RESUME

Born in Lithuania, Monika Plioplyte immigrated to the US in her early teens. She holds an MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Plioplyte has exhibited nationally at venues including the Hyde Park Art Center, Northern Illinois Art Museum, Boundary Space, Monique Meloche, Columbia College Chicago and Mana Contemporary in Illinois; Rare Visions in Colorado; Harvard Davis Center, AREA Gallery and Gallery Kayafas in Boston. Residencies include MASS MoCa, The Center Program at Hyde Park Art Center, the Harris Barron Fellowship for Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, and a Vermont Studio Center Fellowship. She has received grants from the Illinois Arts Council, the DCASE Individual Artists Program, the John W. Kurtich Foundation, and the Blanche E. Colman Foundation. Plioplyte lives and works in Chicago.

plioplyte.monika@gmail.com
B. 1989 Kaunas, Lithuania
Lives and works in Chicago, Illinois

EDUCATION

2019 MFA / Print Media  The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2012 BFA / Printmaking  Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA

SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2024 You Are a Circle Expanded, solo, Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
2024 I for Nested Pattern, Davis Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2024 You Are a Circle Expanding, solo, No Call No Show, Boston, MA
2022 See, Shade, Shape, solo, Fine Arts Center Gallery, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
2021 Opening of the Knot, solo, Boundary Space, Chicago, IL 
2021 Gravity of the Unsubstantiated, two-person exhibition with Michelle Grabner, Rare Visions, Boulder, CO
 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 ArtVilnius Art Fair, Kauno Langas, Vilnius, Lithuania
2024 Collage Culture, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, IL
2024 beLONGING: Lithuanian Artists in Chicago 1900 to Now, Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, Chicago, IL
2024 Anne Wilson: Errant Behaviors and the MAD Drawing Room, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
2023 The Remaining, Mourn..., Northern Illinois Art Museum, DeKalb, IL
2022 Home Grown, Unpacked Mobile Gallery, MDW Fair, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2022 Justify My Love, Oh!klahomo, MDF Fair, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2022 Heaven Gallery Benefit, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
2022 Abstract Acres, Fennville, MI
2022 Impact: Artists in Support of Refugees from Ukraine, Artsy.com x Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, online
2021 Dream, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2021 Same, But Different, IUNorthwest School of the Arts, Gary, IN
2021 Painting, Musa Collective, online exhibition
2021 Visual Notebook, Viral Ecologies No.2, digital publication
2021 MassArt Auction, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2020 Portraits, Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Continuous Span, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2019 MFA SAIC Shows 2019, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
2019 Voices Embodied, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2019 Our Intimates, The LeRoy Neiman Center, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2018 The Dust of the World Washed by the Droplets of Dew, organized by SAIC and Tokyo University of the Arts (Geidai), Sanshu-Idutsuyashiki, Hiketa, Higashikagawa, Japan
2017 Collage, AREA Gallery, Boston, MA
2017 Stand Up, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA
2016 No Heads, Colo Colo Gallery, New Bedford, MA
2016 The 2nd annual Fay Chandler Emerging Artist Exhibition, Boston City Hall, Boston, MA
2016 Never Nothing, Outpost 186 Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2015 80th Regional Exhibition of Art and Craft, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
2014 The Introduction, Student Life Gallery, MassArt, Boston, MA
2014 Fresh Meat, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA

GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS

2024 Nancy Graves Foundation Grant Nominee
2023 Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, Johnson, VT
2023 Harris Barron Fellowship for Haystack, MassArt Alumni Relations, Boston, MA
2022 DCASE Individual Artists Program Grant, Chicago, IL
2020 Artist Relief Grant, United States Artists Org. 
2019 Professional Development Track Grant, Illinois Arts Council, IL
2018 SAIC x Tokyo University of the Arts (Geidai) Travel Scholarship ( travel to Japan)
2018 Lithuanian Foundation Scholarship
2018 Daniel D Van Degrift Scholarship, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2017 John W. Kurtich Foundation Travel Grant, SAIC, Chicago, IL (travel to India)
2017 Incentive Scholarship, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2017 Lithuanian Foundation Scholarship
2016 The Blanche E. Colman Award, Boston, MA
2012 Genevieve McMillan – Reba Stewart Travel Fellowship, MassArt, Boston, MA (travel to Lithuania)
2012 Morton Godine Fellowship, MassArt, Boston, MA
2011 Juror's’ Commendation Award, North American Print Biennial (Juried by Jim Dine), Danforth Museum of Art, MA
 

RESIDENCIES

2025 (forthcoming) Ragdale Residency, Lake Forest, IL
2024 Visiting Artist Residency, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
2023 Vermont Studio Center, supported by Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, Johnson, VT
2023 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, supported by Harris Barron Fellowship, Deer Isle, ME
2022 Studios at MASS MoCA, supported by Professional Development Track Grant from Illinois Arts Council, North Adams, MA
2021 The Center Program, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL 
2020 Conversations in Practice Program, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
2019 Bridge Program, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL


ARTIST TALKS & PANELS

2025 (forthcoming) Artist Talk, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2024 Art Now! Lecture Series Speaker, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
2024 Visiting Artist Talk and Demo, Print Media Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2024 Panel Conversation, moderated by Lisa Wainwright, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, IL
2024 Professional Practice Workshop, Bangkok University, Bangkok, Thailand 
2024 Harris Barron Fellowship, Juror, MassArt, Boston, MA
2023 Alice Shaddle conversation at the HPAC, panel discussion, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2023 Artist Talk, Printmaking and Painting Department, MassArt, Boston, MA 
2023 Artist Talk, Print Media Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2023 Artist Talk, Department of Arts Administration, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2022 Artist Talk, Fine Arts Center Gallery, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
2022 Professional Practices, panel discussion, Printmaking and Painting Departments, MassArt, Boston, MA
2021 Genevieve McMillan – Reba Stewart Traveling Fellowship, Juror, MassArt, Boston, MA
2021 Professional Practices, panel discussion, Printmaking and Painting Department, MassArt, Boston, MA
2020 Artist Talk, Printmaking and Painting Department, MassArt, Boston, MA 
2019 Artist Talk, Print Media Department at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

SELECTED TEXT/ PRESS/ MEDIA

[EN] Multilayered witnessing, by Pia Singh, Chicago Reader, Feb. 5th, 2025
[LT] Lietuvių menininkų šimtmetis Čikagoje: išskirtinėje parodoje pristatoma bene 30 kūrėjų, by Ugne Jonaityte, LRT, Nov. 7th, 2024
[EN] Lithuanian Museum's New Exhibit Celebrates A Century of Immigrant Artists Tied to Chicago, by Dave Hoekstra, Block Club Chicago, Oct. 18th, 2024
[EN] Group Exhibition Delves Into the Multifaceted Realm of Collage, Art Daily, Oct. 1st, 2024
[EN] New Gallery No Call No Show Gives Artists a Space to Test-Run Big Ideas, by Emma Breitman, Boston Art Review, May 21st, 2024
[EN] Monika Plioplyte Cyclic Pagan Patterns and Universes, by Michael Costello, COMP Magazine, Dec. 21st, 2022
[EN] Top 10 for Visual Art in Chicago: Big shows, big messages in the first months of 2022, by Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, Jan. 6th, 2022
[EN] Hyde Park Art Exhibit Examines How to Build a Better World, NBC 5 Chicago, Dec. 15th, 2021
[EN] Hyde Park Art Center presents biennial exhibition ‘Dream,’ part of Center Program, by Raymond Ward, The Chicago Crusader, Dec. 9th, 2021
[EN] Visual Notebook, Viral Ecologies, Issue No. 2, Mar. 2021
[EN] Under The Bridge Magazine, Printmaking issue, Jan. 2021
[EN] 60wrd/Min COVID Edition: Alex Chitty, Monika Plioplyte, Barbara Diener, Dasul Kim. by Lori Waxman, Newcity Art, Nov. 19th, 2020
[EN] Monika Plioplyte by Lori Waxman, 60 WRD/MIN ART CRITIC, Nov. 9th, 2020
[LT] Ieskokime, tobulekime ir nenustokime augti, by Loreta Stephens, Draugas Lithuanian Newspaper, Dec.19th, 2019
[EN] 2019 Exhibition Catalog, Department of Print Media SAIC, Dec. 2019
[EN] SPOTLIGHT Magazine, Issue #7, June 2018
[EN] Here to create: Iron Wolf Press by Courtney Moy, Big, Red and Shiny,  Apr. 5th, 2016
[EN] Fresh Meat: passion for creative output fuels new printshop by Susanna Jackson, Boston Dig, Sep. 27th, 2014
[LT] Lietuves dailininkes mene - savu simboliu sistema, by Loreta Stephens, Draugas Lithuanian Newspaper, Aug.18th, 2014