Monica Pierce

 

 

 

Born:   1970, Houston, Texas

             Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

 

Education:

2009   MS. BPS in Acupuncture, Swedish Institute College of Health Sciences. New York, New York

1995   M.F.A., Painting, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

             (attended second year of M.F.A. program at Temple University Rome, Italy campus) 

1993   B.F.A., Experimental Studies, East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas

 

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

 

2005   Monica Pierce: Recent Work, Mulcahy Modern, Dallas, Texas

2003   Monica Pierce: Recent Drawings and Paintings, Mulcahy Modern, Dallas, Texas

2002   Monica Pierce: New Paintings and Works on Paper, Eugene Binder Gallery, Marfa, Texas

           Tide, RC Gallery, San Antonio, Texas

2000   Monica Pierce: Works on Paper, James Galllery, Houston, Texas

           Monica Pierce, Pattern Book, Women and Their Work, Austin, Texas (catalog)

1999   Trish Lewandowsky, Monica Pierce, James Gallery, Houston, Texas

1997   Jimmie Hudson, Monica Pierce, Gray Matters, Dallas, Texas

1996   Texas Solos, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas

1995   Melissa Fellner, Monica Pierce (M.F.A. Graduate Exhibition), Temple Rome Gallery, 

              Rome, Italy

 

Group Exhibitions
 

2019 PINK, Eugene Binder Gallery, Marfa, Texas 
2018 East Coast-West Coast, Curated Works on Paper, Olympic Mills, Portland, Oregon

2007   Mulcahy Modern: 07, Mulcahy Modern, Dallas, Texas

2006   Mulcahy Modern: 06, Mulcahy Modern, Dallas, Texas

2005   The Gang’s All Here, Mulcahy Modern, Dallas, Texas

2004   24, Eugene Binder Gallery, Marfa, Texas (organized by John Beech and Eugene Binder)
            100 Drawings, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas

            Drawing Under the Influence: Lee Baxter Davis and his protégés, Curator Greg Metz, 

              The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, Texas

           Decade: Ten Year Anniversary Exhibition, Mulcahy Modern, Dallas, Texas

2003   Condition Red, Eugene Binder Gallery, Marfa, Texas

2002   Prickly: Monica Pierce, Jin-Ya Huang, Nate Cassie, Mulcahy Modern, Dallas, Texas        

              (catalog)

2001   Elena Berriolo, Elizabeth McGrath, Monica Pierce, Sue Scott, Jeanne Tremel, Mary 

               Weatherford, Eugene Binder Gallery, Long Island, New York 

           Surfacing, Curator Christine Bisetto, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Dallas, Texas  

              (catalog)

2000   Drawn: An Exhibition of Selected Drawings, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas

           Urban Girls, Curator Sara Kellner, Buffalo, New York 

           First Blush: New Painting from Houston, Curator Sara Kellner, Colgate University Gallery 

              (catalog)

1999   Women and Their Work 1999 Member’s Exhibition, Curator Suzanne Weaver, Austin, 

               Texas

           Some Kind of Wonderful, Part II, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas

           A Hot Show: Abstract Paintings, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas

1998   CAV(e) Painters, Texas A & M at Commerce, Commerce, Texas

1997   The Visceral Intellect, Juror Sue Graze, Women and Their Work, Austin, Texas

           Picture Play—Seven Texas Painters, Curator Constance Lowe, University of Texas at 

              San Antonio Gallery, San Antonio, Texas

            Mark Cole, Monica Pierce, Tom Sime, charlieuniformtango, Dallas, Texas

            New Views: Eight Emerging Texas Artists, Curator Sue Graze, Gerlad Peters Gallery, 

               Dallas, Texas

1995   MAC Memebers Invitational, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas

1994   The Big Show, Juror Tom Moody, Lawndale Art and Performance Center, Houston, Texas

 

Awards
 

2001-2006   Viewing Program Artist, Drawing Center, New York

1997   Dallas Museum of Art Awards to Young Artists, Arch and Anne Giles Kimbrough Fund

1995   Scholarship to attend Temple University Rome

 

Bibliography

 

Kutner, Janet. :2005: Year in Review.” The Dallas Morning News, December 27, 2005.

Babcock, Mark. “Mulcahy’s Decade.” www.glasstire.com, May 7, 2004.

Terranova, Charissa. “’Decade’: Ten Year Anniversary Exhibition.” Dallas Observer, May 3rd 

    Edition, 2004.

Healy Parker, Peggy. :art in Dallas: Emerging Texas & New York Artists at Mulcahy Modern.” 

   DHome & Garden, January/February 2004 Issue.

Kutner, Janet. “Bright light, big city: Dallas painter Monica Pierce is making it in Manhattan.” The 

   Dallas Mornng News, April 6th, 2003. Sunday Arts Section: Page 1G, 6G. Photos.

Mitchell, Charles Dee. “Monica Pierce: Recent Drawings and Paintings at Mulcahy Modern.” 

     HYPERLINK "http://www.glasstire.com" www.glasstire.com, March 29, 2003. Photos.

Daniel, Mike. “’Prickly’ at Mulcahy Modern.” The Dallas Morning News Weekend Guide, February 

    1, 2002: 48. Photo.

Klaasmeyer, Kelley. “Contemplative Spaces.” Houston Press, May 18, 2000.

Van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire. “A Larger Pattern Emerges in Pierce’s Works.” Austin American 

   Statesmen, January 11, 2000. Photo.

Wilcott, Ben. “Pattern Book.” Austin Chronicle, January 28, 2000. Photo.

Daniel, Mike. “on the Verge.” The Dallas Morning News July 30, 1999: 49. Photo.

Helber, Annabelle Massey. “Some Kind of Wonderful, Part II.” The Met, July 14th, 1999.

Welch, Roger. “Different Strokes.” San Antonio Express-News, December 11, 1997.

Kutner, Janet. “Artworks Poke Fun at Their Antecedents.” Dallas Morning News, February 23, 

   1997.

 

Publications

 

McCabe, Bret. Prickly exhibition at Mulcahy Modern catalog. January 2002.

Moody, Tom. “Pattern Book.” Catalog essay for exhibition, January, 2000.

 

Public Collections

 

Accenture, Dallas, Texas

Lake Austin Spa Corporate Collection, Austin