Matthew Monahan was born in Eureka, California, in 1972. He received his BFA in 1994 from The Cooper Union School of Art in New York. He has had solo exhibitions at Modern Art, London (2009); Anton Kern Gallery, New York (2008); and Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2007). His group exhibitions include Life on Mars: 55th Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh (2008); Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st Century, New Museum, New York (2007); and the Whitney Biennial 2006, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Monahan is represented by Anton Kern Gallery, New York, and currently lives and works in Los Angeles.
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