bravo also uses color to create a material contrast, a physical experience grounded in the circular duration of time in the piece. In the center of five monitors, three projectors, and sound, the viewer undergoes a hyper- rhythmic sensorial stimulation. In this activated state, on the one hand, Bravo is superimposing layers on LCD screens to help us enter into a new cognizance, where perception is mediated between what is real and what is virtual. On the other hand, another set of projections will be countering that experience: bursts of patterns of tiles, masked with Google image captures of Earth, will pulsate around the room as the silent beat of an imaginary musical score.

For Bravo, the skin --our skin-- is what translates these sensorial forms. For her, the body is the site where form and content develop an exchange, a dialogue, and where a balance between them is struck. Following this conceptual frame, the one who knows and understands the surface is the one who can experience the depths and the void. As Paul Valéry used to say, “the skin is the deepest thing there is.” But, at the same time, inspired by the mechanical and hallucinatory vision of a possible future where robots would see the world as a pixelated blur, Bravo uses technology to assemble a composite of pieces and particles--an animated puzzle of multiple and cracked realities--that allows the viewer to descend into a place where other possibilities --parallel realities and discoveries--exist.

Recently granted a commission by the MTA Arts & Design, Bravo has also begun to work with mosaics. After working many years with animations, projections, and installations, Bravo is now oscillating between ancient and contemporary technologies, between the eternal image on a wall and the fleeting projection on the screen, where a conversation of particles emerges between tesserae and pixels. Bravo is thus rewriting a new code between the two languages of weaving and mosaic-making, a code that connects together the elements of perception, illusion, time, technology, and the universal.
- Octavio Zaya
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01/12/2017

Monika Bravo "TESSERAE" | Opening Reception: Wednesday, January 18, 6 - 8PM

super excited about my first solo show @ Johannes Vogt Gallery in NYC, Jan 18, 2017, 6-8 PM

Johannes Vogt is pleased to present "TESSERAE", the first solo show with the gallery by Colombian artist Monika Bravo. The exhibition features an immersive, room-spanning installation of animated videos presented on multiple monitors as well as projected onto the walls. This new body of work represe...

01/06/2017

Save the date January 18, 2017, Opening Solo show:
Monika Bravo, TESSERAE, curated by Octavio Zaya, @ Johannes Vogt Gallery NYC, 55 Chrystie st. more info to come soon

12/21/2016

2017

“Only in the darkness can you see the stars.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.

“Only in the darkness can you see the stars.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.

11/30/2016

Studio of Endless_ideas

hey amigos in the global community, do you need a head shot? an animator? to photograph your artwork? a designer for your next book? a proofreader? a rendering for your next project? some interior design for your apt? you name it, although based in NYC, we offer a platform of worldwide referrals for all your creative needs, send email to [email protected] or just PM me... https://www.facebook.com/STUDIOofENDLESSIDEAS/

STUDIO of ENDLESS_IDEAS

11/17/2016

Studio of Endless_ideas

amigos & friends on facebook, the plan A was to launch the whole project at once, and this year of the jumping monkey, plans B, C or D are the ones that enhttps://www.facebook.com/#d up being implemented, please like my new endeavour's page, Studio of endless ideas,
https://www.facebook.com/STUDIOofENDLESSIDEAS/
At this point, we are offering (we as in a large community) a diverse number of services (as a part of the art production agency) locally and globally, do not hesitate to contact me, so I can explain how it works. In the next weeks, we will be announcing the other 3/4 complements of the new AGENCY!!!!!!!!
In nature, the five elements work together to create, the seasons, food etc, as a community lets support each other in a sustainable way, somehow we are all hurting one wy or another..

4/4. APEIRON | ART PRODUCTION AGENCY

MANIFESTING IDEAS INTO CONCRETE, ORIGINAL PROJECTS FOR INSTITUTIONS, EVENTS & INDIVIDUALS.

SERVICES INCLUDE:

EXHIBITION & CURATORIAL DESIGN.

ART BOOK CONCEPTUALIZATION, DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION.

CREATION OF STILLS, MOVING IMAGES & ANIMATIONS.

PRE- AND POST- PRODUCTIONS & DOCUMENTATION.

PRINTING, MOUNTING & FINISHING POST-PRODUCTIONS.

ILLUSTRATIONS & ARCHITECTURAL RENDERINGS FOR EXHIBITIONS.

DESIGNING, DEVELOPING & SUPERVISING BUILDING PROJECTS FOR ART COLLECTIONS & CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS INTERNATIONALLY THROUGH A HIGH-END ARCHITECTURE FIRM.

LEGAL SERVICES FOR CREATIVE ENDEAVOURS.

10/19/2016

JOHANNES VOGT: NEW GALLERY REPRESENTATION IN NYC

JOHANNES VOGT: NEW GALLERY REPRESENTATION IN NYC

 We are pleased to announce that Monika Bravo has joined the roster of represented artists at Johannes Vogt Gallery. Bravo is a multi-disciplinary artist and was born in Bogotá, Colombia, in 1964. She studied fashion design in Rome and Paris as well as photography in London and New York. She has bee...

10/04/2016

JOHANNES VOGT: NEW GALLERY REPRESENTATION IN NYC

JOHHANES VOGT: NEW GALLERY REPRESENTATION IN NYC

 We are pleased to announce that Monika Bravo has joined the roster of represented artists at Johannes Vogt Gallery. Bravo is a multi-disciplinary artist and was born in Bogotá, Colombia, in 1964. She studied fashion design in Rome and Paris as well as photography in London and New York. She has bee...

01/24/2016

La bodega de Bogotá que se vistió de arte

La bodega de Bogotá que se vistió de arte

En una bodega de Bogotá se exponen, hasta el 20 de febrero, obras de 39 grandes nombres del arte nacional e internacional contemporáneo. El vínculo, su preocupación por el espacio.

11/10/2015

studies for musical notations at 67 ludlow

studies for musical notations at 67 ludlow

07/13/2015

Monika Bravo: upcoming & ongoing 

Monika Bravo: upcoming & ongoing

upcoming opening + ongoing exhibitions...

04/01/2015

conversation @ Ygallery

few more days, hello procrastinators....

studies for Landscape of Belief, 2013

03/02/2015

ARTERIA

Hoy 25 de febrero se inauguró la exposición ‘Tejedores de agua: el río en la cultura visual y material contemporánea en Colombia’, que se estará llevando a cabo en Conde Duque, en Madrid. http://ow.ly/JEvBE

En la exposición participó la artista Monika Bravo y le concedió una entrevista a ARTERIA en la que se expresa sobre su participación en Arco Colombia. Véala en periodicoarteria.com

02/28/2015

SOLO SHOW NYC LANDSCAPE_OF_BELIEF MARCH 6 Y GALLERY NY

SOLO SHOW NYC LANDSCAPE_OF_BELIEF MARCH 6 Y GALLERY NY

MONIKA BRAVO: Landscape of BeliefY GALLERY 165 Orchard StreetMarch 6th - April 4th 2015. Opening reception for the artist: March 6th from 6pm to 9pm

09/29/2014

La arquitectura del detalle mencion en diseno

Seleccionados y Finalistas de Colombia para la #BID_14 :

Diseñadores colombianos, aquí tenéis la selección de trabajos que han salido de vuestra maravillosa tierra para la 4ª Bienal Iberoamericana de Diseño.

Nos gustaría saber vuestras sensaciones

http://goo.gl/kDOxsN

09/12/2014

monika bravo

MONIKA BRAVO
THE SPACE BETWEEN
permanent commission
2014
still images:
archival pigment on backlight film, LED lights, Plexiglass, custom powder coated aluminum frame
38 x 72 x 1/2" each image
animations: 6 channel media player, sync, 75" monitors, Plexiglass, custom powder coated aluminum frame
38 x 66 x 1/2" each animation
projections: 2 channel, projectors. Mac mini
commissioned by Spear Street Capital for the lobby of 315 park avenue south
a+i architects architecture and information
filming entirely on Madison Square Park

06/11/2014

monika bravo

EFG Bank & ArtNexus Acquisition Award
Nomination at arteBA 2014
Monika Bravo Urumu Weaving Time, 2014
4 channels projection, media players duration: 7 mins
Photo© Juan Luque Courtesy: Instituto De Visión

EFG Bank & ArtNexus are pleased to announce that the Latin American nominated artist for the acquisition award is Mónika Bravo, from Instituto de Vision, Bogotá Colombia.

The work was selected by Octavio Zaya Independent Curator, and Celia Sredni de Birbragher, Editor and Publisher of ArtNexus, at arteBA, Argentina.

EFG Bank & ArtNexus have organized the acquisition award for the work by a Latin American artist with a pre–selection process in five Latin American contemporary art fairs. The aim of the prize is to promote the production of contemporary visual arts by Latin American artists and to increase awareness of regional fairs in Latin America among global collectors.

This year the fairs where the nominated artists will be selected are: ArtBo, Bogotá; Art Lima, Lima; SP Arte, São Paulo; arteBA, Buenos Aires and Ch.ACO, Santiago de Chile.

After the group of five nominated artists is completed, the winner will be selected.

04/23/2014

monika bravo

Waterweavers, documented by my lovely husband Juan Luque and Bard's photographer Bruce White

Waterweavers: The River in Contemporary Colombian Visual and Material Culture, Curated by Jose Roca. The Bard Graduate Center Gallery, 18 West 86th Street, NYC
Monika Bravo URUMU_WEAVING_TIME, 2014, 4 channel animation
Ceci Arango Stools COROCORA & poufs CUCARACHERO.

WATERWEAVERS en el Bard Graduare Center 18 W 86th st. NY, NY. Curaduría de José Roca con Alejandro Martín Maldonado
URUMU_WEAVING_TIME, 2014, animacion de 4 canales, dimensiones variables, de Monika Bravo.
Diseños de Ceci Arango: Butacos COROCORA y poufs CUCARACHERO, realizados con artesanos de Guacamayas y Fuquene.

04/03/2014

WATERWEAVERS opens April 10 in NYC

WATERWEAVERS opens April 10 NYC

Monika Bravo URUMU_WEAVING_TIME. 2014. Four-channel projection. Film stillsWaterweavers: The River in Contemporary Colombian Visual and Material Culture Curated by José RocaThe Bard Graduate Center Gallery, 18 West 86th Street, NYC

04/03/2014

WATERWEAVERS opens April 10 NYC

WATERWEAVERS opens April 10 in NYC

Monika Bravo URUMU_WEAVING_TIME. 2014. Four-channel projection. Film stillsWaterweavers: The River in Contemporary Colombian Visual and Material Culture Curated by José RocaThe Bard Graduate Center Gallery, 18 West 86th Street, NYC

02/21/2014

MONIKA BRAVO: URUMU | Artishock

http://www.artishock.cl/2014/02/monika-bravo-urumu/

El trabajo de Monika Bravo (Colombia, 1964) disfruta de los procesos y analiza su vínculo con el espacio. Mediante múltiples tratamientos de la imagen, la artista se relaciona con un lugar específico, y esta correspondencia entre espacio y transformación han llevado a que su práctica se enfoque en e...

02/14/2014

monika bravo

documentacion de las animaciones del proyecto URUMU at Nc-arte http://www.monikabravo.com/WEAVING_TIME

monika bravo, time-based artist, photography, public commissions

02/13/2014

MONIKA BRAVO_ URUMU_ AT NC-ARTE, BOGOTA FEB 1 - MARCH 20 2014

Video documentation from the exhibition at NC-arte in Bogota

Vimeo is the home for high-quality videos and the people who love them.

02/12/2014

NC-arte

Fotografías de Óscar Monsalve para NC-arte.

01/31/2014

URUMU opening February 1st at NC-arte

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