Mônica
Lóss
Bio
Mônica Lóss
PhD in Arts and Education by the University of Barcelona, Spain, Master in Education and postgraduate in Surface Design by the Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil, and by the same institution, she holds a bachelor's degree and a teaching degree in Visual Arts. She is a member of the group of women artists Gomagrupa (BR), is a researcher in the Group Dissident Experiences in Visual Arts – Federal University of Amapá (BR). She has participated in exhibitions in many institutions in Brazil, United States, Mexico and Europe such as: “Mostra Museu: Art in the quarentine”, SP, BR (2021); New York Latin American Art Triennial. Queens College Art Gallery. NYC (2022); She held the solo exhibition "Offerings" at Cluley Projects Gallery, Dallas, Texas (2023), and received the "New Futures Award" during The Other Art Fair, Dallas, TX, USA (2023). She also participated in the "After Burner" exhibition at Techne Art Center, Oceanside, CA (2024), and was the winner of the "People’s Choice Award" at ARTventure 2024, Costa Mesa, CA. Currently, her work can be seen in the exhibition Stitched and Forged: The Art of Kelly Witmer and Mônica Lóss at OMA – Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA, and in the exhibition “Mirror Mirror” at San Diego International Airport, San Diego, CA.
Pieces
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Artist's Statement
In an exercise of resistance and resilience driven by textile materials and procedures, I produce constructions, sensorial and wearable objects that relate to the space to produce photographs, performances, videos and installations.
I investigate the ritualistic dimension of manual crafts as a practice of individual and collective reinvention, I create ficcions about territories, bodies and other natures. I am interested in delving into the genealogy of identities that arise from the sense of not belonging triggered by immigration processes.
In my research, the use of discarded materials highlights urgent issues related to consumption, accumulation, luxury, and status, questioning what society considers valuable and what is relegated to irrelevance. It reflects on the inherent responsibility of consumption and how we deal with what no longer serves us.
My work lives in the practice of collecting insignificances, detachments and accumulations, interested in the memory load of these materialities and as a strategy to interfere in the destiny and permanence of things in the world.