Monte Masi

Monte Masi
Born
Monte Leo Lawton-Masi

1983 (age 40–41)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
NationalityAustralian
EducationUniversity of South Australia, California College of the Arts
Known forPerformance art, Video art
AwardsSamstag Scholar
WebsitePersonal website

Monte Masi is a South Australian artist, curator and arts educator.

Biography

Monte Masi was born in Adelaide in 1983 and is a performance-based video artist.[1] (Samstag page) He has a Bachelor of Visual Art (Hons) and a Master of Visual Art from the University of South Australia (MA Thesis) and a Master of Fine Art (Social Practice) from the California College of the Arts.[2] He lectures at Adelaide Central School of Art[3] and was a founding member of the artist-run initiative FeltSpace.[4] He has exhibited in Australia and the United States.[5]

Artistic style and subject

Masi works in the field of performance-based video art. His videos feature him in the “roles of critic, curator, fan and artist simultaneously, questioning how these operate within contemporary art and the complementary and problematic aspects of each”.[6] His artworks can be viewed on Vimeo.

Awards/Prizes/Residencies

Masi was awarded a Samstag Scholarship in 2012.[7][8]

Further reading

  • Huppatz, Matt (2011). FELTspace Gold. Adelaide, SA
  • Knights, Mary (2010). Heartlines : 27–28 February 2010. SASA Gallery, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA.
  • Knights, Mary Alison (2011). Vague Possibilities. University of South Australia.
  • Lawton-Masi, Monte (2012). ‘This will be (me) on video : an investigation into the production and distribution of online 'vernacular' video in order to critically inform a body of original contemporary artworks’. [Thesis]. University of South Australia.

References

  1. ^ "Monte Masi". www.unisa.edu.au. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Monte Masi Archives". Runway.
  3. ^ "Monte Masi". Adelaide Central School of Art. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  4. ^ "About Us « FELTspace". 7 April 2011. Archived from the original on 7 April 2011.
  5. ^ "Stadium Projects at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts". Joshua Peder Stulen. 5 April 2016.
  6. ^ Huppatz, Matt (2011). Felt space gold. Adelaide, SA: FELTspace. p. 92. ISBN 9780646551098. OCLC 758607435.
  7. ^ "Monte Masi". www.unisa.edu.au. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  8. ^ Nunn, Louise (4 November 2011). "Curiosity pays off for artist Masi". The Advertiser. Retrieved 5 April 2019.