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