NYAB Event - Monica Canilao "We are dust"

Monica Canilao "We are dust"

Cinders Gallery

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Every place she goes she is picking up the abandoned remnants of other
people’s lives. 'We are dust' is Monica Canilao’s first New York solo
exhibition featuring found antique portraits, enshrined in the collections
she has amassed through time. Everything built is made up of things
abandoned and in a phase of decay. In the manipulation of these orphaned
portraits, gender and identity is blurred, redefined and made fluid.
Monica’s compositions seamlessly meld the old and new: stained paper,
withered fabric, and bones combine with her hands to take part in
breathing new life.

Monica Canilao hails from Oakland, CA where she spends her days stitching,
painting, printing, and breathing life into the refuse that dominates our
time and place. She received a BFA from California College of Arts and
Crafts and has shown in galleries, community spaces, and abandoned places
worldwide.