Monica Marks is a Los Angeles-based, found object painter and sculptor. The artist uses a variety of recycled materials with mixed media applications. Monica’s work breaks boundaries of dimensionality, completed as both wall and pedestal art. As an expressionist artist, Monica balances the razor’s edge of assemblage and contemporary art.

“I like things with a sense of history,” explains the artist. Monica, a recent resident artist at Desert Dairy in 29 Palms California, finds beauty and value in the discarded. Much of her work focuses on invisible disabilities and identity. She won second place in “Collector’s Choice” at Studio Channel Islands Art Center. Monica was also awarded at the 36th and 37th Annual All Media Juried Exhibition at MOAH Cedar.

“In my art, I choose to shine a light on the things we keep hidden,” says the artist, “so that when others view my art, they feel seen.”