John Monn is an interdisciplinary artist who utilizes a range of materials to create whimsical, textural sculptures and paintings. His artwork incorporates candy-like colors with poured-on chrome, resulting in unusual textures that emerge tactile and visual elements together. Monn’s unconventional approach allows viewers to touch the painting with their eyes and see the painting with their touch, creating an immersive and multisensory experience. In his practice, Monn explores the interplay of color, texture, spatial disorientation, and harmony, combining them in a way that diverges into a point of creative pinnacle.

Monn’s current focus involves a repetitious process of gestural models sketched in 3D, which serve as a foundation for crafting fluid forms that inspire introspection. Playing with scale both digitally and with physical objects, Monn presents his artworks in ways that alter perception and spark curiosity in materials and environment. Since graduating with a BFA from James Madison University in 2004, he has exhibited his work across the world in major cities such as New York, Paris, and Los Angeles.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015: “#johnmonn”. The Cabin LA. Los Angeles

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019: “We Rise”. We Rise LA. Los Angeles

“Suface Spectrum”. Curated by Mark Murphy. Mash Gallery. Los Angeles

“Velvet Ropes LA”. 0-0 LA. Los Angeles